Natalie Pennington (Communication Studies) recently published an article, "Quitting Social Media: A Qualitative Exploration of Communication Outcomes" in the academic journal, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication. The study draws on in-depth interviews to understand the benefits and drawbacks related to abstaining from social media use.…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) and Michael Easter (Journalism and Media Studies) are the founders of the Public Communication Initiative, which has designed and launched a survey of Nevadans' climate attitudes. The survey was created in partnership with Gov. Steve Sisolak's climate strategy team to inform their climate initiatives…

Saha Salahi (Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) recently had an OpEd, "Pandemic Highlights the Need to Invest in Civic Education" featured in the Las Vegas Sun. She is pursuing a major in communications and is a Brookings public policy minor student.

Tara McManus (Communication Studies) published the article “Providing support to friends experiencing a sexual health uncertainty” in Journal of Applied Communication Research. The study found that when college-aged people had greater positive expected outcomes for the conversation with their friend, communication efficacy, and factual sexual…

The Department of Communication Studies would like to recognize a recent publication entitled“The Effects of Establishing Intimacy and Consubstantiality on Group Discussions about Climate Change Solutions,” authored by two of our faculty members, in collaboration with co-authors from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Dr.…

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the Spring 2020 Graduate College Medallion recipients. Graduate College Medallion recipients are exceptionally involved during their time as graduate students at UNLV. Medallions are given in the semester students graduate.  This semester's recipients are: Austin McKenna, Biological…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) has a chapter in the forthcoming volume, Routledge Handbook of Ecocultural Identity. Her chapter, "The Reworking of Evangelical Christian Ecocultural Identity in the Creation Care Movement," explores how creation care members refigure their Christian identity to make room for…

Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) published an article in The Conversation titled, "How to Talk to Someone You Believe is Misinformed About the Coronavirus." The article provides information about common misperceptions about the coronavirus and strategies for correcting misinformation.

Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) is featured in a podcast for the New Books Network, a consortium of author-interview podcast channels that brings scholarly research to the public via new media. She was interviewed about her book Feminism, Gender, and Politics in NBC's "Parks and Recreation," as well as her other books and ongoing…

Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) presented "The Gendered Endgame: Marvel's 'New Man'" at the 32nd annual conference of the Far West Popular Culture and American Cultures Association in Las Vegas last month. An expert in gender and media, she discussed how Marvel's blockbuster film Avengers: Endgame presents modified versions of masculinity…

Philip Tschirhart and Emma Frances Bloomfield (both Communication Studies) published a paper, "Framing the Anthropocene as Influence or Impact: The Importance of Interdisciplinary Contributions to Stratigraphic Classification" in Environmental Communication. The paper examines disciplinary debates over the stratigraphic (rock-layer) …

Donovan Conley (Communication Studies) and Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) have published a sequel essay on the television show, Black Mirror, called "Bandersnatched: Infrastructure and Acquiescence in 'Black Mirror.'" The article, published by Critical Studies in Media Communication, argues that Black Mirror disturbs and…