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Trafficking in Antiblackness: Q&A with Lyndsey Beutin (Ph.D. ‘18)

In her new book, Beutin explores the impact of calling human trafficking "modern-day slavery.”

• Global Communication

What Do Our Ancestral Family Ties Say About Our Political Beliefs?

The first institution we experience in life is family. As long as humans have existed, they have gathered in groups...

• Political Communication

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez and Julia Ticona Named Institute for Advanced Study School of Social Science Fellows

They are two of the 22 scholars selected worldwide to be in residence for the 2023-24 academic year.

Florence Zivaishe Madenga Named George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

Madenga studies journalistic practice in the United States and Zimbabwe.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

New Center to Focus on Information Networks and Democracy

Directed by Sandra González-Bailón and co-directed by Yphtach Lelkes, the Center for Information Networks and Democracy will analyze the benefits and risks of digital technologies for political and civic engagement.

• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

Lauren Hitt (C’13) to Speak at 2023 Communication Major Graduation

Now communications director for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Hitt began her political communications career while still an undergraduate Comm major.

With Frank Text and Bold Illustrations, Graphic Novel Tackles Puberty Head On

Co-authored by Communication major Gemma Hong, the new graphic novel, for 9- to 14-year-olds, details what physically happens in the body as girls experience puberty.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson Elected to AAAS Board of Directors

She will serve a four-year term on the board of the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Annenberg Presentations and Events at ICA 2023

The International Communication Association will hold its 73rd annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

New Juneteenth Documentary Explores Notions of Freedom and Citizenship

An exclusive Penn screening of the film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), plus a conversation with activist Opal Lee and Penn’s Mary Frances Berry, moderated by APPC’s Director of Outreach and Curriculum Andrea (Ang) Reidell, takes place on Feb. 28.

• Political Communication