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Communication

Dr. Leah Waks Wins Outstanding Academic Program Leadership Award

Congratulations to Dr. Waks!

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May 30, 2025 Communication

Faith Otchere Awarded 2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Otchere, May 2025 COMM PhD graduate!

May 12, 2025 Communication

COMM Department 2025 Award Winners

Congratulations to this year's departmental award winners!

May 08, 2025 Communication

Dept. of Communication's Graduate Program wins Award for Graduate Student Mentorship

We are very proud of our Graduate Program!
April 21, 2025 Communication

Dr. Kang Namkoong wins Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award for 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Kang Namkoong!
April 16, 2025 Communication

You've Got i-Mail: Olivia Click

Feature on Olivia Click for "You've Got i-Mail!"
April 02, 2025 Communication

Dr. Catherine Knight Steele wins 2025 Maryland Research Excellence Award

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Knight Steele!

March 12, 2025 Communication

17th Annual Grunig Lecture

Dr. Krishnamurthy Sriramesh presents "Culture and Public Relations: A Global Program of Research"

March 06, 2025 Communication

COMM members win Faculty-Student Research Awards (FSRA)!

Congratulations to Drs. Sahar Khamis and Nana Kwame Osei Fordjour, and Ph.D. Students Felicity Dogbatse and Anani Yao Kuwornu!
February 12, 2025 Communication

"Technoskepticism" book featuring Drs. Catherine Knight Steele and Rianna Walcott now published

Check out the new publication from the DISCO Network!

Washington Post January 29, 2021

Time to Double or Upgrade Masks as Coronavirus Variants Emerge, Experts Say

Better face coverings are needed to curb more-transmissible strains as vaccine rollout is underway, they say.
Politico January 30, 2020

Donald Trump Is Not a Doctor. But He Plays One on Twitter.

And that’s a prescription for public health confusion.
Maryland Today March 04, 2019

Celebration Honors Scholarship, Research Excellence

Inaugural campus event recognizes high-impact achievements.

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2013-2014 Ronald E. Mcnair Graduate Fellowship

May 09, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students receive prestigious Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship.

ARHU Insights with Sahar Khamis

April 05, 2013 Communication

Research explores how Arab women fueled the Egyptian Revolution through cyberactivism.

Women's History Month: History In The Making

March 21, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

UMD Assistant Professor Sahar Mohamed Khamis, Ph.D., shares her research on women and cyberactivism during the Arab Spring.
McGill Publications

Four Burning Questions With Sahar Khamis Expert On Arab And Muslim Media

January 31, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Assistant Professor of Communication Sahar Khamis interviews with McGill Publications.
New Hampshire News

Audio: Feminist Spring

January 31, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Assistant Professor of Communication Sahar Khamis shares her insight about female activism in the Arab spring uprisings.

2013-14 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

December 04, 2012 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Numerous ARHU faculty received Creative and Performing Arts Awards (CAPAA) or Research and Scholarship Awards (RASA) for 2013-14.
The Graduate School

2013-14 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

December 04, 2012 Art, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Numerous ARHU faculty received Creative and Performing Arts Awards (CAPAA) or Research and Scholarship Awards (RASA) for 2013-14.

Toth Receives Milestone In Mentoring Award

November 10, 2012 Communication

Distinguished PR Professor receives mentorship prize from Plank Center.
The Diamondback

Communication Students, Experts Gather For Grunig Lecture

October 25, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Tuesday evening, about 180 communication students, alumni and local professionals gathered in Stamp Student Union’s Colony Ballroom to discuss current trends in public relations.

2012-13 New Faculty Appointments

October 25, 2012 Art, American Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Persian, School of Music

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.