Communication Major Receives Trailblazer Award

The one college student in the state honored for creating and leading innovative projects that address community needs is a UNC Charlotte Communication Studies major. Senior Neariah Mandisa-Drummond is the 2019 recipient of the John H. Barnhill Civic Trailblazer Award. Read more about her inspiring achievements on Inside UNC Charlotte. Communication Major Receives Trailblazer Award Read more >>

Bianca Reisdorf and Megan Foster

Reisdorf and Foster present at TPRC47

Dr. Bianca Reisdorf, assistant professor with the Department of Communication Studies, recently traveled with MA student Megan Foster to Washington DC to present their paper “Digital Reentry: Uses of and Barriers to ICTs in the Prisoner Reentry Process" at TPRC47 (the 47th Telecommunications Policy and Research Conference). TPRC promotes interdisciplinary thinking on current and... Reisdorf and Foster present at TPRC47 Read more >>

Colloquium Speaker Heather Carmack

Join us April 9,2019 for a special presentation by Heather Carmack who will be speaking to us on the role of communication in medical error disclosure. Free to all attending. Colloquium Speaker Heather Carmack Read more >>

Shoemaker receives top award

At the National Association of Communication Centers conference held at UNC Greensboro March 29-30, Veronica Shoemaker, UNC Charlotte's Communication Studies undergraduate student and University Speaking Center consultant, received the 2019 National Communication Association’s “Outstanding Undergraduate Tutor” award. Shoemaker, who has served as a consultant since September 2017, received top... Shoemaker receives top award Read more >>

Jiang earns CyberBRICS Fellowship

Next stop, Rio, for Department of Communication Studies Associate Professor Min Jiang. Jiang has accepted a CyberBRICS Fellowship to spend six months in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting in May. Hosted by Brazil's top law school, FGV Law School, Jiang will work with other fellows on data protection and cybersecurity policy research in BRICS countries, teach classes, give public lectures and work... Jiang earns CyberBRICS Fellowship Read more >>