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Join us for Dr. Kory Floyd's talk, "The Importance of Being Prosocial" Dr. Kory Floyd is a Professor of Communication at the University of Arizona and award-winning author of The Loneliness Cure: Six Strategies for Finding Real Connections in Your Life
Dr. Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas, will present some of her ongoing research as a guest of our Spring 2020 Colloquia series. 
Dr. Paul Stob of Vanderbilt University will present some of his ongoing research as a guest of our Spring 2020 Colloquia series. 
Maegan Parker Brooks has spent the last fifteen years studying the rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement. This research led her to the Mississippi Delta, where she began collecting oral history interviews and ended up involved in a wide range of community projects. From designing a monument to developing a K-12 Civil Rights Curriculum, Brooks' publicly engaged and public facing civil rights scholarship takes myriad forms. During her…
About Dr. Tell: Dr. Tell's work focuses on the intersections of rhetorical theory and cultural politics. His 2012 book Confessional Crises: Confession and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America (Penn State Press) explains how the genre of confession has shaped (and been shaped by) some of the twentieth century's most intractable issues: sexuality, class, race, violence, religion, and democracy. Dr. Tell teaches…
Dr. Kathryn Greene is Professor of Communication Studies at Rutgers University and a UGA alum. Her research focuses on health decision-making and the central role of communication in both preventing disease and injury in adolescents as well as in maintaining health and wellness in close relationships. The guest lecture will focus on two health communication interventions developed in conjunction with community groups, addressing adolescent…
Watching Watching: On Remediating the Death of Jamel Dunn On July 9, 2017, Jamel Dunn, a 31-year-old disabled man, drowned in a Florida pond. Five teenaged boys watched and refused to help the man, while recording the event on a smartphone. The video was posted to YouTube where we bear witness to Dunn’s death and to the boys’ laughter, jeers, and curses. This paper situates the event of death within familiar cycles of moral condemnation, on the…
Dr. Laura Koller, visiting scholar, will give a research presentation. Part of the Department of Communication Studies' Fall 2017 Colloquium Series.
Mr. Michael Raeber, General Counsel in UGA's Office of Legal Affairs will give a presentation on the State of Georgia's new "Campus Carry" legislation. Part of the Department of Communication Studies' Fall 2017 Colloquium Series.

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