The Department of Communication Studies was well represented at the inaugural University Research Day on October 5, 2023. Four Communication Studies students were selected among many undergraduate, graduate, and faculty applicants to present at the Research Day poster session.

Presentations included:

• Undergraduate student Brianna Branscomb, Unmasking digital blackface: TikTok's memetic landscape and the viral nature of cultural exploitation
• Graduate student Trevor Holcombe, "Step UP and PreEP UP!": A textual analysis of HIV medication commercials
• Graduate student Meredith Stuart, Photographing Black Nationalist Nationhood: Soldiers or Terrorists?
• Graduate student Adrian Tam, Gender Differences and TikTok Use in Loneliness among Young Adults in Malaysia

We're so proud of our COMM students!