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Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences
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About the Department
Communication is a basic feature of human behavior and is fundamental to everyday life. Within the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Communication conducts research, teaches, and provides services to the University and to the community beyond.
The Department of Communication is committed to the contemporary study of human communication by bridging the humanities and social sciences. We have a long and proud heritage dating to 1891 when we were the Department of Elocution formed at the Arkansas Industrial University. Our name was changed to the Department of Communication in 1980.
Teaching and scholarship in the Department focuses on the study of factors and processes related to symbolic messages in interpersonal, public, and mass communication settings. As such, the contexts of friendships and families, business relationships and political systems, cultural interaction, and technological advances are important areas of study in communication.
In the mid 1990s, a panel of outside scholars reviewed this Department and determined that our program was "nationally recognized." They further noted that our Department's "major strength is its faculty whose credentials are superior. The scholarly productivity of the faculty is best described as prolific and exceptional. Scholarship authored by the faculty is of the highest quality, generally published in the discipline's most competitive journals." There are currently eleven Ph.D. faculty members in the department. Our faculty members have regularly won awards for their teaching, research, and advising.
If you are interested in the way people interact through the use of messages and symbols, you will find that the program in communication offers opportunities for scholarship and research. It’s a comprehensive program of study in three broad areas: (a) rhetoric and public communication; (b) interpersonal, small group, and organizational communication; and (c) mass communication.
Faculty Awards for Teaching, Research, and Advising |
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American Communication Association Outstanding Professor Award - Dr. Steve Smith ASG Outstanding Teacher Award - Dr. Stephen Smith Distinguished Scholar - National Communication Association's Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division --
Dr. Thomas Frentz Fulbright Master Teacher Award - Dr. Stephen Smith Lambda Pi Eta National Award for Teaching Excellence - Dr. Stephen Smith Student Alumni Board Outstanding Teacher Award - Dr. Stephen Smith |
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Faculty Publications |
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ACA Bulletin - Dr. Lynn Webb
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Faculty Books and Movies |
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At the Intersection: Cultural Studies and Rhetorical Studies - Dr. Thomas Rosteck Chaplin: The Dictator and the Tramp- Dr. Frank Scheide, coeditor Clinton on Stump, State and Stage: The Rhetorical Road to the White House (1994); Preface to the Presidency: The Speeches of Bill Clinton, 1974-1992 - Dr. Steve Smith Electronic Tribes - Dr. Steve Smith Introductory Film Criticism: A Historical Perspective - Dr. Frank Scheide Myth, Media and the Southern Mind- Dr. Steve Smith Projecting the Shadow: The Cyborg Hero in American Film - Dr. Thomas Frentz See It Now Confront McCarthyism: Television Documentary and the Politics of Representation- Dr. Thomas Rosteck The Star Chamber - Dr. Stephen Smith Understanding Audiences- Dr. Robert Wicks
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Professional Offices |
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President of the American Communication Association - Dr. Stephen Smith
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Additional Honors and Offices |
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Dr. Stephen Smith founded Lambda Phi Eta and the Stephen Smith Award for undergraduate research is given to outstanding undergraduates. |
Arkansas House of Representatives - Dr. Stephen Smith
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