Global engagement
Mission
Our mission is to recognize and enhance global engagement for social impact at the School of Communication as a significant component of the school’s work and identity. We consider global activities as composed of those having an international, transnational, or translocal focus. We leverage our location in a global city with hemispheric importance, as well as our academic networks reaching around the world.
Goals
We seek to support and highlight global engagement through:
- Faculty research, creative activities and professional practice
- Community-based research and engaged pedagogy
- Teaching and learning
- Our organizational culture
- Our global presence and external networks
Distinguished Fellows in Global Communication
This special fellowship provides qualified School of Communication Ph.D. or M.F.A. students with a primary focus on global, transnational, cross-cultural or diasporic aspects of communication research or creative work with release time for one semester, as well as an additional $2,500 stipend to use for research, creative work, to attend international conferences or other activities related to their project. The deadline for applications is December 1.
Contact
Karin Wilkins
Dean, School of Communication
kwilkins@miami.edu
(305) 284-3420
Latest News
Enhancing the work of journalists
As the climate gets warmer, the propensity for extreme weather increases. This will bring stronger hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and other catastrophic weather events. Journalists are always at the forefront of these crises. Kyle Walkine, a second-year doctoral student, instructor at the University of Miami School of Communication, and former reporter and anchor for a Bahamian television station, learned that lesson in 2019 [...]
Featured Projects
A few of our Global Engagement projects, all done by our very own students and faculty.
Members
Ph.D. Student Members
Hannah Artman
PhD Student
Michael Kim
Communication Researcher
Fernanda Da Silva
PhD Student
Yang Yi
PhD Student