Features

Welcome from the Chair

A message from Elizabeth Toth. Read more…

Department Maintains National Rankings
Numerous surveys identify Department as among the best programs in the nation.
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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

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.

AwardUM Wins Twitter PR Contest

PR students and faculty best 40 other universities. UPDATE: UM featured on PR Breakfast Club. Read more…

BookNan Authors Study of Televised PSAs

Article appears in November 2009 issue of Communication Studies. Read more…

AwardLiu Article Wins Award

Prize given by Org. for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender. Read more…

BookFink Co-Authors Organizational Comm. Book Chapter

Chapter appears in Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior. Read more…

Khamis Sponsors WWW Exchange; Joins Advisory Board

Professor to advise Harvard Web site Islamopedia. Read more…

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Publications by UM Faculty & Graduate Students

Welcome

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.

COMM Majors Win

2009 Dean's Senior Scholars Award

Joshua BasileTwo UM Communication majors have received the 2009 Dean's Senior Scholars Award, presented by Dean James F. Harris of the College of Arts & Humanities.

Kamilia Butler-PeresSeniors Joshua Basile and Kamilia Butler-Peres will receive their $1,000 awards at the annual Dean's Scholars Banquet on November 11. Seven students from the College of Arts & Humanities will receive Senior Scholars Awards this fall.

 

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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