Communication Studies Speaker Series
2022-2023 Speaker Series
Comm Studies Presents-Pizza with Alumni!
Wednesday, April 26
12:00 pm
College Hall 425
Comm Studies majors and minors are invited to join the faculty for pizza and discussion featuring a presentation from 2017 Comm Studies Graduate Andrea Davis.
Andrea graduated from Gonzaga in 2017 with a degree in Communication Studies. She has served three service terms with Americorps and is currently manager of the Zags Volunteer Program. She is a fierce advocate for those with disabilities, with much of her work focusing on issues of accessibility, equity, and inclusion.
Dr. Lisa Flores
March 1, 2023, time 5-6:30 pmLocation: Hemmingson Auditorium 004
The 2023 Annual Speakers Series Scholar is Dr. Lisa Flores from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her March 1st talk is titled, “‘Crisis’ at the U.S./Mexico Border?: Towards a Racial Rhetorical Perspective.”
February 17, 2022—Major Lessons from Minority Media: Exploring Hmong American Digital Cultures
October 20, 2021—Political Communication in Digital Spaces
April 9, 2021—Communication, Activism & Civic Engagement: "Process Over Output: Media Based Organizing and Movement Building"
March 5, 2021—Communication, Activism and Civic Engagement: "Meaningful Student Activism in Tumultuous Times"
Friday, November 6, 2020—COMMversations: Election 202 Debrief
Friday, October 16, 2020—COMMversations: Grad Studies
“Adventures in Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland: The Paradoxical Audacity of Scandal’s Papa Pope” by Dr. Rachel Griffin, University of Utah
“COMMversations on Activism and Organizing” by Meshell Sturgis, University of Washington; Dr. Karma R. Chávez, University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Rachel Kuo, University of North Carolina
“El SIDA Nos Afeccta a Todos: AIDS Activism in and for Latinx Immigrant Communities in the Early Years of HIV/AIDS by Dr. Karma R. Chávez, University of Texas at Austin
“Race, News, and Right-Wing Populism: The Tea Party and the Media” by Dr. Khadijah White, Rutgers University
“Screening Strategic Ambiguity: Reading Black Female Resistance to the Postracial Lie” by Dr. Ralina Joseph, University of Washington