Ian Williams’ article, “The Practice of Oldhammer: Re-remembering a Past through Craft and Play” was accepted for publication in Games and Culture.

Stephanie Kaczynski was awarded a Top Paper Award for the Activism & Social Justice Division of NCA 2021 for her paper “‘Sixteen Shots and a Cover-Up!’: News Media Discourse of Chicago’s Fight for Police Reform.” The Activism and Social Justice Division … Continued

Amrut Mishra received a $2,000 award to curate and design a prelude exhibit, alongside Joey Richards, for Carolina Performing Art’s upcoming installation Atmospheric Memory. Atmospheric Memory is a breathtaking interactive art environment where you can see, hear, and even touch the sounds … Continued

When it comes to politics, public discourse has become a shouting match, and Americans seem to talk past one another. Is the anger and polarization a sign of failing democracy, or just the way politics has to be? What do … Continued

Dr. Alice Marwick (Communication, College of Arts and Sciences) The annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement have been awarded to four promising faculty members who exemplify groundbreaking and innovative research along with future career promise. Dr. … Continued

Prof. Torin Monahan has recently been awarded a 3-year National Science Foundation grant focused on university hiring practices for—and job market experiences of—dual-career academics. With long-time research collaborator Prof. Jill A. Fisher, this Co-PI project will investigate researchers’ perceptions of … Continued

In the early days of the Internet, the Web was like a great city: an experimental space for community building, where strangers from across the world could connect to experience something closer to the full diversity of human expression. This … Continued

Elizabeth Melton was recently awarded a fellowship through the American Council of Learned Societies! Per their website, “The Leading Edge Fellowship program aims to demonstrate the potential of people with advanced degrees in the humanities and humanistic social sciences to … Continued

The Department of Communication joins the many voices expressing horror and outrage at the murders of eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. As a department committed to social justice and equity, … Continued

Director of our Writing for the Screen and Stage Minor, Professor Dana Coen, has just won Age Inclusion in Media’s inaugural Silver Bullet Screenplay Award. Per Professor Coen, “Contestants had to be either over 40 over have a central character … Continued