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ICA21 Research Showcase

Researchers in the Department of Communication will present 50 unique research studies at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association. One of these studies won a Top Paper award.

Research conducted by graduate students and faculty in the Department of Communication will be heavily represented at this year's meeting of the International Communication Association. Researchers in the Department earned one Top Paper Award and a total of 50 different studies were accepted.

Professor Wojcieszak Featured as a Panelist on Valley Public Radio

Free Speech And The Rise Of Misinformation And Conspiracy Theories

Professor Wojcieszak was recently featured as a guest on Valley Edition with Host Kathleen Schock. Professor Wojcieszak provided a thoughtful discussion about freedom of speech, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Be sure to check out the full episode!

Huskey's Research Advances the Automated Annotation of Moral Language

"One of the core efforts in our lab is to design better ways of understanding moral message content", said Huskey.

Richard Huskey and his colleagues recently published an article in Behavior Research Methods where they used large-scale human annotation and natural language processing techniques to develop the extended Moral Foundations Dictionary (eMFD). The Psychonomic Society wrote an excellent short summary about this research and why it matters.

NCA20 Research Showcase

Researchers in the Department of Communication will present 24 unique research studies at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. Two of these studies won Top Paper awards.

Research conducted by graduate students and faculty in the Department of Communication will be heavily represented at this year's meeting of the National Communication Association. Researchers in the Department earned two Top Paper Awards and a total of 24 different studies were accepted.

Now hiring funded graduate positions in the C^2 Lab

Funded graduate position in the computational social science of organizations and institutions, as applied to open source software projects. Funded graduate position in the CSS of OSS We are hiring a graduate student in Communication or another science for an NSF-funded research position under Prof. Seth Frey, for a graduate training in computational social science (CSS).

Statement in Support of Chancellor Gary S. May

“The events of this week also cause me to believe even more strongly, if that’s possible, in building an inclusive environment that recognizes and respects people of all backgrounds and experiences. I remain committed to that and hope you will do what you can to eliminate racism, sexism, and other negative influences on our progression as a nation.”

The Department of Communication at UC Davis is committed to supporting diversity in higher education and promoting equality everywhere.