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.
LATEST NEWS
New Team-Taught Class Exposes Students to Miami’s Communities
By Barbara Gutierrez The School of Communication course “Covering Global Issues in Miami” includes a cohort of students from the Universidad de Navarra in Spain and a group of lecturers that exposes these students to the intricacies of covering worldwide concerns in a sensitive way. At the Black Archives in Overtown, a group of students gazed at the remnants of [...]
Featured Projects
A few of our Global Engagement projects, all done by our very own students and faculty.