Returning to an in-person Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference

From April 12 to 15, the annual Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS) Conference convened in Denver. It was the first in-person SCMS Conference since 2019. Many faculty and graduate students from the Department of Communication Studies attended to present their research and learn from other media and film studies scholars from around the […]

“Communicating the Other across Cultures: From Othering as Equipment for Living, to Communicating Other/Wise”

Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager’s new book published by University of Michigan Press Associate Professor Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager’s book Communicating the Other across Cultures: From Othering as Equipment for Living, to Communicating Other/Wise is being published in November 2023. Communicating the Other across Cultures is available for preorder now. About the book: Communicating the Other across Cultures exposes how we […]

How local opinion sections can transform into public forums: Insights from public deliberation

Martín Carcasson’s article published in the American Press Institute Professor and Center for Public Deliberation Director Martín Carcasson has published the article “How local opinion sections can transform into public forums: Insights from public deliberation” in the American Press Institute. Excerpt: I am a deliberative practitioner, a relatively new career choice that I believe will […]

Congratulations to our 2023 College of Liberal Arts Award Recipients!

A number of Communication Studies faculty and students are being recognized by CSU’s College of Liberal Arts for their outstanding work this year. Congratulations to all the award recipients! College of Liberal Arts Awards The following Communication Studies faculty and students will receive their awards at the April 25, 2023 All-College Meeting & Awards Ceremony. […]

Congratulations to our 2023 Celebrate! Colorado State Award Winners

Each year, CSU celebrates the teaching, research, and service achievements of our students, alumni and friends, faculty, and staff as part of the Celebrate! Colorado State Awards. See all award recipients here. The Department of Communication Studies is pleased to be home to two Celebrate! Colorado State award recipients this year. Professor Hye Seung Chung […]

“Fending Off Darkness, Uplifting National Cinema: Korean Film Censorship and The Stray Bullet”

Hye Seung Chung’s article published in Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context Professor Hye Seung Chung has published the paper “Fending Off Darkness, Uplifting National Cinema: Korean Film Censorship and The Stray Bullet” in Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context. Abstract: Marshalling archival evidence of state censorship documents, this paper challenges the established […]

Associate Professor Meara Faw to present at Great Conversations on April 12

On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Associate Professor Meara Faw will be a featured presenter for the College of Liberal Arts’ Great Conversations program. Her talk will focus on her research on interpersonal communication and health. Faw’s work with local nonprofits on dementia and caregiver research Faw, who runs the Research in Interpersonal Communication Collaborative as […]

Celebrating one year of Coloradoan Conversations

A more positive discussion of local issues This March marks one year since the Fort Collins newspaper the Coloradoan brought back their opinion page in the form of Coloradoan Conversations. Coloradoan Conversations is a joint effort with our Center for Public Deliberation’s (CPD’s) Northern Colorado Deliberative Journalism Project. Each week, the Coloradoan picks one or […]

Professor Martín Carcasson interviewed on the Media Diversity Institute podcast

Martín Carcasson and Coloradoan newspaper executive editor Eric Larsen interviewed on Media Diversity Institute’s MDI Global podcast: “How is deliberative journalism connecting communities?” On February 9, 2023, Media Diversity Institute’s Tanya Saksewski interviewed Professor Martín Carcasson and the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper’s executive editor Eric Larsen on the new MDI Global podcast. In this inaugural […]

“Taking on Two Crises: Democracy and Journalism”

Martín Carcasson’s article published in National Civic Review Professor and Center for Public Deliberation Director Martín Carcasson has published the article “Taking on Two Crises: Democracy and Journalism” in National Civic Review. Excerpt: Dual crises in democracy and journalism are occurring in communities across the country. Democracy is struggling as partisanship, polarization, and growing authoritarian […]