NC State Department of Communication

This summer Mikaya Thurmond taught our students a course in Digital Storytelling! I love this "Doggy Day Out" video produced by Tristan McNish. Note: I do not know whether Terry is still available for adoption. Thank you to Paws4ever for your partnership. Enjoy!

Giving a shelter dog the best day of its life IF YOU'RE IN NORTH CAROLINA ADOPT TERRY AND GOOSE QUICK BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES, GET THEM A LOVING HOME! (and maybe even a burger)Adoption PagesTerry - http...

Congratulations Donise Benton for being awarded Head of the Pack for her over and above service to the NC State Staff Senate! We are so proud of all you do! Woof!🐺

Congratulations Dr. Lynsey Romo, who has been promoted to Full Professor! We are so proud of all your accomplishments and happy to have you here doing important research and mentoring our students! Pictured on the left with one such student when they won a Top Paper Award for their great work!

Congratulations Dr. David Berube, elected an AAAS Fellow! The America Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows are a distinguished cadre of scientists, engineers and innovators who have been recognized for their achievements across disciplines, from research, teaching, and technology, to administration in academia, industry and government, to excellence in communicating and interpreting science to the public. In a tradition stretching back to 1874, these individuals are elected annually by the AAAS Council. Newly elected Fellows are recognized for their extraordinary achievements at the ceremonial Fellows Forum, a time-honored event at the AAAS Annual Meeting where they are presented with a certificate and blue and gold rosette. Eligible nominees are members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. Fellows have included Thomas Edison, W.E.B DuBois, Maria Mitchell, Steven Chu, Ellen Ochoa and Irwin M. Jacobs.

A great day celebrating Dr. Adriana de Souza e Silvia’s Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Graduate Professor!

My ❤️ is bursting with joy and gratitude for our successful Day of Giving. Not only will these gifts enhance Department life for our students, staff, and faculty, but the number of alumni and faculty who donated generously speaks VOLUMES about the experience they had/have here and what NC State means to them personally and professionally. Thank you so much to everyone who was part of Day of Giving 2024 (NC State totals at top; our numbers at bottom 😀)

Hello NC State Department of Communication friends! Today is the NC State Day of Giving! Please help us enhance our students' education experience through hosting professional development programs and networking events and supporting their travel to conferences or study abroad. You can make multiple gifts throughout the day to increase our chances of earning a bonus $1,000. Thank you for your support of the Department of Communication, and Go Pack!

Join Communication Department Enhancement Fund on March 20 for NC State Day of Giving. to Communication Department Enhancement Fund is giving forward to the next generation.

Congratulations Dr. de Souza e Silva: 2023-24 NC State Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor!

Congratulations to the Department of Communication College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2023-24 Faculty Award Recipients:

Dr. David Berube Outstanding Faculty Mentor

Dr. Alice Cheng, MBA, PhD Cheng: International Research & Collaboration Award

Ms. Mindy Sopher: Community Impact Award

I could not be more proud of our faculty and our department!

Last Friday Communication Major Mary Obiol absolutely nailed an interview with CBS 17 on the dangers of weight cycling. She coauthored this study with Dr. Lynsey Romo and I could not be more proud of how Mary represented NC State!

Why you should think twice before going on a diet, according to new NC State study Why you should think twice before going on a diet, according to new NC State study

Congratulations to 2023-24 Department of Communication, NC State University Faculty Scholar, Dr. Yang (Alice) Cheng!

Our faculty do amazing work teaching students how to communicate in ways that support health and wellness - here is a fantastic example from Dr. Kami Kosenko, covered in the The NC State Student newspaper, The Technician, last week!

COM 498 explores sexual health through communication Kami Kosenko shares all the dirt on her sexual communication course, projects they conduct, and who should take the class.

Three of our amazing faculty were honored with the Lamba Pi Eta Graduating Seniors' Outstanding Teacher Award for Fall 2023! I love that we have so many great teachers in Communication that our students cannot select just one! 😁 Congratulations to Professor Vicki Gallagher and Lecturers Jim Pierpoint and Kathy Sturgis, PhD. We are so lucky to have you!

Congratulations to the Fall Class of 2023! Our faculty had a great time celebrating you on Friday! We know you will go do great things! (Photo Credit: Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Edward Funkhouser)

Congratulations Teaching Assistant Professsor and Co-Director of Public Speaking, Dr. Cindy Rosenfeld for receiving the 2023 Catalina de Onís Dissertation Award from the Environmental Communication Division of the National Communication Association!

Congratulations Distinguished Professor Emerita Joann Keyton, who received the 2023 Outstanding Edited Book Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association!

Congratulations to the newest members of LPH - The Communication Honors Society! Pictured here at last night's induction ceremony with faculty adviser Dr. Lynsey Romo!

We love that Scotty has such fond memories of his time at NC State and in the NC State Department of Communication with Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Ed Funkhouser!

Scotty McCreery Talks About How He And His Dad Both Had The Same College Hangouts At NC State The country music star enrolled at NC State right after winning American Idol, season 10.

Assistant Professor Dr. Rico Self will be giving a talk at the Mercer University Communication Theory Research Lab, with support from Georgia Humanities! AND, the paper he is presenting was awarded this year's NCA Feminist and Women's Studies Division Top Paper Award.

Congratulations to Undergraduate Support Specialist Donise Benton - Career Champion of the Week!

A little rain cannot keep us from our annual rain-or-shine back-to-school barbecue! The tradition continues- thanks to everyone who came out!

We are so excited for all the new faculty in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences; especially Dr. Roy Schwartzman, Dr. Ariel E Seay-Howard and Dr. Rico Self! Read about them here!

26 Faculty Join Humanities and Social Sciences The College of Humanities and Social Sciences welcomes 26 new tenured and tenure-track faculty to its ranks this academic year.

Welcome to Fall 2023 from the faculty of the Department of Communication!

Several years ago a grad student in our MS Program conducted a study for the city park system where she was working as part of a course assignment. The research questions were: Why don’t people pick up their dog’s 💩 and what kinds of signage would encourage them to do so? She got around 1,000 responses to her survey and the results were a bit surprising. She got news coverage at the time, and now it appears in a story in The Atlantic! We are so proud of Clodagh Lyons-Bastian and thrilled that we hired her as a lecturer in our Department! https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/07/new-york-picking-up-dog-poop/674825/?fbclid=IwAR0c4TKx2GKKM4_iA3k683A5xR-RUnnrtVJi2Q7IdWsm0CJO-pQLbCSfxo8

What Kind of Villain Doesn’t Clean Up After Their Dog? You can lead a dog to grass, but you can’t make his human scoop.

Fabulous feature of one of our star CRDM Students: Margaret Baker- Read on for all the great reasons to pursue graduate school if you are so inspired! https://grad.ncsu.edu/news/2023/07/grad-student-profile-margaret-baker/

Grad Student Profile: Margaret Baker Margaret Baker, a Raleigh native and current Ph.D. student in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences recently made the decision to leave her role as a creative director in the Triangle area to pursue her passion for teaching and rese...

This summer we offered a course in Digital Storytelling and students gained very useful skills from Mike Charbonneau and Mikaya Thurmond! Here is one example of a student product, with permission from Ethan Ramirez!

Road Mortality Project (COM 384)

Thank you Matt Shipman for asking about the new book and sharing with the NC State community!

How to Tackle Conflict in the Workplace Research can help address conflicts in a way that helps the bottom line and improves workplace culture.

Congratulations to COM MS Student Stanley Miller, who has been awarded a Witherspoon Graduate Fellowship for Summer 2023! Funded through an endowment given to North Carolina State University, this prestigious one-year award is offered to those who have demonstrated experience in or a commitment to supporting Black communities within and beyond NC State’s campus.

Witherspoon Student Center – Student Centers The Witherspoon Student Center is named after Augustus M. Witherspoon to honor his dedication of mentoring students while serving as an outstanding researcher, professor, and community leader. Augustus M. Witherspoon was the first African American professor at NC State and the second African America...

We are excited to announce a new book by Dr. Jessica Katz Jameson! https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Communication+for+Constructive+Workplace+Conflict-p-9781119671565

Very proud of this meaningful work by new assistant professor Dr. Ariel Seay-Howard! Check out the link to read or listen to the full article!

Memorializing with and for the Undercommons: Black Study and Unsettling Grounds This research demonstrates how public memorializing can enable practices of the undercommons. Using the Equal Justice Initiative’s Soil Collection Community Remembrance Project as our case study, w...