Category: Faculty Accolades
COMM faculty members awarded and recognized for excellence
Several communication faculty members were recently recognized and awarded for their excellence in teaching, research, engagement and more. Professor Joseph Megel is the recipient of the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. From The Center for Faculty Excellence: The awards … Read more
Celebrate the Latest Department Recognitions
The Department of Communication encourages submissions to recognize students, faculty and staff for their achievement in communication. Please submit recognitions here. ____________________________________________________________________ Dr. Michael Acosta Dr. Acosta and his Writing for Stage and Screen class’ Blackest Darkness was selected at the … Read more
GALLERY: Pushed Up The Mountain film screening
The Pushed Up The Mountain film screening is part of the Faculty Spotlight series in the Department of Communication. The images feature filmmaker and faculty member Julia Haslett and Department of Communication Chair Avi Santo. This event was presented in … Read more
Dr. Torin Monahan’s Latest Publication in The Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
Department of Communication Professor, Dr. Torin Monahan, and Department of Social Medicine & Center for Bioethics Professor, Dr. Jill Fisher, explore the challenges of navigating the academic job market as a dual-career couple in their latest article “Partnering Through It: … Read more
UNC Department of Communication Assistant Professor Aaron Shapiro receives Junior Faculty Development Award
Department of Communication Assistant Professor and Woody Durham Fellow Aaron Shapiro received a Junior Faculty Development Award from the Provost’s Office to advance his next book project: A Critical Study of the “subscription economy.” The subscription economy refers to businesses … Read more
2022 National Communication Association (NCA) Awards
Department of Communication PhD students and faculty traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to attend the 108th National Communication Association‘s 2022 convention “Honoring PLACE: People, Liberation, Advocacy, Community, and Environment”, held from November 17th to November 20th. The department’s Director of … Read more
Elaine Schnabel accepted for publication in Critical Studies in Media Communication
Elaine Schnabel’s article, “White secularity: the racialization of religion in Netflix’s Unorthodox” was recently accepted for publication in Critical Studies in Media Communication. Unorthodox is a four-episode Netflix series that offers a compelling narrative of freedom from religion for feminine subjects. This … Read more
Dreaming, a collaboration with playwright Howard Craft
Dreaming is Torry Bend’s most recent collaboration with playwright Howard Craft and director JaMeeka Holloway. It follows two men deeply affected by Winsor McCay’s comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland. In a world where comic book characters live side by side with real … Read more