Communication Studies

Community Engagement

The Department of Communication Studies has a long history of engaging with the community to address pressing social, human, economic, and political matters.  The faculty has created strong teaching and research relationships with community agencies, educational institutions, and government organizations.  The following list of some of our community partners illustrates the breadth of our community engaged scholarship.

Advocacy, Peace & Justice

• Democracy Greensboro
• Guilford Education Alliance
• National Conference for Community and Justice of the Piedmont Triad
• Aim Higher Now
• Beloved Community Center
• League of Women Voters

Arts & Culture

• Greensboro Historical Museum

City of Greensboro & Guilford County

• City of Greensboro
• Greensboro Transit Authority
• Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Library

Community Development

• Greater Glenwood Neighborhood Association
• Greensboro Participatory Budgeting
• NC Folk Festival
• Renaissance Community Coop

Disability Rights & Services

• After Gateway
• HORSEPOWER Therapeutic Learning Center
• Peacehaven Community Farm

Economic Development

• Action Greensboro
• Center for Creative Leadership

Education

• Dudley High School
• Guilford County Schools
• Hope Academy

Health and Wellness

• Sierra Club of the Piedmont Plateau

Human Services

• Family Justice Center
• Family Service of the Piedmont

• Step Up Ministry
• YWCA, Teen Parent Mentor Program

Homelessness & Housing

• Greensboro Urban Ministry
• Interactive Resource Center
• Greensboro Housing Coalition

Immigration & Refugees

• Center for New North Carolinians
• Church World Service
• New Arrivals Institute

Youth Tutoring/Mentoring

• YMCA
• YWCA