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Creating Safe Spaces for Victims of Microaggressions

February 25, 2019

In the current environment, the press provides daily accounts of racial aggression and violence toward minority groups. While some minority groups experience racial discrimination more than others, according to a new article published in the NCA journal, Communication Monographs, it is Black women who are most negatively affected by this type of behavior. University of Connecticut Assistant Professor of Communication Shardé M. Davis, Ph.D., explores supportive communication among Black women and calls on other scholars to “identify strategies that help Black women manage the ubiquity of microaggressions.”

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Lessons I Learned Working as a CI at the CCD

March 11, 2019

By: Amanda D’Arbanville What Does it mean to be a Career intern at the Center for Career Development (CCD) at UConn? I have been working this on-campus paid internship since my sophomore year at UConn. My work consists of critiquing undergraduate resumes, leading presentations on campus, and assisting various departments with campus-wide […]

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Doctoral Dissertation Prospectus Oral Defense of Ayanna Eastman

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Elaboration and the logical and affective responses to flood risk messages: Elaboration Likelihood Model and Information Processing perspectives

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This Yearâs Theme: Flat Earth? Climate Hoax? In a world of fake news and hot takes, what responsibility do college students and young professionals have in the process of communicating science in an accurate and engaging fashion?

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This orientation outlines best practices for teaching writing in the disciplines. It features interactive workshops on building robust revision processes into W courses, designing effective assignments, responding to student writing, and handling the paper load. Our aim is not only to enhance the quality of student learning in W courses but also to explore strategies that can make each instructorâs writing-intensive teaching more effective and rewarding. This orientation is required of all graduate assistants assigned to assist in a 2000+level or to instruct a 1000-level W course.
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Congratulations to the Martin Horn Scholarship Recipient

Theresa Persico

Graduation year: May 2021

Major: English and Communication

Personal Statement: I currently am pursuing a double major in English and Communication. I originally entered UConn as only an English major, but after taking COMM 1000 as a freshman with Professor Borsai, the class clicked like my English classes. Pursuing my degree in English and Communication became my own double wild adventure of personal and professional intrigue, growth, and career exploration. However, this upcoming semester I plan to declare an HDFS minor, along with my double major.

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