Faculty Spotlight

The Department of Communication wanted to share a huge THANK YOU to Mason COMM faculty member Dr. Anne Nicotera for all of her hard work and dedication to Mason COMM as the department Chair.  Dr. Nicotera’s tenure as Chair of the Department of Communication has come to an end and she will be on a much deserved break this year, but she will return to the Mason COMM faculty next year to teach!

The Stearns Center Teachers of Distinction are faculty members who are finalists for the Teaching Excellence Award, and who are recognized across campus for their exceptional teaching and their commitment to teaching-related activities.

This Zoom workshop event features Professor Beth Jannery and Mason Alum/former Forensics team member, David Huff. The workshop contains three elements: tools, framework, and example of effective storytelling.

Climate Central and George Mason University developed a service called Climate Matters. It provides TV meteorologists a weekly package featuring the latest vetted climate science, along with broadcast-ready graphics.

Prof Kate Sweeney wins well-deserved 2022 Teaching Excellence Award from Steans Center for Teaching and Learning

On April 27, retired professor Andrew Finn will join nine other storytellers on stage for the DC The Moth Story GrandSlam at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC.

Xiaoquan Zhao is a Professor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. Zhao researches health message design and effects, evaluation of public communication campaigns, health information seeking, health information disparities, news effects on health and risk perceptions, and the role of the self in health behavior and persuasive communication.