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Communication

Our Commitment to Diversity & Equity

The Department of Communication continually strives for an intellectually vibrant community committed to all dimensions of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage diversity in our perspectives and scholarship, we pursue equity in our shared decision making, and we promote inclusion in the classroom, laboratory, and broader community. In doing so, we affirm our shared duty to uphold the values expressed in the University of California, Davis Principles of Community, grounded in our recognition of the dignity inherent in every human being.

Department News

UC Davis Associate Professor Jingwen Zhang Honored with Prestigious Lingnan Award for Excellence in Health Informatics

The Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis, proudly announces that Associate Professor Jingwen Zhang has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Annual Lingnan Award for Excellence in Health Informatics. This distinguished honor is presented by CITRIS Health, a division of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at the University of California, in partnership with the First Affiliated Hospital at Sun Yat-sen University, China.

NCA24 Research Showcase

 

Research conducted in the Department of Communication will be featured at this year's meeting of the National Communication Association. Researchers in the Department will present a total of 11 different projects, including one that earned a Top Paper award. Our faculty and students hold important leadership roles at NCA: Dr. Laramie Taylor is Second Vice-Chair for the Mass Communication Division, Sofia Rhea is Secretary for the Mass Communication Division, and Muhammad Rasul is Graduate Student Rep. for the Mass Communication Division.