A Life in Radio: Marty Lenz (’90) lives his childhood dream
Ram fan, student-athlete, donor, and radio personality Marty Lenz (’90) receives the College of Liberal Arts Honor Alumnus Award in 2024.
From Joe Rogan to Greg Gutfeld, more conservative comedians are stepping into the spotlight
Comedians have been joking about politics for probably as long as there have been politicians. But in the past few years, there’s been a noticeable shift in political comedy.
How to navigate politics with family and friends during a tense election year
Natalie Pennington is an assistant professor of communication studies at CSU who studies the dynamics of friendships. Here are some of her key insights for navigating political conversations ahead of the 2024 election and beyond.
America’s dad vs. the manosphere: Walz-Vance debate highlights two versions of masculinity
Few people expected the campaign to elect the first woman president to spark a referendum on masculinity, but what it means to be a man has become “arguably the most dominant theme of this year’s elections,” according to MSNBC’s Ja’han Jones.
‘Engaging Polarizing Topics in the Classroom’ event planned for Oct. 10
As election season heats up, instructors across campus are invited to attend an event on Thursday, Oct. 10, designed to equip them with tools to navigate polarizing issues in the classroom.
‘Hacking Hate’ infiltrates online hate, explores who benefits from its spread
CSU’s ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities, and College of Liberal Arts Democracy Initiative will bring the award-winning documentary to Fort Collins for an exclusive film screening and post-film panel discussion.
CSU’s Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities Announces 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows
The Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities at Colorado State University has named five College of Liberal Arts faculty members as Faculty Fellows for 2024-2025: Kari Anderson, Carrie Chenault, Jessica Jackson, Tobi Jacobi and Emily Moore. The Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support and promote humanities-oriented scholarship and to foster fellowship among humanities faculty who either already conduct engaged research or are interested in doing so.
Friendship crisis? Study says it’s quality, not quantity with friendships
A new two-year study led by CSU and the American Friendship Project sheds new light on one of our most important — but least studied — relationships.
Biden crashes, Trump lies: A campaign-defining presidential debate
The Conversation asked two scholars, Mary Kate Cary and Karrin Vasby Anderson, to watch the debate and analyze a passage or a moment that stood out to them. Anderson is a communications scholar with a specialty in gender and the presidency, as well as political pop culture. Cary teaches political speechwriting and worked as a White House speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush, for whom she wrote more than 100 addresses.
Kjerstin Thorson named dean of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts
Thorson previously served as the associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University.