Del Belcher, a 2023 MASC graduate, returned to the University of Iowa as an adjunct instructor, bringing his professional experience and passion for accessible communication into the classroom. His story highlights how the MASC program’s flexibility helped him connect his graduate education with his career—and now allows him to help other working professionals do the same.

Faculty across the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, including SJMC professor David Dowling, discuss the questions driving their research, what brought them to higher education, and the interests that shape their lives beyond their work.

Professors Thomas Oates and Travis Vogan edited a collection of essays by sports scholars. The volume is organized into three parts: Imagining Belonging, Athletes and Resistance, and Political Activism.

At the beginning of her academic career at the University of Iowa, Grace Lathrop wasn’t sure if she was in the right major. But over the past three years, she has grown into a highly accomplished student within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

SJMC Students had valuable internship opportunities – from Washington, DC to New York City and back to Madison, Wisconsin and throughout Iowa – where they gained real-world professional experience.

Through the Certificate in Writing and student publications, Tracy Meginnis helps students develop their voices, leadership skills, and professional goals.

Professors Thomas Oates and Travis Vogan edited a collection of essays by sports scholars. The volume is organized into three parts: Imagining Belonging, Athletes and Resistance, and Political Activism.

Zhang was selected to pursue her research about "AI slop" and how it impacts viewers at the Center for Social Science Innovation's Summer Researcher-in-Residence program, which provides dedicated time, space and resources to advance high-impact social science research.

In the weeks before classes resumed for the fall semester, SJMC students Elisa Gan, Morgan Burhans, and Megan Heine attended the 2026 Association for Women’s Sports Media (AWSM) Convention in LA.

SJMC sophomore Jered Kerr used a grant from the Office of Community Engagement to support PAW Fort Madison Animal Shelter.