Folks: Happy Friday! I hope all is well with all of you. Some of you already know this first bit of news. Nancy has accepted a position at UNC. Her last day will be next Friday. While Nancy has been her under a year, she is already deeply embedded in our community. She has brought […]
Graduate student Savanna Depew, was awarded Top Student Paper by the Western States Communication Association for her submission, “Home is where the Work is: The Role of Businesses in the Creation of a Sense of Belonging for Diasporic Communities.” Depew wrote the paper in Dr. Eric Aoki’s Global Identities class in April of 2018. Depew […]
Folks: Happy Friday. For many of you tomorrow is opening night of the film festival. I am sorry I am not there. I am writing from Montgomery Alabama where I am attending the Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention and doing research on civil rights memory with colleagues and dear friends. More on that in […]
Happy Friday! What a spring week this has been as we return from spring break. Warm. Sunny. Breezy. Now overcast and drizzly. Well, welcome to springtime in the Rockies, yes? Lots of bits and pieces to catch you up on this week. Kari has a new essay out in advanced digital form: Segarra, Ignacio Moreno […]
How is one to start a Friday email the day after the terrible shootings in New Zealand? Well, I guess by acknowledging the shootings, but affirming our shared anger and angst caused by the killings. But we should also look clearly at the ways these shootings are of a piece with the (often white) nationalism […]
Welcome to Friday. Wee hoo! First, I want to acknowledge that today is International Women’s Day. As I was thinking about this, I thought about a couple of the leaders of this department—Ann Gill and Sue Pendell. Both served as chair of the department, with Ann going on to serve as Dean of the College […]
A Colorado State University professor has co-authored a book that examines how President Donald Trump has used Twitter and public speeches to provoke emotions with perceived threats to the white population.
Welcome to March! As is the way with March, we open the month with a beautiful morning but will likely go to bed to the beginnings of a solid March snowstorm. Ah Colorado! All sorts of things to talk about this week. Liz has a new essay “Complaints about technology as a resource for identity-work” […]
The National Communication Association awarded Special Assistant Professor Elinor Light the Visual Communication Divisions Outstanding Article of the Year award for her paper, “Aesthetic ruptures: viewing graffiti as the emplaced vernacular.” The article was originally published in March 2018 in The award was presented at the 104th NCA Annual Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. […]
On Friday, April 5, the 4th annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival returns to Fort Collins for a 9-day run, closing the evening of Saturday, April 13. This year’s festival will open and close at the Lory Student Center Theatre on the campus of Colorado State University with films that celebrate resilience and the human […]
