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 (CCDE). While academic work can sometimes be a solitary pursuit, the CDRG believes that building … Read More
In March 2021, Assistant Professor Carmen Gonzalez received one of eight pilot research grant awards from the University of Washington Population Health Initiative. The total value of these awards is roughly $530,000. Dr. Gonzalez is Co-Principal Investigator for the Bi-directional Research Digital Engagement (BRIDGE) project, with Dr. Nathalia Jimenez, research director of the Latino Center … Read More
From ‘Permit Patty’ to ‘Karen’: Black Rearticulations of Racial Humor Featuring Dr. Raven Maragh-Lloyd In the third COM Spring colloquium, Dr. Raven Maragh-Lloyd will discuss two related case studies to explore how Black publics online have shifted racial humor as a resistance strategy to respond to white femininity and its deployment of the police state. … Read More
At the start of the new year, the Communication Leadership graduate program welcomed new leaders, Gretchen Ludwig and Dr. Ekin Yasin. As the program’s new Associate Director, Ludwig joins the program just six months after Dr. Yasin took the helm as Director, bringing a fresh perspective to the leadership team. These are exciting changes as … Read More
In this presentation, acclaimed journalist Tristan Ahtone discusses approaches to cooperative reporting and newsroom organizing as tools to restructure the way news organizations operate and subvert long-standing journalism values that rely, and thrive, on racism, colonialism, capitalism, and nationalism: About the speaker:Tristan Ahtone is a member of the Kiowa Tribe and is editor-in-chief at the Texas … Read More
In March 2021, the UW Department of Communication was thrilled to welcome acclaimed academic practitioner Dr. Robin Means Coleman to deliver the 2021 Scheidel Lecture. Dr. Coleman expanded on themes from her book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror from the 1890s to Present and her eponymously titled 2019 documentary Horror Noire, to engage the … Read More
Join us for our first Winter COM colloquium, featuring Dr. Khadijah Costley White New Date to Be Announced || 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM (PST) About this Event In this riveting presentation, Dr. White discusses approaching communication and cultural studies as political and civic engagement through community-based research. Drawing on scholars such as Herbert Marcuse, … Read More