CU Boulder CMCI Communication

Next up in our “Where in the world was CU COMM this summer” series: Dr. Matt Koschmann!

This summer, Dr. Koschmann took another research trip to the Philippines for ongoing research for his forthcoming book project titled The Philippines Road Home: Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation for Informal Settlement Housing.

On this trip, Dr. Koschmann followed along with two nonprofit housing organizations. They visited several of their housing project sites throughout the Luzon and Visayas regions, conducting interviews and focus groups with many of the community members, nonprofit workers, and government officials involved in these projects.

The book presents a series of case studies of participatory housing projects in the Philippines, grounded in the research literature on nonprofit organizational communication and civil society collaboration.

Additionally, Dr. Koschmann also gave a lecture about his research at De La Salle University in Manila, hosted by the Department of Communication.

Next up in our “Where in the World was CU COMM this summer” series: Professor Phaedra Pezzullo!

In response to her book Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of Care (University of California Press, 2024), Professor Pezzullo was invited by engineers to be part of a discussion of a circular economy and reduction of plastic pollution in the Dominican Republic this past May. Pictured is the conference, bilingual post-it brainstorming, and an excursion to a local dump. She was also introduced to Dembow, Dominican trap music, which her hosts recommended for dancing!

We are thrilled to announce our new department chair, Dr. Cindy White!

Dr. White previously served as the Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education - her research explores how patterns of interaction form the foundation for personal relationships.

We are excited to have you as the Communication Department Chair, Dr. White - congratulations!

We’d like to kick off this week by expressing our immense gratitude for Dr. Tim Kuhn. Over the past four years, Dr. Tim Kuhn has served as the Communication Department’s chair. He has helped the department navigate extremely unprecedented times, from COVID, to economic crises, to global violence that shook our lives and program to its core.

Dr. Kuhn, we are grateful for your committed service as Department Chair. Thank you for everything!