Denise Bostdorff, professor of communication studies at The College of Wooster, engages with students from her Rhetoric of Black Civil Rights course after crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, part of an experiential learning trip in 2023. Photo by Matt Dilyard, The College of Wooster.

Denise Bostdorff receives national award for teaching excellence

Denise Bostdorff, professor of communication studies at The College of Wooster, has received a national award in recognition of her teaching. The National Communication […]

Charlotte Elgie '25

Communication studies major and pre-law student immerses herself in legal world

Charlotte Elgie ’25, a communication studies major and global media and digital studies minor at The College of Wooster from Vancouver, Canada, interned at […]

Silas Koyama '27

Wooster student builds community and pursues activism through APEX Fellowship

Silas Koyama ’27, a sophomore at the College of Wooster, spent the summer completing an APEX fellowship at World Fellowship program, a non-profit educational […]

Allison Osei-Okrah '27

Economics and communication studies major explores financial industry through APEX fellowship

An economics and communication studies major on the entrepreneurship pathway at The College of Wooster, Allison Osei-Okrah ’27 knew that she was interested in […]

Peter Jeffy '14

Communication studies major builds on his I.S. as he supports student success

Peter Jeffy ’14 has been helping undergraduate students succeed since he was one himself. As a student mentor with The College of Wooster’s Academic […]

Ahmet Atay, professor of communication studies and chair of global media and digital studies at The College of Wooster

Professor Atay publishes book incorporating transnational voices into conversations on critical intercultural communication

Ahmet Atay, professor of communication studies and chair of global media & digital studies at The College of Wooster, has co-edited a new book. […]

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Two Wooster students named Travel Grant Scholars at national conference

Two students at The College of Wooster were recognized as Travel Grant Scholars during the 2024 Sadie T.M. Alexander Conference for Economics & Related […]

Ahmet Atay, professor of communication studies and chair of global media and digital studies at The College of Wooster

Ahmet Atay named Distinguished Scholar by National Communication Association’s International and Intercultural Communication Division

Ahmet Atay, professor of communication studies and chair of global media and digital studies at The College of Wooster, received the Distinguished Scholar Award […]

Ahmet Atay, professor of communication studies and chair of global media and digital studies at The College of Wooster

Professor Atay publishes new book about generational media and culture

Ahmet Atay, professor of communication studies and program chair of global media & digital studies at The College of Wooster, recently published Millennials and […]

Ryan Johnston '23

Turnip Turn-in: Park Ranger intern sets precedents for research classification and completion

Ryan Johnston ’23 says he’d be a very different person if he hadn’t attended The College of Wooster. The Ohio native came to play […]

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Ahmet Atay elected president of Central States Communication Association

Ahmet Atay, professor of global media and digital studies, communication studies, and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at The College of Wooster, was recently […]

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(De)Legitimization of Nonviolent Social Movements in U.S. News Media: A Rhetorical Analysis of News Coverage and Political Economic Analysis of News Corporations

Name: Jada Frost Majors: Political Science, Communication Studies Advisors: Denise Bostdorff, Erum Haider Social movements often employ protests in order to bring public attention to […]

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Nike’s “Equality”: How the Spread of Equality is Halted by the Delivery of Nike’s Message and Their Past Controversies

Name: Zak Nowatzke Major: Communication Studies Minor: Psychology Advisors: Joshua Smith; Denise Bostdorff (second reader), Michelle Johnson (academic advisor) The purpose of my project […]

Microaffirmation

Collaborative community project raises awareness about unintentional messages found in everyday communications and their impact

Michael Miyawaki, assistant professor of sociology at The College of Wooster, is leading a Microaggressions and Microaffirmations (M&M) Project on campus to raise awareness […]

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Mentoring in intercultural and international contexts is personal topic for Ahmet Atay’s newest book

Mentoring is an important and personal topic for Ahmet Atay, professor of global media and digital studies, communication studies, and women’s, gender, and sexuality […]

Jada Frost ’23

Communication Studies students and faculty recognized by National Communication Association

Students and faculty members from The College of Wooster Department of Communication Studies received exceptional recognition at the National Communication Association meeting in New […]

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APEX Fellowship | Maud Utstein

Major: Communication Studies Class Year: 2023 Organization: UC Berkeley Law School I will be interning at UC Berkeley Law School with Whitney Mello, executive […]

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APEX Fellowship | Hayden Sherry

Major: Communication Studies Class Year: 2023 Organization: Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches I will be the play-by-play live baseball commentator for the Collegiate […]

Chantel Massey '13

English alumna helps build community through poetry and performance

Chantel Massey ’13 has always been a writer and a lover of poetry, but she didn’t always recognize that she could turn her passion […]

Reggie Harris, an acclaimed musician, storyteller, and expert on civil rights music

Acclaimed musician-storyteller Reggie Harris to perform at Wooster Oct. 26

The College of Wooster will welcome Reggie Harris, an acclaimed musician, storyteller, and expert on civil rights music for a performance on Wednesday, Oct. […]