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The Office of the Vice President for Research's Book Matters Series Faculty Author Celebration

Join us for a celebration of faculty authors who have published books during 2022 and Spring 2023! Our very own assistant professor, E Cram, will be doing a reading of their book, Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West.
Sylvia Mikucki-Enyart

Mikucki-Enyart provides holiday communication tips in "Psychology Today" article

Holidays can be a stressful time for some families, but Associate Professor Sylvia Mikucki-Enyart provides some communication tips to make the holiday season go smoothly.

Graduate Studies Open House

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Communications Studies PhD candidate Cameron Brown has first publication

Thursday, September 29, 2022
Communications Studies PhD candidate Cameron Brown's "Residual Fandom: Television Technologies, Industries, and Fans of Survivor." appears in the Fall 2022 issue of The Velvet Light Trap.
Carol Schrage

Remembering Carol Schrage

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Associate Professor Joy Hayes remembers former Communication Studies administrative assistant Carol Schrage, who passed away October 3, 2021 following a short illness from cancer.

New Faculty Publication: "The Generic Closet"

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Alfred L. Martin, Jr.'s book, "The Generic Closet: Black Gayness and the Black-Cast Sitcom" (Indiana University Press, 2021) argues that the black-cast sitcom is an explicit genre, and therefore its engagement with black gayness does not resemble any other contemporary genre.

A Message on Recent Events in Atlanta, GA

Thursday, March 18, 2021
The Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa wants to acknowledge the racial trauma that members of our community have experienced during the recent wave of anti-Asian violence, and we stand with you during a time when our AAPI friends and neighbors are being attacked and killed in America.
Jenna Supp-Montgomerie

New Faculty Publication: "When the Medium was the Mission"

Thursday, March 4, 2021
"When the Medium was the Mission: The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture" is an innovative exploration of religion's enduring influence on communication networks by Jenna Supp-Montgomerie, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Communication Studies at the University of Iowa. 

Dr. Magsamen-Conrad, Slattery receive Federation Prize from the Central States Communication Association

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Dr. Kate Magsamen-Conrad and graduate student Erin Slattery are among the team who received the Federation Prize from the Central States Communication Association. The prize will fund their research to examine the disclosure and privacy management strategies of parents who have children with medically complex chronic conditions.