Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas

⭐️ Student Spotlight! ⭐️

Sydney Roulhac is a Communication major and LPH member, serving as an intern in Senator John Boozman's office this summer.

Sydney received a scholarship from the Women's Congressional Scholarship Fund to support her internship. There were 16 total winners representing 14 different schools and 12 states!

Sydney will also serve as the Student Government Secretary for the 2024-2025 school year.

Congratulations, Sydney! Keep up the great work! 👏🏆🐗

Congrats to COMM student, Cassie Riddick! 🎉👏

We love our Fulbright College Students! Congratulations to our Fulbright College Inclusive Excellence Scholarship recipients and to our college's new student ambassadors!
https://news.uark.edu/articles/70572/fulbright-college-announces-2024-inclusive-excellence-scholarship-winners-and-ambassadors?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-06-12&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=fulbright-college-announces-2024-inclusive-excellence-scholarship-winners-and-ambassadors&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1XODUFc4iGSrC8Caz14Yq5QqlcQKp_NnGkadVNVhogJo56AJGr3i_UOEw_aem_Adnvqu9Bo7EUEufnC2EFxGyA0m6GzwiCN0IlsMU4KdQAf2gq5M2W6asZZvQtEmmLEYnOo4pN9b3We12lQL8JClC1

🌟 Calling all Fulbright College students! 🌟

Are you spending your summer gaining valuable experience through an internship or job? We want to hear about it!

Fill out the form below with a brief description of your summer internship or job opportunity for a chance to be featured on our social media pages. Whether you're working at a business, interning at a nonprofit, or gaining hands-on experience in your field, we want to celebrate your achievements and inspire others in our community.

We can't wait to hear all about your adventures and successes! 💼✨

Fulbright College wants congratulate the following accomplished faculty members, who were named the 2024 class of Connor Faculty fellows:

· Milad Odabaei, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology
· Danqi Cai, assistant professor, School of Art
· Henry Gepfer, assistant professor, School of Art
· Maribeth Latvis, assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences
· Dylan Girodat, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
· Joe Hatfield, assistant professor, Department of Communication
· Ringo Jones, assistant professor, Department of Communication
· Rebecca Howell, assistant professor, Department of English
· Ruby Daily, assistant professor, Department of History
· Brian McGowan, assistant professor, Department of History
· Edmund Harriss, assistant professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
· Katherine Raoux, assistant professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
· Ashley Purdy, assistant professor, Department of Philosophy
· Heasun Choi, assistant professor, Department of Political Science
· Anastasia Makhanova, assistant professor, Department of Psychological Science
· Erin Nolen, assistant professor, School of Social Work
· Rowena Pedrena, assistant professor, School of Journalism and Strategic Media
· Christianne Corbett, assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology
· Morgan Hicks, assistant professor, Department of Theatre
· Heather Offerman, assistant professor, Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

To read more about these exceptional individuals and their achievements, visit https://fulbrightreview.uark.edu/fulbright-college-announces-the-2024-connor-faculty-fellows/ .

🐗 This year we celebrated 5 faculty members who have served our department for a combined 170 years!

We can't thank them enough for shaping our department into what it is today.

Please help us recognize:
Dr. Robert Brady - 45 Years of Service
Dr. Frank Scheide - 45 Years of Service
Dr. Trish Amason - 30 Years of Service
Dr. Rob Wicks - 30 Years of Service
Dr. Peggy Catron-Ping - 20 Years of Service

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Join Sarah Denison and the Fulbright Career Connections team tomorrow, along with COMM Alumni Robert Kienzle, to learn more about international careers!

🏆 Lauren Lambert and Ryan J. Gliszinski named 2024 Teaching Excellence Award recipients.

In recognition of their outstanding teaching and demonstrated commitment to best practices and pedagogical improvement in the Department of Communication, Lauren Lambert and Ryan J. Gliszinski were honored at our annual awards ceremony. 👏

🏆 Congrats to our Undergraduate Scholarship recipients!

✨ Cassie Riddick received the M. Blair. Hart Scholarship

✨ Rachel Hoyos and Rylee Fast received Virgil & Lillian Baker Scholarships.

🏆 Another one!

Amy Whiteside was presented with the Excellence in Research Award from the Graduate Professional Student Congress.

Congrats, Amy! Your hard work is easy to celebrate! 👏🎉

🎓 CONGRATS to all of the COMM seniors who graduated over the weekend.

Just as your name will be etched in our sidewalk, your dedication has had a lasting impact on our department.

Best wishes and good luck as you enter a new chapter of life.

Woo Pig forever. 🐗

GRADS GRADS GRADS 🐗

Our amazing graduate students work so hard in and out of the classroom.

🎉 Congratulations to all and a HAPPY GRADUATION to our graduates!
We will miss you! 👏🎓

🔥 Uark Girls Group celebrated another successful semester of sharing the Beauty Redefined curriculum through Service Learning. 👏

Dr. Angela Mensah's Service learning students share lessons with local teens in need through Judge Warren's court.

Congrats to all involved for continued success and growth! 🎉

🏆 Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society Induction Class of Spring 2024 👏

The following students have met all requirements to be inducted into the National Honor Society for Communication Majors, Lambda Pi Eta:

Helana Alexander
Maggie Andress
Kylee Bard
Kymberleigh Elizabeth Bell-Killett
Chandler Cartwright
Hope Chiboroski
Jordan Childs
Caroline Collins
Emily Dunham
Aydan Eckols
Olivia Floss
Karigan Fox
Niyah Frasier
Grace Gilbert
Mary Claire Gill
Morgan Harper
Brianna Nicole Ifland
Hannah Jenkins
Aubrey Kapales
Nora Landeros
Grace Lumpkin
Jorden Marmolejo
Quinn Mitchell
Madeline Mitchell
Nichole Mulder
Makenna Muse
Delaney O’Shea
Olivia Palumbo
Landon Pitts
Harris Pruitt
Grace Reekers
Cassie Riddick
Krista Rodrock
Sydney Roulhac
Terri Smith
Trey Stacy
Summer Steelman
Grace Strittmatter
Eliza Sullivan
Ethan Thompson
Liz Tilbury
Ashley Wassberg
Presley Anne Worsham

Congrats new LPH members! 🎉

🏆 Congratulations, Athens Scholars for finishing your BA in Communication at the top of your class!

Well done & best of luck in your next chapter! 👏

🏆SSCA photos!

UARK COMM made its mark on the Southern States Communication Association Conference this year.

⭐️Amy Whiteside won Top Student Paper in Political Communication and the Bostrom Young Scholar Award
⭐️Josue Porras-Fernandez won Top Student Paper in Rhetoric and Public Address
⭐️ Dr. Ryan Neville-Shepard and Dr. Meredith Neville-Shepard won the James Madison Prize for Outstanding Research in First Amendment Studies
⭐️Dr. Jake Dionne won Top Paper in Rhetoric and Public Address
⭐️Dr. Joe Hatfield won the Rushing Award for Early Career Research
⭐️Dr. Lindsey Aloia and Anna Gentry won Top Paper in Interpersonal Communication
⭐️Dr. Lisa Corrigan delivered the Keynote Address
⭐️Research presentations and other involvement from Breeanna De Leeuw, Aubrey Studebaker, Garret Harger, Dani Ruiz Cantu, Madison McBride, Emily Privett, Allassandra Holsted, Dr. Margaret Butcher, Laurie Brady, Madison Stueve, Dr. Stephanie Schulte, and Dr. Matthew Spialek.

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🏆 2024 COMM Award Ceremony 🏆

We had a great night celebrating Lambda Pi Eta inductees, Athens Scholars, scholarship recipients, graduate student awards, alumni awards, faculty awards, and Years of Service recognitions.

Congratulations to all on a year full of amazing accomplishments! 🎉👏

(more photos to come)

🔎 Interested in conspiracy?

Join Dr. Ryan Neville-Shepard's May intersession course COMM 3983: Conspiracy Rhetoric!

Learn about the rise of contemporary conspiracy culture, how conspiracy theories function in fringe politics, and what we might do to address widespread belief in misinformation.

The class meets daily from 9:00 am to 12:45 pm. Classes meet from May 13-24, 2024. Contact Dr. Ryan Neville-Shepard with questions.

👏Committed!

Congratulations to these soon-to-be graduates of our MA program who are moving on to pursue their doctoral degrees next year.

Josué Porras-Fernández (left) will be joining the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland as a UDM Flagship Fellow, studying Rhetoric and Political Culture.

Garret Harger (middle) will be joining the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma to study computer mediated communication.

Breck Gillespie (right) will be joining the Department of Communication at the University of Missouri as a G. Ellsworth Huggins Fellow, studying political communication.

Congratulations and best wishes to all!

👏 Congratulations, Dr. Aloia and Anna Gentry!

Lindsey S. Aloia, associate dean in the Graduate School and International Education and associate professor in the Department of Communication, and Anna Gentry, former master's student, received a Top Paper Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division during the Southern States Communication Association's Annual Convention.

Their paper, titled Seeking and Providing Social Support in Online Forums for Individuals Experiencing Depression, investigated how individuals suffering from depression and its associated stigma seek and provide support in online communities.

Aloia and Gentry Awarded Top Paper at Regional Conference Lindsey S. Aloia, associate professor of communication, and Anna Gentry, former master's student, received a Top Paper Award during the Southern States Communication Association's Annual Convention.

🚨Join us this Friday!

Dr. Ryan Bisel is visiting from the University of Oklahoma for the final Spring session of our First Friday Research Series.

Bisel will be presenting Moral Muteness in the Workplace: Implications and Remedies.

April 12, 2024
KIMPEL 102
2:00-3:00pm

☀️🌗 Dr. Joomi Lee and students had a great view of the eclipse today while on campus!

✨ Congratulations to Kwentaria Rupert for being honored as a Dynamic Woman at the University of Arkansas by the Multicultural Center.

Rupert was recognized on 3/29/24 at the Afternoon Tea reception and given a plaque that reads, "The Multicultural Center Honors with Gratitude, Kwentaria Rupert, Whose leadership and advocacy advance equity and belonging for women professionals and scholars and strengthens our campus community."

We are so happy to have Kwen in our department as a graduate student and TA. Thanks for all you do, Kwen! 👏🎉

🏆 Ringo Jones Accepts 2024 Peter C. Rollins & Susan W. Rollins Award for Best Documentary Film 👏

Jones received the award at the Popular Culture Association Conference for the documentary entitled, "Training for Freedom".

Ringo Jones served as the producer and sound designer for the project, which is still streaming on PBS.

Read more in today's news: https://news.uark.edu/articles/69994

Abi Moser is a great asset to our department!

Moser is an alum of our undergraduate and graduate programs and currently serves as an instructor.

Recently, Abi sat down with our faculty to help us navigate the transition to Blackboard Ultra.

We appreciate all you do for our department, Abi! 👏

Employee Spotlight: Abi Moser Through her unwavering dedication and steadfast resolve, Abi Moser embodies the spirit of excellence that defines the U of A, making her an invaluable asset to the institution and a true champion of student success.

An excellent perspective on the value that internships add to the student experience!

Internships: Get a Jump Start on Creating a Successful Career Story | Internships: Get a Jump Start on Creating a Successful Career Story by Michelle Pribbernow | Mar 11, 2024 | Career Connections, Features, Student Success Former Department of Communications students enjoying an internship. Editor’s Note: This story is part of our series highlighting the importance...

Today our graduate students, (Breck, Josué, Garret, and Amy) practiced their research talks in preparation for the upcoming conference season.

Nice work, everyone! 👏

COMM ❤️'s Service Learning!

✨Internships! Internships! Internships!✨

Earlier this week, Internship Director, Laurie Brady, hosted an Internship Information Session in collaboration with Sarah and Xavier from the Office of Career Connections.

Students were able to get their resume reviewed and learn about the opportunities that internships can bring to their academic and professional careers.

👏 Congratulations to graduate student, Josué Fernandez!

Josué has accepted a fully funded offer to pursue doctoral studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland.

He was also recently awarded a Top Paper award at SSCA!

Due to his extraordinary academic achievement as a graduate student in our department, Josué also received an extremely competitive Flagship Fellowship to support his studies.

If you see Josué today, please give him your well wishes!

View today's news to see a complete list of the Fall 2023 LPH Inductees. Congrats, students! 👏

Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society Inducts Fall 2023 Cohort Lambda Pi Eta, the honor society for communication majors, welcomed 43 new members in the fall 2023 cohort, chosen for their academic achievements.