We’d like to wish a warm congratulations to Jessica Noe who was offered and accepted the position as the new book review editor for the Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture!
Interested in spending your summer in Copenhagen, studying organizational communication in a global context? Join us to find out more about UNC Working Globally in Denmark and speak with Dr. Steve May, who will be teaching COMM 325 in Copenhagen … Read more
Ian Williams’ article, “The Practice of Oldhammer: Re-remembering a Past through Craft and Play” was accepted for publication in Games and Culture.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Elizabeth Melton was recently awarded a fellowship through the American Council of Learned Societies!
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
