Political science alumnus highlights hometown through social media and photography
When he first came to the College of Wooster, Gabe Wasylko ’19 declared a major in political science and a minor in mathematics, certain […]
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 […]
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 […]
APEX Fellowship | Mudiwa Mungoshi
Major: Global Media & Digital Studies Class Year: 2024 Organization: Crossroads4Kids As a Camp Counsellor at Camp Wing, I will be in charge of […]
Mark Bergen ’07 publishes book on YouTube
Mark Bergen ’07, a technology reporter for Bloomberg News, published Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, the first book to […]
Global media & digital studies major oversees night camps for elementary and middle school students
Mudiwa Mungoshi ’24, a global media & digital studies major at The College of Wooster spent their summer working with kids at Crossroads4kids. Largely […]
Ahmet Atay co-edits book with thoughts on teaching during the “post-truth” era
Ahmet Atay, department chair of Global Media & Digital Studies and program chair of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, is co-editor of a new […]
Predicting Formula 1 Races using Ordered Logistic Regression and Elo Ratings
Name: Luke Pritchard Major: Statistical & Data Sciences Minor: Global Media and Digital Studies Advisor: Dr. Moses Luri, Dr. Jillian Morrison (second reader) This paper investigates the Formula […]
If There is a God, He’s Probably on Wall Street: A Genre Analysis of Social Criticism in Horror and Melodrama Films
Name: Lily Barnett Major: Communication Studies Minor: Global Media and Digital Studies Advisors: Dr. Ahmet Atay and Dr. Nii Nikoi The purpose of this project is to conduct […]
Sweeney Todd: Adaptation Across Media & Time
Name: Jack Williams Major: Communication Studies Minors: Music and Global Media & Digital Studies Advisors: Dr. Oscar Mejia and Dr. Ahmet Atay The character of Sweeney Todd has […]
Feelin’ Groovy: A Visual Rebranding of Radio Corporation of America Records
Name: Elijah Miller Major: Communication Studies Minor: Global Media and Digital Studies Advisor: Ahmet Atay Second Reader: Nii Nikoi In this project, I explored […]
INSIDE OF INFLUENCERS: An analysis and framework of social media influencers’ self-branding practices
Name: Alison Lindsey-Noble Major: Communication Studies Minor: Global Media & Digital Studies This study aimed to understand the practices social media influencers (SMIs) use to create […]
Wooster’s Communication Studies Department recognized as best in the US
The College of Wooster Department of Communication Studies has received the prestigious 2021 Rex Mix Program of Excellence Award from the National Communication Association […]
Ahmet Atay co-edits book on mentoring in higher education
Professor of communication studies emphasizes importance of mentors taking a cultural perspective
Independent Study uses a narrative approach to document the summer of 2020
Delaney Zuver ’21 collected and analyzed narratives of how people remember the summer of 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, mid-2020 election, and during the summer riots against racial injustice.
Ahmet Atay co-edits book on intercultural memory
Professor of communication studies examines memory through a critical and cultural perspective
The “Shut Up and Dribble” Conundrum: A Qualitative Cyber Ethnographic Analysis of LeBron James’ and Stephen Curry’s Social Media Activism on The Black Lives Matter Movement and Low-Income Education
Student Name: Chloe Burdette Major: Communication Studies Minor: Global Media and Digital Studies Advisor: Dr. Rob Razzante, Second Reader: Dr. Ahmet Atay The purpose […]
《异乡人》“Strangers”: A Visual Ethnography about Expat Teachers in China during Covid-19 Pandemic
Name: Xinyu Martina Pei Majors: Communication Studies, East Asian Studies Minor: Global Media and Digital Studies Advisors: Dr. Ahmet Atay, Dr. Ziying You This […]
Who’s Watching Who? Inverting the Capitalist Gaze in News Images of Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos
Name: Laura Haley Major: Communication Studies Minor: Global Media and Digital Studies Advisors: Dr. Rohini Singh, Dr. Melissa Rizzo Weller The purpose of this […]
Ahmet Atay receives award recognizing his impactful contributions to gender and sexuality studies, queer studies
Ahmet Atay, professor and chair of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS); Global Media and Digital Studies, and Film Studies programs at The […]