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Faculty
News about SJMC faculty and staff.
Culver Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Kathleen Bartzen Culver, associate professor and James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics, has won the William H. Kiekhofer Teaching Award. She is one of 10 faculty members across campus to have been chosen.
Q&A with Sijia Yang
Q&A with Sijia Yang, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Hometown: Tongxiang, China Educational background: Ph.D. in communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania How did you get into your …
Professor Sue Robinson Wins Award for 2018 Book
This summer, Professor Sue Robinson, the Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism, received the 2019 Tankard Book Award for outstanding research in journalism. Her book, Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power & Privilege Shape Public …
James P. Danky Wins AJHA’s Distinguished Service Award
The AJHA Awards Committee has announced that James P. Danky has won the rare honor of the organization’s Distinguished Service to Journalism History Award. This award is reserved for those generally outside the field of …
Dhavan Shah Wins Grant to Fight Opioid Addiction
New app in development aims to stop opioid relapses before they happen Researchers at the University of Wisconsin—Madison have received a $3.42 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a mobile …
Professor Sue Robinson Wins the 2019 Tankard Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Professor Sue Robinson will receive the 2019 Tankard Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at its August meeting in Toronto. The award is given to work that breaks new …
SJMC Team Receives Funding to Study Civic Renewal
Researchers in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have received $1 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the Center for Communication and Civic …
Professor Sue Robinson Wins 2019 Public Engagement Award from the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association
Professor Sue Robinson won the 2019 Public Engagement Award from the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association. Robinson was recognized for embodying the spirit of this award, from the publication of her new public-facing …
Professor Young Mie Kim and SJMC Graduate Student Co-Authors Win Kaid-Sanders Award for Best Political Communication Article of the Year
Young Mie Kim and her co-authors, which included SJMC graduate students, won the Kaid-Sanders Award for the best article of the year on political communication from the Political Communication Division of the International Communication Association. The article is titled, “The …