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Melvin L. Williams, PhD, associate professor of communication and media studies, was featured on CBS News: The Daily Report in an in-studio interview, where he discussed celebrity culture, politics, and the 2024 Democratic and Republican National Convention.

Melvin L. Williams, PhD, associate professor of communication and media studies, was featured on CBC: Your Morning, Canada's national morning show. Williams discussed the impacts and dangers of celebrity endorsements in the 2024 US Presidential Election.

“In a world where people are constantly looking for simple answers and solutions (e.g. Is technology good or bad?), the fact is that the impact of technology (and in this study, texting specifically) differs based on the interaction between multiple things (in this study, personality characteristics and people’s motivations for texting),” said co-author Leora Trub, an associate professor of psychology at Pace University.

English, Writing, and Cultural Studies student Samantha Buturla '25 combines her passion for writing and communication in a combined degree program, all while building a supportive network that fuels her success at Pace.

In spring 2024, students from three courses, The Artist as Activist, Nonviolence: Theory and Practice, and Dramaturgy 1 engaged with the world-renowned, Vermont-based social justice theater company, Bread and Puppet, for an afternoon workshop at the Judson Memorial Church in New York City.