Department of Communication Studies will present the Dr. Sanford I. Berman Lecture, which invites scholars to consider the role of language in addressing the pressing problems humankind faces in the 21st century.

For the April 1 lecture, Kristina M. Scharp, associate professor of communication at Rutgers University, will present a lecture titled How Communication processes Address Inequity and Disparity: The Importance of Remaking, Resistance, and Resilience.

In her talk, Scharp will discuss how the communicative processes of remaking, resistance, and resilience can help people better disrupt and manage the inequities they experience and resulting marginalization with which they must cope. Based on her research about family estrangement, complicated health diagnoses, and disenfranchised college students, Scharp will illustrate how communication scholarship can inform a new theory, inspire a new research method, and translate that to the public.