Students in two of instructor Carrie Moore’s Communication Studies classes this fall are traveling to London once a week – virtually, that is! Each Wednesday, students in her 8 a.m. Communicating Effectively and 9 a.m. Parliamentary Debate classes connect live with individuals in the United Kingdom. “I came up with this idea of a ‘virtual… Read more »
Jie Zhuang, assistant professor of communication studies, received an inaugural TCU Invests In Scholarship grant to fund research on coronavirus vaccine hesitance. Dr. Zhuang will begin her project in summer 2021. Black Americans and African Americans have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, suffering higher rates of infection, hospitalization and deaths in comparison to other groups… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely alter many Americans’ plans for the holidays this year, causing some people to remain isolated when they are used to being together with friends and family. Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise celebrating with individuals in one’s household and avoid gathering in large groups. Therefore, many… Read more »
Hometown: Sachse, Texas My degree: Communication Studies My favorite class or professor in the Schieffer College: My favorite class was Communication Theory and was taught by my favorite professor Candy Yang. It is the class that made me want to be a Communication Studies major. Professor Yang later became my research mentor. What I’m doing… Read more »
After 10 years of teaching in the Schieffer College, instructor Carrie Moore says teaching her Advanced Public Speaking course this fall is like being the choreographer, director, producer and cinematographer of an event every time she steps into her classroom. That’s because some of her students are learning from Moore in the physical classroom, while others… Read more »
By Margaux Nersesian, Strategic Communication major, Class of 2021 Student Laine Zizka has turned her passion for musicals into a thought-provoking research project for her master’s degree in Communication Studies at the Bob Schieffer College of Communication. Inspired by her childhood memories of her family’s love of musicals, Zizka says she “never passed up an… Read more »
By Jenni Royston, News and Media Studies major, Class of 2020 Michael Brown, a senior Communication Studies major in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication, won first place at the recent Battle of Flowers Oratorical Contest for his speech titled, “A Tiger by the Tail: Tex Hill and the Flying Tigers.” In previous years, Brown… Read more »
By Jenni Royston, News and Media Studies major, Class of 2020 Two TCU students are headed to San Antonio this month to compete in the annual Oratorical Contest of the Battle of Flowers competition in San Antonio, Texas: Michael Brown and Cage Sawyers. Brown is a senior communication studies and entrepreneurial management double major and Sawyers is double-majoring… Read more »
By Desaray Hickombottom, Communication Studies major, Class of 2020 Michael Putnam, a Communication Studies instructor, is retiring after six years at TCU. During his time at TCU, he taught Communicating Effectively; Organizational Communication; and Interviewing. Putnam was an instructor at the University of Texas at Arlington for 20 years before coming to TCU. “Since I… Read more »
By Desaray Hickombottom, Communication Studies major, Class of 2020 TCU Schieffer College alumna and Board of Visitors member Elizabeth Jenswold ‘89 recently hosted two dozen Schieffer students at JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s regional headquarters in Plano, Texas. Jenswold, head of human resources for the chief administrative office in the commercial bank, gave students in Communication… Read more »
