SJMC Weekly Announcements
Week of September 30 – October 4, 2024
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Kudos
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[CORRECTION] Last week, we incorrectly wrote that professor Sue Robinson, alum Steven Wang and PhD student Elaine Almeida received an award for a book in which they contributed a chapter. The book which includes a chapter written by them won the award, not those three people individually. See below for an updated Kudos.
An edited book volume with a chapter by SJMC authors wins the Sue DeWine Distinguished and Scholarly Book Award
An edited volume, Public Scholarship in Communication Studies, was selected as the 2024 winner of the Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award from the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association! The 2024 book was edited by TJ Billard and Silvio Waisbord. SJMC Professor Sue Robinson, SJMC alum Steven Wang, and SJMC PhD candidate Elaine Almeida authored a chapter in this volume called “Journalism Studies: Centering community in public scholarship through a ‘PRO-flexivity’ approach.” Professor Sue Robinson visits Muhlenberg College as a Visiting Scholar
Sue was invited to be the Sue Curry Jansen Honors Visiting Scholar this week at Muhlenberg College’s Department of Media & Communication in Pennsylvania. She gave a keynote address and met with classes and students to talk about her 2023 book and the data from her forthcoming one. Her talk was titled "Disrupting Journalism: How might we improve the news industry, its education and its scholarship."
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Publications
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Professor Jing Wang publishes new article and three essays in Media, Culture & Society
Jing recently published a collaborative article titled “ Global communication as a standpoint: A critical engagement with research, pedagogy, and the profession through a global communication lens” in the Crosscurrents section of Media, Culture & Society. This piece theorizes that a global communication standpoint is characterized by a combination of four aspects that can be embraced across the discipline: contextualization, historical rootedness, attention to power, and engagement with issues of relationality and comparison. Along with this collaborative article, Wang invited four scholars to respond to their article in three companion essays, respectively titled as “ Stand pointing global communication” (Jack Linchuan Qiu, Singapore), “ To internationalize global communication” (Armond R. Towns, US & Aseel Qazzaz, Palestine), and “ A global communications standpoint: What might that mean?” (Usha Raman, India).
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Vilas Hall Happenings
The latest happenings at the SJMC and links for easy sharing with your networks.
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Faculty Friday: Professor Doug McLeod
Marin Rosen is a junior with concentrations in reporting and strategic communication. Marin is currently interning for News 3 Now / Channel 3000 and running the Badger Beat, a social media platform aimed at making news more relatable and accessible to students.
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Professor Mike Wagner travels to LA for UW Now
This weekend, professor Mike Wagner traveled to LA for UW Now, which brings alumni across the country together to hear from UW–Madison leaders and experts. Mike shared his expertise in information ecologies and democratic attitudes and also made sure to cheer on the Badgers in their game against USC.
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One of the hallmarks of our Research M.A. and Ph.D. programs is the opportunity for students to work on and often lead collaborative research projects. Our internationally recognized program prepares students with the quantitative and qualitative research skills necessary to conduct field-leading research and many of our students publish their work throughout their time at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In spring 2024, several of our students published their research in major communication research journals.
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October 9 & 10: CCCR Conference – Local News in American Civic Life
Join the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal for their fall conference, Local News in American Civil Life, on October 9 and 10 at the Pyle Center. More information to come.
October 15: Morgridge Center Education for Democracy Panel and Discussion
Join the Morgridge Center on Tuesday, October 15 from 5:30–8 p.m. for a panel featuring SJMC professor Hernando Rojas. The panel will focus on the role of higher education in supporting democracy and how our institutions can prepare students to be informed and engaged citizens. Learn more and register for the panel. October 19: 2nd Annual SJMC Tailgate & International Potluck
Join SJMC faculty, staff and graduate students at our 2nd Annual Tailgate and International Potluck on Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Westmoreland Park Shelter (4114 Tokay Blvd). There will be a livestream of the UW vs Northwestern football game plus live karaoke, lawn games and a best dish contest! To participate in the best dish contest, please bring a dish to share and we will vote on the best dishes in several categories. Prizes include a Target giftcard, Colectivo giftcard and SJMC swag.
October 21: Ivan L. Preston Research Colloquium with Pablo Boczkowski
Join the MCRC for their Preston Colloquium on Monday, Oct. 19 at noon in the Nafziger room (5055 Vilas). Northwestern University's Hamad Bin Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor Pablo Boczkowski will deliver his talk "Digital Freud: The Refiguration of Inequality, Sociality, and Personhood in Mental Health Work." Lunch will be served at noon before the talk.
The flamingos will return to Bascom Hill on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. through 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25. Save the date and support SJMC!
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