Lily Herakova (Lecturer, Department of Communication and Journalism, UMaine) & Jen Bonnet (Research Librarian, Fogler Library, UMaine): “Information Literacy and/as Public Communication” This event is part of the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism's Fall, 2018 Colloquium.
Graduate School Information Session: November 15, 2018 The Department of Communication and Journalism will host an information session for students interested in graduate education. Participants will have an opportunity to talk with current graduate students in Communication, as well as with faculty and alumni. Join us for pizza and information on Thursday, Nov. 15, 5:00 […]
Multicultural Community Forum, November 14, 2018 Communication and Journalism students will present on the topic of learning with difference at the Maine Multicultural Center's Forum Series on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 6 pm in the Bangor Public Library. In the Spring 2018 semester, the students took a part of a CMJ class on Narrative, Performance, and […]
Dr. Judith Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism, will discuss social media activism as part of the Fall, 2018 Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Colloquium Series.
UMaine graduate student lightning research talks: Abby Roche (Ph.D. student, CMJ) & Kaylie Reese (MA student, CMJ): “Data Collection While at Play: How Relationships Between Science and Communities in Practice are Being Reframed through Adventure-based Citizen Science Efforts” Tony Sutton (Ph.D. student, EES): “Reassembling Sustenance Activities: Tracing Associations in Fieldwork between Human and Non-human Actors” […]
Susan Gardner (Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & The Rising Tide Center, UMaine) and Karen Pelletreau (Center for Teaching and Learning, UMaine): “Politics in the Classroom: Strategies & Opportunities” This event is part of the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism's Fall, 2018 Colloquium.
Matt Sienkiewicz (Associate Professor of Communication, Boston College): "Losing Control: New Directions in U.S. Global Media Strategies" This event is part of the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism's Fall, 2018 Colloquium.
James Spartz (Assistant Professor of Environmental Communication, Unity College): “Ecocultural Well-being through a Media Studies Lens” This event is part of the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism's Fall, 2018 Colloquium.
Tom Stone (Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Husson University) & Nico Jenkins (Assistant Professor of Ethics and Philosophy, Husson University): “A Philosopher and a Physicist Respond to Climate Change in their University Classroom.” This event is part of the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism's Fall, 2018 Colloquium.
The Department of Communication and Journalism will host a celebratory reception for all our 2017 graduates in Estabrooke Hall (please use door near Colvin Hall). Friends and family invited. Congratulations!
"Keep Calm and Scroll On: Understanding the News Media’s Influence in Turbulent Times" A lecture by Josh Roiland, Professor of Journalism April 12, 2017 7:00pm 100 Donald P. Corbett Business Building
“Learning to Innovate: The (Envisioned) Role of Communication in Innovation” Mark Congdon, Communication Doctoral Candidate Department of Communication and Journalism University of Maine
Washington Post reporters Katie Mettler and Jessica Contrera will visit UMaine at the end of March as this year's visiting journalists for the Alan Miller Fund for Excellence in Communication and Journalism Program. In addition to attending journalism classes, Mettler and Contrera will give a public talk entitled, "Clickbait, Fake News, and The Fourth Estate: […]
Lambda Pie Eta is the National Communication Association's Honor Society, celebrating academic excellence in the fields of Communication and Journalism. The University of Maine chapter, Mu Epsilon, will welcome its […]
“News Media Coverage of Climate Change Impacts on Native Maine Brook Trout” Ben Wyman, Communication MA candidate Department of Communication and Journalism University of Maine
“Rethinking the Humor of Anthropomorphism” Holly Schreiber Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism Department of Communication and Journalism University of Maine
“A Shot in the Arm” Joshua Roiland CLAS-Honors Preceptor of Journalism Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism University of Maine
From frog fungus to smashed dams; Maine science journalism and the (messed-up) food chain of news Maine is fertile ground for environmental journalists. It’s got marine waters, estuaries and rivers, great ponds and little bogs, rugged peaks and thousands of miles of woodlands. All of these become controversial from time to time, with conflicts over […]
Nathan Stormer, Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine "Rhetoric's Material Diversity: A Proposal for Study"
Michael J. Socolow, Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine: "Sound Preservation: The Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force"
Catherine Schmitt, Department of English & Communications Coordinator, Maine Sea Grant, University of Maine: "Science Communication: Foundations and Modern Approaches"
Leah Hakkola, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Maine: “Diversity Discourses in Higher Education Pedagogy and Practices”
CMJ Colloquium Series, Fall, 2016 Daniel F. Stone, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College: "Partisan News: A Perspective from Economics"
The annual University of Maine Graduate School picnic will be on September 20, 2016 from 4 to 6pm at Stodder Hall.
September 11 is the last day to drop a class according to the University of Maine Academic Calendar.
September 2 is the last day to add a class according to the University of Maine Academic Calendar.
The Department of Communication and Journalism and the Graduate School of the University of Maine will be holding it's Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation from Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26. Please contact Michael Socolow, Graduate Coordinator, for a schedule.
Teaching Institute for Graduate Teaching Assistants in Communication (TIGTAC) "Communication Education and/for Social Justice" August 5 – 7, 2016 University of Maine, Orono
"Communicating Who Knows What in Sustainability Science: Investigating the Role of Epistemology in Science Communication and Engagement" Brianne Suldovsky, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine. Advisor: Dr. Laura Lindenfeld, Director, The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University Committee: Dr. Kathleen Bell, Economics, University of Maine Dr. Jennifer […]
Jim Sheeler was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for “Final Salute,” his poignant story for the Rocky Mountain News on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice. The event will be moderated by Captain Sean M. Christensen, Marine Officer Instructor, University […]
“Service Not Included”: Talk by Kathleen Kingsbury, Deputy Managing Editor of the Boston Globe, introduced and moderated by Marc Cryer, Director, Bureau of Labor Education, University of Maine.
Pulitzer Week Event: "Why Journalism Matters: The Garrett Brown Story" Erin Rhoda, Editor, Maine Focus Garrett Brown, a young man from central Maine, opened up his life to BDN editor Erin Rhoda, and the public, by allowing her to follow him for what turned out to be two-and-a-half years. Through some of the hardest times […]
Pulitzer Week Begins with a visit from Washington Post Science and Health Reporter Amy Ellis Nutt to Orono & Bangor. Nutt, the author of Becoming Nicole (2015), and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for Feature Writing for her series, "The Wreck of the Lady Mary," will speak at an event moderated by […]
CMJ Colloquium: "Derivative Sport: The Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace" Joshua Roiland, CLAS-Honors Preceptor of Journalism and Assistant Professor, Communication and Journalism University of Maine When the writer David Foster Wallace died in the fall of 2008, he was mourned as “the most brilliant American writer of his generation.” Most of the posthumous praise […]
Application for Graduation filing deadline
Laura Rickard Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) & Department of Communication and Journalism University of Maine Despite real and present impacts, climate change remains largely an abstract risk to most people in the U.S. Using a survey with an embedded experiment, this study explores responses to messages about climate “departure dates” by manipulating the spatial […]
Mark Brewer Department of Political Science University of Maine Populism undoubtedly has a long history in the politics of the United States, but this history is too often fuzzy around the edges. Additionally, what exactly is meant by "populism" is frequently ambiguous and ill-defined. Finally, the significance of populism in the American political experience is […]
Classes Begin Tuesday, January 19, 2016.
