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Professor Magdalena E Wojcieszak has been awarded the European Research Council Consolidator Grant (2,000,000 Euro for 5 years). She will conduct a research project titled "Incentivizing Citizen Exposure to Quality News Online: Framework and Tools: NEWSUSE." 

Professor Seth Frey and his collaborators received a $50K Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund grant from the Ford Foundation. His team will be working on identifying ways to make it easier for open source software projects to transition to community-driven governance.

Professor Jingwen Zhang receives the 2023 Everett M. Rogers Award from the Public Health Education and Health Promotion section of the American Public Health Association.

Graduate Student Camren Allen and Professor Jorge Peña published an article in Health Communication investigating how stereotype threat vs. lift messages shape physical activity.

UC Davis alumnus Saifuddin Ahmed and graduate student Muhammad Ehab Rasul published an article in Nature Scientific Reports investigating investigating misinformation sharing in eight different countries.

Research conducted by 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 13 different projects. Our faculty and students hold important leadership roles at NCA; Dr. Laramie Taylor is Second Vice Chair-Elect for the Mass Communication Division and NCA Doctoral Education Committee Member.

PhD Student Jane Shawcroft, published an article in the Psychology of Popular Media investigating investigating the effects of exposure to Disney Princesses on body esteem and gendered play in early childhood. A summary of the article was also featured on UC Davis News.

Professor Wojcieszak is featured in an article from The Atlantic. The article focuses on communication in online communities formed around unpopular or controversial topics and opinions.

Brooke Isrow has been named the 2023 Outstanding Senior for the Department of Communication.

Brooke is graduating with a double-major in Communication and Psychology and she also completed a minor in professional writing. Brooke started her UC Davis journey by majoring in Political Science. However, after founding the Aggie Mentors program to guide incoming students at UC Davis, she realized that she enjoyed multiple aspects of communication. She then took Introduction to Communication 10V and quickly added the major.

PhD Candidate Xuanjun (Jason) Gong, Assistant Professor Richard Huskey, and their colleagues, published an article in the Journal of Communication investigating media selection.

The Communication 2023-24 course list is available for viewing or download.  This is for planning purposes only as these courses may change.

The International Communication Association recently named Professor Magdalena Wojcieszak as a 2023 ICA Fellow. The award is primarily a recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions to the broad field of communication.

Professor Wojcieszak is featured extensively in an interview by KTVU. The interview focuses on claims about election fraud on Twitter, and the disconnect between Elon Musk's claims and empirical reality.

Associate Professor Yegiyan was just awarded a research grant to pursue a project titled “Developing Online Video Design strategies to Reduce Disruptive Multitasking and Improve Learning Outcomes across Diverse Student Groups”. Congratulations to Dr. Yegiyan!

Graduate students Xuanjun (Jason) Gong and Haoning Xue, along with professors Richard Huskey, Cuihua Shen, and Seth Frey, published an article in the Journal of Communication investigating how information diffusion shapes public discourse.