Senior Lecturer Jaclyn Nolan recently published an article in the Mississippi Free Press titled the “Legal Lynching’ of Willie McGee in Mississippi’s Traveling Electric Chair.”  The article reviews the controversial and consequential execution of Willie McGee in 1951, but

Undergraduate Communication Studies major Mona Abboud has been named as the winner of the 2021 Olive M. Cone Episcopal Scholarship. The Cone Scholarship recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of the awardee with a tuition scholarship.

The Communication Studies Graduate Forum has named Dr. Celeste Condit as the recipient of the 2021 Faculty Excellence Award. This award acknowledges the work that Dr.

The Communication Studies department would like to congratulate Anastacia Janovec and Jessica Fabbricatore for their hard work and service to the department, recognizing both graduate students with the 2021 Jerold L. Hale award.

Communication Studies PhD student Elle Johnson has been named as a recipient of a Graduate School Dean's Award for her dissertation project. Johnson's dissertation is entitled "Avoiding the Pandemic: Investigating Changes in Stress Following Supportive Conversations about COVID-19".