Communication studies professor Catherine Squires discusses the recent OMB directive against diversity trainings and Trump’s proclamation that anti-racist curriculum is unpatriotic mirror the early 20th-century charge that anti-Jim Crow editorials were sedition.
Professor and chair of cultural studies and comparative literature and professor of communication studies Laurie Ouellette places the show COPS within a historical and cultural context of reality media that participates in racialized police violence.
Presley will study alongside American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist Noam Chomsky this summer.
Reproduction and rhetoric: new faculty member Emily Winderman’s background with the words that shape how we think about reproductive health care shines light on an important issue in communication studies.
A liberal arts perspective on business: senior Jorge Espinoza gained critical thinking skills through his communication courses in CLA and took advantage of the guided internship course ID 3201 to put his critical career search strategies into practice.
Transfer student and senior Christian Trunley combined his love of food and people in a hands-on internship with Open Arms of Minnesota, helping prepare nutritious meals for people with life-threatening illnesses in the Twin Cities.