Happy Friday! As we charge into April with the snow falling and the last full month of spring semester, I hope all of you are well. Lots to talk about this week. Ellie’s new essay, Aesthetic ruptures: viewing graffiti as the emplaced vernacular, has just been published online atCommunication and Critical/Cultural Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14791420.2018.1454970 Several of you have sent me […]
Happy Friday, happy end of March, happy spring! Most of you know by now that Gloria is retiring effective April 18. She has a new job managing volunteers, and developing and delivering various trainings for University of Arizona Extension. Among other things, this new job gets her in the same town as her grand twins in […]
Andy Gilmore came to Fort Collins by way Manchester, England (his hometown), Hong Kong, Denver, and Washington, D.C. It’s safe to say he is the only Ph.D. student in the inaugural year of the communication studies doctorate program who has returned to academia after single-handedly promoting harp concerts – and in Hong Kong – for […]
Happy Friday. Not that anyone particularly cares, but the last two days I have ridden my bike to school with only my sport coat for warmth. That hasn’t happened since last October. We must be heading fully into spring! A short note with some cool information. Elizabeth has a new essay out regarding her research on […]
Happy Friday! Happy March! How did that happen? I have talked with folks about their feelings about March. Some love that we are another month closer to spring (which, around here, shows up around May 31). Others—like me—know that more arctic blasts are coming and feet of snow are still possible. And so, even on a day that […]
Happy Friday. I’ll tell you what, it was a bit of a shock to return to the cold and snow of Fort Collins after the sun and warmth of California. Nearly all of us at WSCA worked hard giving and listening to presentations, staffing our graduate open house booth, making sure the programs we planned (Andy was program planner for […]
Happy Friday. Pretty cool week, wasn’t it? Chon Noriega’s wonderful lecture on Raphael Ortiz’s deconstructivist art anchored the week. Thanks, Evan, Kit, and Carl for your meticulous planning. Thank you as well to everyone in the community who helped Chon feel welcomed. Not surprisingly, he was deeply impressed by the kindness, generosity, and intellectual vitality […]
It is, again, Friday. We are wrapping up our third week of class and beginning February. We are deep into spring semester (as evidenced by the several snow falls and my 13 degree bike ride onto campus this morning!). Once again, we have publications to announce. Evan has two new publications out. The first is […]
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a good week as we settle back into our school time schedules. By the time you receive this all sorts of cool things will have already taken place in the department: a great C4C regarding internships led by Karyl, the semester’s first Communication Studies Club meeting, and our […]
