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Dr. Panetta has posted a letter thanking you, the students, and you, the members of the department, for sailing through what became an incredibly trying semester. Thank you, Dawgs! 

Online Teaching Information for Instructors   Beginning March 30, all UGA courses will go online. The Department is committed to helping you transition your class to an online format as smoothly as possible in this stressful time. The online infrastructure at UGA is limited, so instructors are strongly encouraged to conduct courses asynchronously. The following are some resources for making the transition.   Getting Started with Remote…

Dr. Liu was recently featured on UGA's Office of Research for her work on youth vaping! See it here. 

Dr. Happe was honored this semester with the Creative Research Medal in the Humanities and Arts for her work on the implications of race and gender in genomic science.  Her work blends the insights of rhetorical research and feminist science studies to address genomic science. She makes a strong case that it is improbable for any science involved with race, gender, and genomics to avoid re-inscribing problematic historical ideas and social…

Congratulations to Dr. Belinda Stillion Southard on the publication of her second book, How to Belong: Women's Agency in a Transnational World from Penn State University Press! See the attached press release for more information.    Press release

Dr. Jiyeon So and her collaborators in the Department of Geography, Dr. Andrew Grundstein (lead PI) and Castle Williams, recently received a research grant from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; $178,203).  The project is entitled “Implications of inconsistent visual displays on end user uncertainty, risk perception, and behavioral intentions” and will examine the effects of inconsistent information about severe weather…

The Department of Communication Studies extends its congratulations to Dr. Tina M. Harris, who has been named the faculty recipient of UGA’s 2017-2018 Excellence in Diversity Leadership Award. The Excellence in Diversity Leadership Awards are given annually by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Office of Inclusion and Diversity Leadership to one Franklin faculty member and one member of the Franklin staff in recognition of their efforts…

The Department of Communication Studies held its annual commencement exercises on Thursday, May 3, 2018 in the University of Georgia Chapel. The event featured two addresses, one from graduating senior Jonas Taylor and a second from program alum Hannah Kay Herdlinger. A member of Lambda Pi Eta and a graduate of UGA’s entrepreneurship program, Taylor encouraged his classmates to see their graduation day as a beginning to lives of service in…

The Department of Communication Studies held its Spring 2018 Public Speaking Contest on Wednesday, April 18. The event, which was sponsored by Xanedu Publishing, was emceed by graduate student Steven Murray and showcased the following student speakers, listed alongside the names of their instructors: Taylor Bush, “UGA Policy on Pre-Health Student Shadowing” – Anna Walling Cassidy Fuller, “The Real P.T. Barnum Story” – John Banister Jake…

The UGA Department of Communication Studies wishes to congratulate Dr. Jiaying Liu, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, on her selection for UGA’s prestigious Lilly Teaching Fellows program! Now in its 33rd year at UGA, the Lilly Teaching Fellows program is the ‘jewel in the crown’ of junior faculty development and engagement on campus. Competition for the ten positions in the 2018-2020 cohort was quite intense, with a plethora of…