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Congratulations to the 2019-20 winners of Doug Trank Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring

Monday, May 11, 2020
2019-2020 winners of the Doug Trank Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring award are announced.

2020 Graduate Award Winners

Monday, May 11, 2020
The Department of Communication Studies recognized the 2020 Graduate Award and Fellowship recipients.

Spring 2020 RHET:1030:0051 All thumbs up!

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
See RHET:1030:0051 giving all thumbs up during spring 2020.

Alfred Martin to talk at Meredith Corporation

Monday, February 10, 2020
Dr. Alfred Martin is giving the talk "Blackness, Media and the Production and Marketing of Difference" later this month at Meredith Corporation in Des Moines.
Kate Magsamen-Conrad

Magsamen-Conrad recipient of the 2020 Jack Kay Award

Monday, February 10, 2020
Dr. Kate Magsamen-Conrad has been named the recipient of the 2020 Jack Kay Award for Community Engagement and Applied Communication Scholarship.
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz

Fixmer-Oraiz Receives Interdisciplinary Research Grant from the Obermann Center

Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz among recipients of Interdisciplinary Research Grants from the Obermann Center.

Wanzer-Serrano Receives Interdisciplinary Research Grant from the Obermann Center

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano was among the 2020 Interdisciplinary Research Grant recipients.
Kate Magsamen-Conrad

Kate Magsamen-Conrad featured in IowaNow

Communication Studies Faculty Member Kate Magsamen-Conrad featured in IowaNow article.

Research by Lance Bennett featured in The Atlantic article

Thursday, August 22, 2019
Research co-authored by Ph.D. candidate Lance Bennett featured in The Atlantic article on opposite-sex friendships.

Boge participates in Humanities for the Public Good summer internship program

Monday, August 19, 2019
Andrew Boge, a second-year doctoral student in Communication Studies, had the opportunity to participate in the inaugural class of the Humanities for the Public Good summer internship program, generously funded by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.