The Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies is delighted to announce our 2025 award winners.
Ethan Vroom received the Leadership Award. Claire Binkley and Emma Walsh were Academic Achievement Award winners.
Congratulations, Ethan, Claire, and Emma!
Photos: Claire Binkley and Emma Walsh (left) and Dr. Barney with Ethan Vroom (right)
With its innovative bridging between an emphasis on critical/ethical thinking and a focus on the practical role of communication in public life, the Department of Rhetoric Communication Studies empowers students to find fulfilling careers and professional and educational experiences across a wide diversity of subjects. Our RHCS students have gone on from UR to make exciting, creative, and vital contributions to civic culture.
Taylor Arnold, professor of data science and statistics, and Lauren Tilton, professor of digital humanities and director of UR’s Center for Liberal Arts and AI, received a grant to support their research to develop AI models that analyze film and television. The funding is part of a larger award from Schmidt Sciences and includes collaboration with colleagues at UC Berkeley and Bowdoin College.
Ben Pettis, assistant professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published a book review of Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.
Ignatius G. D Suglo, assistant professor of rhetoric & communication studies, was appointed to the editorial board of the flagship journal Communication, Culture, & Critique.
Malcolm Ogden, visiting assistant professor of rhetoric and communication studies, presented "AI, grammar, and consciousness: A media genealogical analysis of Grammarly" at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S): Reverberations.
Spiders travel to the Big Apple to meet alumni in creative careers, including at NBCUniversal, Amazon Ads, and the NBA.
Meet two best friends whose active lives include serving as co-presidents of the Jepson Student Government Association.
Lauren Tilton, digital humanities professor and E. Claiborne Robins Professor of Liberal Arts, is quoted.
Rhetoric and communications professor Paul Achter is quoted.
Nicole Maurantonio, associate provost of academic affairs and professor of rhetoric & communication studies, authored this piece.
Nicole Maurantonio, associate provost of academic affairs and professor of rhetoric & communication studies, authored this piece.
The University of Richmond's Scholarship Repository shares faculty publications with a world-wide audience. The map below shows where articles from RHCS faculty are being read around the globe.
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Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies
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Department Chair: Paul Achter
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Robin Mundle