Department of Communication - University of Maryland

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Welcome from the Chair

A message from Elizabeth Toth. Read more…

Faculty Position Announcements

Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture
Intercultural Communication (Latin America)

On the Market

UM graduate students are "on the market" and seeking employment. Click here to learn more.

Events Calendar

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December Commencement Information. Click here.

The Communicator, October 2009 edition. Click here.

Risky Business, the Center for Risk Communication Research Newsletter, is now available.

Department News

Skubisz Co-Authors Article on Risk Information

Chapter appears in latest edition of Communication Yearbook. Read more…

Austin Co-Authors Study of Framing, Injury Prevention

Essay appears in recent issue of Social Marketing Quarterly. Read more…

COMM Majors Win 2009 Dean's Senior Scholars Award

Basile & Butler-Peres receive prestigious honor. Read more…

Faculty Members, Graduate Students Win Conference Awards

Honors given at NCA, AUSACE, PRSA Educators' Academy. Read more…

Barney Authors Study of Progressive Cold War Atlases

Essay appears in November, 2009 Quarterly Journal of Speech. Read more…

Parry-Giles & Parry-Giles Interviewed about Health Care Ads

Story & videos appear in Politico. Read more at CPCCL…

Maryland@NCA, 2009

Click here for a schedule of panels featuring UM faculty & graduate students.

Other Department News

Publications by UM Faculty & Graduate Students

COMM Spotlight

Brooke Fisher Liu Joins START,

Receives Multi-Year Research Funding

The The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) has selected assistant professor Brooke Fisher Liu to join their ongoing project on counter-terrorism efforts.

The project will fund Dr. Liu with $29,000 for research support in Spring 2010 and approximately $200,000 for research support through 2014.

START is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, tasked with using state-of-the-art theories, methods, and data from the social and behavioral sciences to improve understanding of the origins, dynamics, and social and psychological impacts of terrorism.

The Department of Communication provides B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. degrees with specialties in intercultural communication, persuasion & social influence, public relations, and rhetoric & political culture.

The Department of Communication is committed to promoting a broad spectrum of voices and views resulting from a heterogeneity of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and nationality among faculty, students, and staff.

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Department Maintains National Rankings
Numerous surveys identify UM's Department of Communication as among the best programs in the nation.
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