For over twenty years, Alexander Craft’s research and creative projects have centered on an Afro-Latin community located in the small coastal town of Portobelo, Panama who call themselves and their carnival performance tradition “Congo.” She has completed a manuscript, digital humanities project, and novel that reflect this focus.| UNC Department of Communication
Renée Alexander Craft first heard that she would likely be awarded the Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professorship in 2024. The announcement came in an email, informing her that a vote would soon be taken by the Board of … Read more The post Renée Alexander Craft awarded prestigious professorship appeared first on UNC Department of Communication.| UNC Department of Communication
Photos from the book talk delivered by Dr. Patrick Anderson of his recent book, The Lamentations: a requiem for queer suicide| UNC Department of Communication
The Communications & Public Relations Coordinator is responsible for helping the Director of Communications or the communications team to oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of communication strategies between the communications team, the personnel, the organization, and the community. The coordinator helps the communications team ensure AMEXCAN programs, projects, and initiatives are being promoted to the community through mixed methods| UNC Department of Communication
Congratulations to the UNC COMM 2025 Spring graduates. Photos by COMM Junior Violet Worzella.| UNC Department of Communication
The UNC COMM community celebrated a number of undergraduate and graduate students for their diligent work over the 2024-2025 academic school year on Friday afternoon. See the winners below! Award Winners Special Initiative Award Josh Youakim, Stephanie Kaczynski and Megan … Read more| UNC Department of Communication
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The UNC Department of Communication will host the second annual COMM Day event, celebrating the accomplishments of students in the department with a variety of different presentations and panels The event will be held on April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Swain Hall's Black Box Theatre.| UNC Department of Communication
(Images courtesy of Irina Kruchinina) Performance Studies professor Irina Kruchinina is certainly making her mark on UNC COMM in just her first year as faculty at Carolina. Kruchinina is bringing “Echography of Despair,” a culmination of her research on … Read more The post Professor Irina Kruchinina directs “Echography of Despair” at UNC appeared first on UNC Department of Communication.| UNC Department of Communication
The Department of Communication has hosted a variety of prestigious alumni as their spring commencement speakers in years past. This year is no different, with the COMM Department bringing in New York Times bestselling author, COMM alumna and former COMM faculty member, Tracy Deonn.| UNC Department of Communication
Ever since 2000, the Black Queer Studies Conference has aimed to celebrate the intersection of Black and queer culture, encompassing many speakers and topics over the years.| UNC Department of Communication
