Technology of the oppressed: Inequity and the digital mundane in favelas of Brazil
ABOUT THE EVENT Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in their everyday lives. Their stories reveal the structural violence of the information age. But they also show how…
Something is Rotten in the United States of Denmark
The Transatlantic Bad Influence of American Political Rhetoric and its Rhetorical Remedies ABOUT THE EVENT Although Donald Trump himself is no longer in the White House, Trumpism has far from disappeared. On the contrary, the impact of its braggadocious populism…
UW Communication Hosts Dr. Moran Yarchi, Visiting Professor 2021-22
The Communication Department is delighted to host the accomplished scholar Dr. Moran Yarchi as a visiting professor. Dr.Yarchi has been teaching in the UW Communication Department since Autumn 2021. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Sammy Ofer School of…
Comm Lead Graduate Enacts Meaningful Change in Hometown
Ryan Quigtar is putting his communication leadership skills to work, enriching the lives of those in his hometown of Renton, Washington. He is a 2018 graduate of the Master of Communication in Community and Networks, part of the department’s Communication…
CJMD Spotlight: News for the Rich, White, and Blue
When: November 18, 2021, 2:30 to 4 p.m.Where: CMU 126 Nikki Usher, PhD, will discuss her new book, News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism. The book considers how larger structural inequalities and political…
Welcome Back!
Welcome Back, Huskies! The faculty and staff of the Department of Communication welcome you back to campus! We are all so impressed by your resilience and grateful for your compassion over these many months. The power of ethical, inclusive, and…
Lab Report from the Communication & Difference Research Group
The Communication and Difference Research Group (CDRG) is a collaboration among University of Washington faculty and graduate students dedicated to the study of difference within the field of communication. It is housed at the Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity…
Kristina Scharp Receives 2021 ICA Early Career Scholar Award
At the 71st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Assistant Professor Kristina Scharp won the prestigious Early Career Scholar Award. The award honors a scholar no more than seven years past receipt of the Ph.D. for a body of work…
Devon Geary Receives UW’s Excellence in Teaching Award
The Department of Communication is delighted to announce that our graduate student and doctoral candidate, Devon Geary, has received the University of Washington’s 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award. The Excellence in Teaching Awards were created to recognize the contributions of…
COM Graduation 2021 Keynote Translators
We are so grateful to the UW student translators who worked with the Department of Communication to enable us to share our 2021 graduation keynote with non-English-speaking attendees from Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish-language households. Mandarin Chinese Translators: Pei-Yu (Angela)…