Communication and Media Studies Department – News

Critical Thinking and the Art of Being an Educator

stowns — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:16:17 +0000

Chris Tiner, media studies major and Free Press Co-Editor in Chief, has interviewed Lenny Shedletsky, Professor of Communication, in the November 2024 edition. Tiner … Read More

The Communication and Media Studies Academic Film Showcase Planned for May 1, 2024

stowns — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:53:11 +0000

The Communication and Media Studies student projects will be screened at the annual Academic Film Showcase. We are proud to share student work from … Read More

Professors Murphy And Ebben on Pedagogy and AI’s Environmental Impact

stowns — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:41:12 +0000

Professor of Philosophy, Julien Murphy, and Associate Professor of Communication, Maureen Ebben, published an article for Geneva Graduate Institute’s NORRAG Global Education Centre’s Policy … Read More

Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute creates first alumni chapter at USM

daniel.hartill — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:05:15 +0000

The Institute was the creation of its namesake, Olympia Snowe. In 1979, when she was only 31 years old, Snowe became the youngest Republican woman ever to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

USM Community Radio Station WMPG Celebrates 50 Years As ‘An Extraordinary Place’

frank.gallagher — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:57:42 +0000

Fifty years ago, Howard Allen, a student at the �Ӱɴ�ý, stuck a small antenna out the window of his room in … Read More

Professor Lenny Shedletsky on WMPG’s USM, Music and Me

stowns — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:59:04 +0000

Professor of Communication Lenny Shedletsky will make an appearance on WMPG’s music and interview program, USM, Music and Me on Thursday, November 9, at … Read More

LILAC Team Presents at Oxford Brookes University Conference

stowns — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:59:28 +0000

The USM LILAC team presented their work at the Eighteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences July 2023 at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, … Read More

Vukasovich to Publish in Canadian Journal of Communication

stowns — Mon, 01 May 2023 19:12:00 +0000

Assistant Professor of Communication, Christian Vukasovich has a paper that has been accepted in the Canadian Journal of Communication. Vukasovich and co-authors Cristina Negoita … Read More

USM to celebrate 143rd Commencement on Saturday, May 6th

daniel.hartill — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:17:34 +0000

The �Ӱɴ�ý will celebrate its 143rd Commencement on Saturday, May 6th with nearly 1,000 graduates scheduled to participate. The event, scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, will feature comments from University President Jacqueline Edmondson, student speaker Nadine Bravo, and featured speaker Neil Genzlinger ‘77, a New York Times journalist and USM alumnus.

Professors Murphy and Ebben Edit Forthcoming issue of Learning, Media and Technology

stowns — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:08:21 +0000

No doubt folks have heard about artificial intelligence (AI) developments such as ChatGPT. But what do such technologies mean for education? University of Southern … Read More