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Each summer the Department of Communication here hosts a seminar for doctoral students from communication departments around the country and abroad, focusing on the work of a guest scholar. This year we are pleased to be joined by Dr. Larry Frey from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The focus of the week-long seminar is on Communication Activism. We have selected an impressive group of about a dozen doctoral students for participation and they bring a wide-ranging set of interests in combining activism and scholarly research.

Part of our seminar includes a public event (this year May 29, 1:00 PM, Bernath Auditorium, WSU Undergraduate Library) where we open up and involve a wider audience, sharing some of the expertise of our guest with the community and hopefully exposing the students to some of the interesting things happening in our region relevant to the seminar. This year the topic is Engaged Scholarship: Taking Activism and Social Justice Seriously in Our Work. We will use a “samoan circle” model for the discussion so that audience members and the visiting doctoral students can join in the conversation. After some initial framing remarks by Larry Frey, we will turn to the circle for commentary and dialogue.

Please join us if you can!

Engaged Scholarship Event Flyer

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