News: Department of Communication Studies

Lauren Peña
People |

While online dating has its place, Law School graduate Lauren Peña offers an alternative. Learn how she turned her knack for matching up couples into a new business.

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Professor Erika Engstrom on how aspects of religion and cultural values have become folded into the long-running, horror-based fictional TV program "Supernatural."

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Making a career switch seems to have been the right choice for the new Honors College faculty-in-residence. After years as a television news journalist, she has discovered that teaching is what she loves.

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Arts and Culture |

Five years after the station returns to campus, its audience keeps expanding and its DJs are landing stellar jobs.

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Arts and Culture |

Betty, Peggy, and Joan — which Mad Men character is closest to your heart? 51ԹϺ professor Erika Engstrom analyzes why these ’60s-era characters resonate with modern viewers.

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51ԹϺ communication studies professor Erika Engstrom dissects the images and messages about weddings created by the media and how they affect our perceptions of what “the big day” should look like.

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Campus News |

51ԹϺ’s top-ranked Sanford I. Berman Debate Team hosts intensive training camp for high school debaters July 15 to 27.

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Alumna puts 10 years of teaching experience into new advice book for college students.
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The coach of 51ԹϺ's nationally ranked debate team offers a few pointers on making your point.

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Can’t put your finger on what’s wrong with that trendy new restaurant? Maybe the music they’ve piped is setting the wrong tone, according to alumnus Allen Klevens.

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Communication Studies professor weighs in on the unrealistic portrayal of brides on TV.
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People |
Julie Murray’s first act of volunteerism wasn’t exactly voluntary.