William Cooney, Mackensie Minniear, and Toni Morgan, communication studies, have been selected for the National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar. The competitively seminar brings together top doctoral students and distinguished faculty from across the discipline. The seminar will be July 21-24 at the University of South Florida.
Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, is the director of several films featured in a screening June 23 at the Los Angeles Film Forum. The screening, “Wheeler Winston Dixon: From Ancient History to A Hundred Years from Today," will feature his films “Serial Metaphysics” and “Stargrove” — along with a wide array of his digital work from the past four years.
Adam Hubrig, English, has been awarded a 2019-2020 Maude Hammond Fling Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded to advanced master's or doctoral students who have demonstrated the highest level of academic potential, providing a stipend that allows the student to be completely immersed in scholarship without having to hold an assistantship.
Alice Kang, ethnic studies and political science, has received the Best Paper Award from the European Journal of Politics and Gender. She shares the award with co-author Peace Medie, University of Bristol, for their article "Power, Knowledge and the Politics of Gender in the Global South." Kang will receive the award at the European Conference on Politics and Gender in Amsterdam this July.
