UConn Department of Communication

UConn Stamford's COMM Career event is happening on March 26th! Co-sponsored by the UConn Stamford Communication Club, the event will feature COMM alumni guest speakers! #UConnStamford #UConn #UConnCommunication #UConnNation #UConnCareers #UConnHuskies #Communication #CommunicationCareers

We are pleased to announce our next Speaker Series guest, Dr. Deen Freelon, PhD., who will be presenting his talk, “The Post-API Age: Past, Present, and Future”, virtually on Thursday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m. #communciation #uconncommunication #uconn #communicationstudies #communicationresearch

Dr. R. Amanda Cooper, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Interpersonal Communication at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Cooper recently worked with other scholars on a research study called "Caregiving Artificial Intelligence Chatbot for Older Adults: A Mixed-Methods Study on Their Preferences, Well-Being, and Social Connectivity." As a mixed-methods study, this study reveals how older adults (65-84) use and adapt to technology like AI chatbots for health, well-being, and social connectivity. AI offers huge potential, providing benefits like reminders, chore help, and even companionship. However, challenges like usability, privacy, and tech dependence remain. Reading it here: https://lnkd.in/e_2BzZXw #TechForAllAges #AIInCaregiving #DigitalInclusion #communication #communicationresearch #uconnnation #uconn #uconncommunication #health #healthcommunication

We are proud to have welcomed prospective graduate students to our department as part of the Graduate Program Open House which we held yesterday! Among other activities, graduate students had the chance to see our work up close and learn more about our graduate education programs in communication. Among other activities, prospective students had the opportunity to visit Dr. Ken Lachlan, PhD's Research Methods class, and also visited research labs with faculty members Dr. Mark Hamilton, PhD., Dr. Jocelyn Steinke, Ph.D., Dr. R. Amanda Cooper, PhD., and Dr. John Christensen, PhD. We'd like to thank Bri Diaz, Senior Associate Director of Communications and Web Strategy at UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for providing some of the photographs used in this post!

Dr. Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, PhD. is an Associate Professor of Communication Technology in UConn's Department of Communication. Dr. Oeldorf-Hirsch recently wrote an article for The Conversation (also published on UConn Today) in which she discusses news content on TikTok! Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/esv9yhXg

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Dr. R. Amanda Cooper, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Interpersonal Communication at the University of Connecticut. Her research study: "Acknowledging dementia as an actor in the relationship: A facilitating mechanism promoting dementia family caregiver resilience" explores how dementia caregivers navigate their relationships through resilience processes. By acknowledging dementia as an active participant in their relationships, caregivers shift blame, accommodate the disease, and rely on memories, leading to personal growth and enhanced relational closeness. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/e9CJQyvz

Our first COMM Speaker Series event of the semester is fast approaching! Dr. Danny Pimentel, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Immersive Media Psychology, Fellow at Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communication, and co-Director of the Oregon Reality Lab at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication. As a developer and researcher, Dr. Pimentel creates and tests the pro-environmental and prosocial implications of immersive storytelling through augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR). He'll be visiting our department on Thursday, March 6th to present his talk, "Reimagining Connection: Spatial Computing’s Promise for Social Impact"! Visit our website to learn more about this and other upcoming COMM Speaker Series events: https://lnkd.in/ewb4UqwB

COMM student Anna Heqimi studied abroad last semester at the University of Granada in Spain with funding and support from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. Anna shares her key highlights from her experiences abroad with us! Find out more about the scholarship from UConn Global! #GilmanScholarship #GilmanScholarSpotlight #UConnCommunication #UConnNation #UConnHuskies #ExperientialGlobalLearning #UConnChangeYourWorld

Anna Heqimi is a junior here at UConn, double majoring in communication and journalism, with a minor in Spanish (UConn Department of Communication?/?UConn Journalism / UConn Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages). Through funding from the?Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, she was able to study abroad?last semester at the University of Granada in Spain. Anna produced this video news package to help students learn about?UConn Global, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program and how they can get involved!? #GilmanScholarship?#GilmanScholarSpotlight?#UConnEGL?#UConnCommunication #StudyAbroad?#UConnNation?#UConnHuskies