Prestigious national honor society welcomes new CSU students

Late last year, two outstanding undergraduate Communication Studies students—Nicole Taylor and Allison Slusar—were recognized for their high achievement with inductions into the National Communication Association’s (NCA’s) undergraduate honor society, Lambda Pi Eta. CSU is home to the Mu Sigma Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, a prestigious organization that requires high academic marks and commitment to […]

“Listening skills in dementia care”

Elizabeth Parks and Bentley Porterfield-Finn’s article published in Communication & Medicine Assistant Professor Elizabeth Parks and recent MA in Communication Studies graduate Bentley Porterfield-Finn have published the essay “Listening skills in dementia care: Cultivating a more inclusive conceptualization of active listening verbal processes” in Communication & Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Healthcare, Ethics and Society. […]

“How Joe Rogan became podcasting’s Goliath”

This article by Nick Marx originally appeared in The Conversation. Editor’s note: Nick Marx, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Colorado State University, and Matt Sienkiewicz, Associate Professor of Communication and International Studies, Boston College, wrote this piece for The Conversation in February 2022. Colorado State is a contributing institution to The Conversation, an […]

Crossing national borders to bolster democratic engagement through film and media

The full story originally appeared and can be found in CSU’s College of Liberal Arts Magazine. A number of Korean films have enjoyed crossover success in the U.S. and Europe over the past few years, and this fall the South Korean series Squid Game became Netflix’s “‘biggest ever’ series launch,” according to CNN.  Hye Seung […]

“The Case for Principled Impartiality in a Hyper-partisan World”

Professor Martín Carcasson essay published in National Civic Review Professor Martín Carcasson, also the founder and director of the Center for Public Deliberation, has published the essay “The Case for Principled Impartiality in a Hyper-partisan World” in National Civic Review. Built on Carcasson’s work with students and community members constructing communication practices that sustain democracy, […]

ACT Human Rights Film Festival receives grant from Colorado Arts Relief Fund

This story originally appeared on ACT Human Rights Film Festival’s website. ACT Human Rights Film Festival has been selected by Colorado Creative Industries (CCI), a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade, to receive a grant through the Colorado Arts Relief Fund in support of its April 2022 film festival and year-round […]

Top honors and more at 2021 National Communication Association convention

CSU students and faculty were among the many enthusiastic participants at this year’s National Communication Association (NCA) conference in Seattle. First of all, congratulations to all our faculty and students who took home awards from NCA this year! Association Awards Dr. Greg Dickinson: Presidential Citation for Dedication and Service to NCA for his work as […]