Communication Studies-UT Austin

10/20/2026

It’s easy to get distracted, but a good team member will always keep you on task! 🫡 Tag the person who keeps your group locked in. 👀👇

10/20/2026

Horns up for research making an impact! 🤘

CMS professors Keri Stephens and Matthew McGlone, alongside colleagues from Cockrell School of Engineering - UT Austin, the UT Jackson School of Geosciences, and the University of Colorado Denver, have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award for their project, “RAPID: When floods return after a year: How recent experience and layered warnings shape protective action.”

Congratulations to Professors Stephens & McGlone, and the entire research team! 🎉

10/14/2026

Bevo has been captured… and we need your help! 🔐🤘

Grab a friend or partner and put your teamwork to the test in this CMS research study!

Participants can also earn entries into a drawing for $50 UT Co-op or Visa gift cards, and qualifying CMS students can receive extra credit.

Think you have what it takes to free Bevo? 👀 Sign up at the link in our bio!

10/12/2026

When your paper is due at 11:59 p.m., but somehow you ended up here. 👀

Consider this your official reminder to stop scrolling and start writing. You’ve got this! 🤘

10/08/2026

CMS takes on the sticky note trend! One of us is really good at this game... the other might need some more clues... 🤔

10/08/2026

How anonymous are we really online? 👀📱

CMS professor and department chair Craig Scott and co-author Scott D’Urso recently published “Predicting appropriateness assessments for anonymous use of online communication channels” in the Atlantic Journal of Communication.

From anonymous reviews and online searches to cyberbullying and surveillance, the study explores what makes people view some forms of online anonymity as more acceptable than others. Researchers found that our attitudes toward anonymity— particularly how much we trust anonymous sources— play a major role in shaping those judgments.

What makes anonymity feel acceptable to you? Read the full study to learn more about what shapes our perceptions online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15456870.2026.2687621

Congratulations, Professor Scott, on the new publication! 🤘

10/06/2026

When extreme weather hits, communication matters. ⛈️

CMS professors Roselia Mendez Murillo, Keri Stephens, and Matthew McGlone, along with their coauthors, recently published “Bridging weather risk and culture: Communicative strategies for encouraging protective behaviors during extreme weather emergencies” in Health Communication.

The study explored how Spanish-speaking Latina/o/x/e communities receive and respond to extreme weather preparedness messages. The researchers found that many participants wanted to take protective action but faced barriers like limited Spanish-language information, clear guidance, and access to resources.

The findings explore how culturally relevant communication, from accessible messaging to familiar cultural sayings, could help bridge those gaps and better prepare communities before extreme weather strikes.

Congratulations to our CMS faculty on their latest research! 🤘

Check out the article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2026.2697981

10/02/2026

Great to see our CMS professors teaching classes in the professional sales and business development minor, which many of our students are part of! Hook 'em! 🤘

Students from across the University are getting the opportunity to build their analysis, communication, presentation and persuasion skills with the professional sales and business development minor (PSBD). The program, offered by Moody College of Communication and McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, aims provide students with essential and foundational skills that will give them a head start in their professional careers.

“Every class that I’ve taken within the minor has given me practice for real-world situations, which I then used in both internships that I’ve had...Because it’s a joint program, you get opportunities from Moody College and McCombs that only students in our minor receive."

Read more here: https://moody.utexas.edu/news/gaining-corporate-confidence

09/30/2026

CMS 332K is a Comm Studies staple, so how could I not talk about it?

09/30/2026

Now that’s what we call influence! 🤘

CMS M.A. alum Shama Hyder has been named to the 2026 TIME100 Creators list, recognizing the year’s most influential digital creators!

Recognized in the Leaders category, Hyder is a digital marketing strategist, founder of Zen Media, and bestselling author who has spent more than 15 years helping businesses navigate the digital world. Today, she shares her expertise with hundreds of thousands of followers and is exploring what it takes to succeed in the age of AI.

Congratulations, Shama, on this incredible recognition! Hook ’em! 🤘

See the full list: https://time.com/collection/time100-creators/2026/