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In response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the faculty and staff of the Department of Communication Studies began working from home and teaching online. Now that faculty and students are returning to campus and having more opportunities for face-to-face interactions, we almost feel like we need to re-introduce ourselves to our colleagues and students. The same is true for other schools and departments in the College of Urban Affairs and across the university. We believe that the best way to (re)i ...
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Dr. Tara McManus is in the hot seat for this episode of COMversations. Tara is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies who researches how close friends and family members can communicate more effectively and foster stronger relationships with one another. Tara shares with hosts Kevin and Dave the challenges of playing the …
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In this week’s COMversation, hosts Kevin and Dave sit down with Department of Communication Studies faculty member, and acting director of UNLV’s Debate Team, Dr. Craig Hennigan. Craig shares with us what inspired his love of debate and his passion for coaching it, how his path to graduate school and his eventual PhD wasn’t exactly a straight one, …
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Dr. Natalie Pennington is in the hot seat for this episode of COMvesations. Natalie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies who researches the intersection of interpersonal communication and communication technology. Natalie chats with hosts Kevin and Dave about how the rise of Facebook during her time as an undergrad s…
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This episode of COMverstaions features Dr. Rebecca Rice. Rebecca is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies whose research focuses on risk, crisis, and emergency organizing. In this wide ranging interview, hosts Kevin and Dave get a little insight into what fascinates Rebecca about risk, why as a high schooler she had a su…
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In this week's COMversation, hosts Kevin and Dave sit down with Associate Professor, David Gruber. David joined the Department of Communication Studies faculty after working nearly a decade oversees at institutions in Copenhagen, Hong Kong and Auckland, New Zealand. David is a persuasive communications scholar who has published extensively on rheto…
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In this week's episode, hosts Kevin and Dave sit down with Donovan Conley. Donovan is an associate professor of Communication Studies and is the longest serving faculty member in the department. This wide ranging COMversation touches on variety of topics including some of the biggest takeaways from Donovan's recent visit to Vietnam; how his plans a…
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In this episode of COMversations, Kevin and Dave chat with Jenny Farrell. Jenny's a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies with over a decade of teaching experience at UNLV. She specializes in interpersonal communications with a specific focus on long-distance relationships. We'll hear how her personal experience in a long-dista…
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In our second installment of the COMversations podcast, hosts Kevin and Dave sit down with Dr. Laura Martinez. Laura joined the UNLV Department of Communication Studies in the summer of 2022 after completing her doctoral studies from Arizona State University. Laura is an expert in organizational communication with specific research interests surrou…
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The COMversations podcast starts off with a bang as hosts Kevin and Dave chat with Dr. Nick Tatum. As the Basic Course Director for the Department of Communication at UNLV, Nick is responsible for the development of the introductory courses aimed at attracting students to the major. We learn why Nick loves the discipline despite starting off as a m…
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