The College of Media, Communication and Information's incoming professors bring an interest in cutting-edge topics at a time when the media landscape is undergoing dramatic change.
When Angel Mollel enrolled in her capstone documentary class, she wanted to make a film she was proud of. She fulfilled the goal, with the added bonus of winning a regional Student Emmy Award.
When Donald Trump got the headlines from a recent National Association of Black Journalists conference, it obscured the lost opportunity for reporters of color to share ideas on how to cover controversial newsmakers.
Following years of high-profile shootings, communications expert and researcher Chris Vargo expected to find rising public salience around gun control. He didn’t.
A researcher’s experience in advertising, marketing and public relations gives her a unique angle to study organizational communications and policy around climate impact and awareness.
Before winning a statewide best-in-show award, Kate Chambers was among the more experienced students in her master’s cohort. Her success, she said, came from professors who pushed her to try new things.
In a distinguished lecture series, Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin challenged students to think more critically about technology’s advances—and the people who are left behind and excluded from those benefits.
Romance authors were early adopters of digital self-publishing. A new book by Christine Larson explores how their willingness to experiment and their close networks helped them thrive when the publishing industry shunned their work.
