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Communication Institute
The Board of Trustees permanently established the Communication Institute in 1997.
In 2022, and in recognition of Edna Anderson-Taylor, a pioneer in Utah broadcasting and alumna of the University of Utah, the Institute
was renamed the Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute. The Institute is a channel
through which scholarship, teaching, and service may be made available to the campus
community, the broader community of Salt Lake City, and beyond.
The Institute offers state of the art workshops, lectures, and symposia on communication practices including journalism, conflict resolution, marketing, and technology. Each year, the Institute offers a series of campus and public events around issues of public concern related to communication.
Annual Symposium
Our symposium brings together a group of leading faculty with expertise in critical/cultural
and computational approaches to our topic to provide detailed
feedback and discussion on work in progress by the next generation of communication
scholars.
Workshops
Beginning in the 2022/2023 academic year, the Communication Institute will hold 3-4 workshops. The goal of these workshops is to bring students and faculty from across campus together with professionals from our wider community for practical and hands-on education related to communication and issues of public concern.
Speaker Series
Our speaker series and workshops bring scholars, practitioners, and students together from multiple academic disciplines and professions around a given issue of concern.
Communication Institute News
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"Is Your Mama White?"
Jim Ferris, PhD The University of Toledo 2023-2024 Health Humanities Lecturer presents "Is Your Mama White?" What do you do when you learn you're not exactly who you think you are? And why does my uncle want me to just shut up about it? This performance digs into one family's past to explore the fabrication of race, the implications of disability, and the lattice of assumptions making up cultural identity. This event will be a reading of a script by Dr. Ferris followed by a discussion with the audience. lighten your workload. Thursday, September 28th, 2023 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm | LNCO 2910
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Going Digital in Graduate School: Tools & Techniques for Managing Your Time, Attention & Research
In this workshop, Professor Sean Lawson will introduce some essential methods and digital tools for effectively managing time, attention, and research materials in graduate school and beyond. These will include tools and techniques for implementing methods such as PARA, time blocking, Kanban, zettelkasten, and more. If you find it difficult at times to keep your head above water in graduate school, you will come away with some new tools and methods that will help lighten your workload. September 14, 2023 | 3:00pm - 4:30pm | LNCO 2910
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