Communication faculty are committed to life-long learning and community engagement. We teach, lead, and learn in local, national, and global communities. Dr. James Herrick has been hard at work helping us think about how the stories we tell ourselves results in technological advances–like space exploration. This semester, Dr. Herrick led the conversation at Grand Valley …
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Communication Internships
The Hope College Communication Department is on a mission to equip students to understand how humans create and share meaning in a global society. We prepare students to create, critique, and interpret communication messages and practices in multiple contexts–in relationships, in organizations, in public, across cultures, and through media. We strive toward this mission through …
Pregnant TV Actors
When a TV actor becomes pregnant, viewers often consider how the pregnancy will affect the series’ narrative: Will the pregnancy be written into the series? If so, who is the father? How will having a baby change the character? But what about the style–the way the character looks on the screen? Dr. Kornfield’s research focuses on …