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Communication Majors Present 2019 Senior Honors Theses

Their subjects span the field of Communication, from secondhand smoking to diva worship to presidential rhetoric.

Dinner at Dr. Litty’s: Comm Majors Get to Know Faculty and Each Other

Felicity "Dr. Litty" Paxton hopes the dinner series will foster meaningful relationships.

Undergraduate Research Project Awarded Penn’s Shah Family Prize

Hadeel Saab (C’20) and Anna Waldzinska (C’20) are researching how to increase voter turnout.

• Political Communication

Comm Major Christina Griffith (C'20) is "Expedition" Magazine Associate Editor

After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in investigative journalism within the public radio industry.

Undergrad Amanda Damon (C'19) Explores Immigration Reform for Senior Honors Thesis

Damon compares LBJ’s role in civil rights to Obama's and Trump's handling of immigration reform.

Communication Major Nick Joyner (C’19) Wins Thouron Award

The award will allow him to study Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London.

• Culture & Media

The Annenberg School Welcomes Five New Undergraduate Lecturers for Spring 2019

Sam Chan, Rayya El Zein, Eytan Gilboa, Daniel Grinberg, and Lee McGuigan will offer courses in their areas of expertise.

“The Communication Research Experience” Tested How to Get Out the Vote for the Midterm Elections

Students conducted an experiment that tested competition and identity priming as possibilities for increasing voter turnout.

• Political Communication

Get to Know Our Communication Majors: Fall 2018

Seven current Communication majors share their experiences, both on and off campus.

Undergrads Make Meaning Out of Memes

COMM 384 gives students the opportunity to explore the relationship between internet memes and society at large.

• Technology & Society