A team of researchers has received a $750,000 grant from the NSF’s Convergence Accelerator to study methods of combating misinformation online.
Faculty
News about SJMC faculty and staff.
A Letter from Dean Eric Wilcots (Fall 2021)
This fall marks a return to in-person classes and events, and it is exciting to be back on campus with students and colleagues!
Campus Group Receives Grants to Expand Elder Tree Platform to Smart Speakers and Smart Displays
New grants will help to adapt Elder Tree for smart speakers and smart displays in order to make the web-based information and communication technology platform more accessible to a larger group of potential users.
Professor Emeritus Jack Mitchell Inducted into Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame
During its annual summer conference, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association inducted SJMC Professor Emeritus Jack Mitchell into its Hall of Fame.
Professor Katy Bartzen Culver Named Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year
J-School Associate Professor and James E. Burgess Ethics in Journalism Chair Kathleen Bartzen Culver has won the 2020 Scripps Howard Journalism & Mass Communication Teacher of the Year Award.
SJMC Faculty and Students Present Research, Receive Awards at 2021 AEJMC Conference
From August 4-7, 2021, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) will hold its 104th annual conference.
SJMC Faculty and Grad Students Present Research at Virtual ICA Conference
This week, graduate students and faculty from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will be presenting their research at the International Communication Association’s annual conference, which is being presented virtually from May 27-31.
A Letter from the Director: Spring 2021
A letter from SJMC Director Hernando Rojas from the Spring 2021 issue of the Vilas Insider newsletter print edition.
Professor Lucas Graves Receives Vilas Associates Award
Lucas Graves, an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is a 2021 recipient of the Vilas Associates Award.
Three Questions for the “Distinguished” Deb Pierce ‘87
Pierce recently earned a “distinguished” prefix to add to her title of “faculty associate”. We caught up with her to learn more about this honor.