CRCC member Arianna Maiorani invited for residency at Texas Tech University

CRCC member Arianna Maiorani has been invited for a residency at Texas Tech University, USA, jointly funded by the College of Media and Communication and the College of Visual and Performing Arts and hosted by Professor Erik Bucy.

Lectures

During one week 1(8th-25th October), she lectured on her various research strands and projects to UG and PG students and staff of both colleges, she was invited to the Annual Fullbright Foundation celebration dinner, and she worked with Professor Bucy, already a Loughborough University IAS Fullbright Fellow and hosted by CRCC in 2024-2025 as Visiting Professor, on a new project focusing on movement-based communication in broadcast political events.

Academic partnership

Arianna Maiorani and Erik Bucy have already successfully presented their research at international conferences are currently working on a joint research grant application to the AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency scheme, which also involves Dr Nathan Ritchie and a strict collaboration between Loughborough University and Texas Tech University.

Research aims

The research aims at providing a novel and more comprehensive approach to the study of political and strategic communication, including an international and widely open data repository available to scholars of different fields, and will strengthen the already excellent relationship between the two universities.