The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has announced its winners of the 2026 Alumni Awards. A ceremony will be held on Friday, April 24.
Graduate Alumni
Q&A with 2026 Shannon Dunwoody Early Career Award Winner Catasha Davis
A Q&A with Catasha Davis on strategic communication, equity-centered research, and translating complex insights into impactful policy and practice.
Q&A with 2026 Sharon Dunwoody Early Career Award Winner Rachel Kornfield
A Q&A with Rachel Kornfield on digital mental health innovation, AI tools for care, and her research shaping the future of health communication.
Q&A with 2026 Harold L. Nelson Award Winner Ronald Faber
A Q&A with Ronald Faber on decades of advertising research, mentoring future scholars, and his lasting impact on media and consumer behavior studies.
A Season of Milestones for SJMC Alum Mengyu Li (PhD’25)
In a matter of weeks, SJMC alumna Mengyu Li earned her Ph.D., got married and stepped into her next academic chapter.
Inside UW-Madison’s AI Terrarium: Recreating Human Belief in a Digital World
What happens when AI is built to think like people? Dive into the AI Terrarium, a bold experiment in modeling human belief and persuasion.
Highlights from the 2025 SJMC Spring Graduation Celebration
See highlights from our 2025 Spring Graduation Celebration, including keynote remarks from alum David Grossman (BA’87), closing remarks from Director Katy Culver and photos and video from the event.
Celebrating the 2025 Alumni Award Winners
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has announced its winners of the 2025 Alumni Awards. A ceremony will be held on Friday, April 25 to present the awards and celebrate the achievements of the winners.
Q&A with 2025 Sharon Dunwoody Award Winner JungHwan Yang
Dive into the exciting career of Dr. JungHwan Yang, an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and one of the 2025 Sharon Dunwoody Early Career Award winners.
Q&A with 2025 Harold L. Nelson Award Winner Gerald Baldasty
Learn about the career journey of Gerald J. Baldasty, professor emeritus in Communication at the University of Washington and the 2025 Harold L. Nelson Award recipient.