News
Spring 2008
Jessica Ghilani has been awarded a three-month Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship 
Erika Molloseau has been selected to attend a Summer Seminar on African American Civil Rights Struggles in the Twentieth Century at Harvard University
Carly Woods receives Women Studies Fellowship for the 2nd time
Carly Woods, graduate student, receives the Women Studies Fellowship for the second time!
David Seitz and Michelle Gibbons are awarded the Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship
David Seitz, graduate student, receives a full year of funding by the Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship for research Communicating Plots: Rituals of Remembrance at America's Overseas Military Cemeteries.
Michelle Gibbons, graduate student, receives a full year of funding by the Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship for research An Envisioned 'I':The Popularization of Scientific Conceptions of Mind.
Michelle Gibbons publishes article in Argumentation and Advocacy journal
Gibbons, Michelle G. “Seeing the Mind in the Matter: Functional Brain Imaging as Framed Visual Argument.” Argumentation and Advocacy 43 (2007): 175-188.
Christine Feldman, graduate student, is offered a publishing contract
Christine Feldman, currently one of department's three Mellon Predoctoral Fellows in the Humanities, has signed a book publication contract with Peter Lang Publishing in New York for her dissertation in progress.
Fall 2007
PittComm Alumna Deepa Kumar Wins Award
Dr. Deepa Kumar (PhD Pittsburgh 2001), Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Rutgers, received on 16 November 2007 the annual Young Leader Scholar Award for the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association.
Two Dissertation Defenses Succeed!
Doctoral candidates Ian Reyes and Hugh Curnutt successfully defend their dissertation on Friday, November 9 in the Cathedral of Learning 1128.
Erika Molloseau Defense Succeeds!
Doctoral candidate Erika Molloseau successfully defends her dissertation on Friday, August31st in the Cathedral of Learning 1128.
New Book by Takuzo Konishi
Doctoral student Takuzo Konishi’s new book, Let the Debate Begin! Effective Argumentation and Debate Techniques (co-authored with Tomohiro Kanke and P.J. Collins) has just been published by Tokai University Press.
Carly Woods wins the 2007 Tamara Horowitz Graduate Student Paper Prize
Communication doctoral student Carly Woods has been named as the first-place recipient of the 2007 Tamara Horowitz Graduate Student Paper Prize from the University of Pittsburgh's Women's Studies Program.
Autumn Boyer Advises Nationally Recognized Health Center
What types of visual images are most effective in motivating healthy behavior change? How can health messages be crafted so that older adults find them persuasive? These were some of the questions that communication doctoral student Autumn Boyer tackled in her role as communication consultant for the Center for Healthy Aging (CHA), a Centers for Disease Control Prevention Program housed in the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.
Spring 2007
Student Profile: Fulbright Scholar Christine Feldman
"It's been an amazing gift to focus 100 percent on my dissertation research and be able to take the project to a truly international level," says Fulbright scholar and PhD candidate Christine Feldman.
PittComm Storms '07 Annual Convention of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association in Boston
Communication graduate students had an unprecedented presence at this ACA/PCA convention, with nine papers presented.
Students Receive Fellowships for 2007–08
Christine J. Feldman, Damien Pfister, and Qian Zhang have been awarded Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowships for their ongoing dissertation work.
University Times Article on CxC
“There is a push from outside the University for better communication skills,” said Adam Roth, coordinator for Pitt’s Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC) program.
Spring 2006
New Awards for Department Graduate Students
Christine Feldman, Heather Fisher, Jessica Ghilani, Carleton Gholz, Octavia Graham, Ian Reyes, David Seitz, and Qian Zhang have all been recent award recipients.