August 19, 2025 Faculty and graduate students from the College of Media co-presented various topics of research at the 108th annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication on August 7-10, 2025, in San Francisco, California. This year’s conference theme was “Leading in Times of Momentous Change: Individual and Collective Opportunities.” Presenters […]
June 30, 2025 Faculty, graduate students, and recent alumni from the College of Media co-presented various topics of research at the 75th annual International Communication Association Conference—the largest academic conference for communication scholars—on June 12-16, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. The ICA aims to advance the scholarly study of human communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research worldwide. […]
March 21, 2025 Advertising faculty and graduate students in the MS advertising and ICR doctoral programs, as well as several alumni, participated in the 2025 annual conference of the American Academy of Advertising, held March 6-9 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Faculty and graduate students participated in eight paper presentations and three panels, discussing research and ideas […]
August 23, 2024 This fall, seven faculty in the College of Media have been promoted, two faculty have taken on new leadership roles, and three new faculty have been hired. In the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, promotions include Chang-Dae Ham to full professor, Leona Su to associate professor with indefinite tenure, and Dionne Clifton and Marisa Peacock to senior lecturers. Two […]
May 14, 2024 The Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising has honored several faculty and graduate students with awards for extraordinary teaching, research, service, and mentoring. The recipients received $500 to be placed in a discretionary account to support their teaching, service, or research, and a certificate. Named after James Webb Young, a legendary advertising executive and […]
March 22, 2024 Faculty and graduate students in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising and Institute of Communications Research were honored with awards and presented research at the annual conference of the American Academy of Advertising, held March 14-17, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. Professor Michelle Nelson, head of the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, won […]
January 8, 2024 Chang-Dae Ham, associate professor of advertising with an appointment in the Institute of Communications Research, and associate head of graduate studies in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, was recently elected vice president of the American Academy of Advertising. His term for March 2024 through March 2025 will be effective March 14, […]
October 31, 2023 Chang-Dae Ham, associate professor of advertising and associate head of graduate studies, was selected to become the next Charles H. Sandage Scholar in Advertising Research. Ham was chosen based on his research proposal, “Reflexive Persuasion Game between Human Intelligence (HI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Marketplace: Exploring Consumers’ AI Literacy and […]
August 28, 2023 The Master of Science in Advertising degree granted by the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising is now officially designated as a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree—the first master’s in advertising program to do so—effective Spring 2024, based on a department review of the curriculum and strategic goals of the program. […]
August 23, 2023 This fall welcomes two new heads of academic units, a new center director, a new associate head of advertising graduate studies, three faculty promotions, and two new faculty in the College of Media. Professor Michelle Nelson will serve as the head of the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising for a three-year […]