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:
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 $2500 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
Sallie Hughes
Professor, Assoc. Dean for Global Initiatives
shughes@miami.edu
(305) 284-9497
LATEST NEWS
Ph.D. Student Earns Grant to Research Disinformation Campaigns
By Karina Valdes As the incidences of “fake news” in the U.S. continue to grow, media outlets across the country are reporting that misinformation is also targeting immigrant and diasporic communities. Hannah Artman, a third-year Ph.D. student at the School of Communication, was recently awarded a 2023 Tinker Field Research Grant by the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study [...]
Featured Projects
A few of our Global Engagement projects, all done by our very own students and faculty.
Members
PhD Student Members
Hannah Artman
PhD Student
Michael Kim
Communication Researcher
Fernanda Da Silva
PhD Student
Yang Yi
PhD Student