Communication & Media Science

Doctoral Program

Scholars working in Communication and Media Science engage in the theoretical and applied study of human communication and media use, content, effects, processes, practices, and policies. Research and coursework in this area draw on qualitative, quantitative, and computational social scientific methodologies to develop understandings of and interventions for communication and media phenomena, processes, and events. Communication & Media Science faculty specialize in organizational communication, health communication, strategic communication, mass communication, and social and digital media.

Graduate Faculty

J. Kevin Barge, Professor

Hart Blanton, Professor

Jason Gong, Assistant Professor

Richard L. Street, Jr., Professor

Lu Tang, Professor

Yiping Xia, Assistant Professor

Harry Yan, Assistant Professor

Yunkang Yang, Assistant Professor

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Admissions

CMS faculty invite interdisciplinary researchers with interests in the applied study of human communication and media use to apply to our program. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Tasha N. Dubriwny (Associate Head of Graduate Studies) and any of the graduate faculty listed with whom they are most interested in working.

To learn more about our doctoral admissions process and review of applications, visit Applications & Admissions.

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