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studies. The Department of Communication Studies explores the panoply of theories, experiences, practices, and problems of a communication-intensive society. Students work with concepts from the humanities and the social sciences and employ a wide range of research and design technologies and methods. Coursework also emphasizes the analytical ...
Filmmaking and Media Arts. Whether you're assigned a project in class or choose to create on your own time, self-supported student groups and department-funded grants provide pathways for students to write, shoot, direct, edit, and market their own films, television and web series, sketch and improv shows, and digital media projects.
The School of Communication boasts an auspicious distinction: no other collegiate program offers a comparable combination of disciplines, and certainly not with the stellar stature each department enjoys. ” E. Patrick Johnson, Dean and Annenberg University Professor. Explore our Areas of Expertise
Leadership. E. Patrick Johnson is dean of the School of Communication and the Annenberg University Professor at Northwestern University. E. Patrick Johnson's work has greatly impacted African American studies, performance studies, and gender and sexuality studies. He is the author of several books, including Appropriating Blackness: Performance ...
Performance Studies is an interdisciplinary field developed at the intersection of oral interpretation, literary adaptation, theater, anthropology, aesthetic theory and speech-act theory. Courses explore the roles performance and performativity play in the constitution of social realities including race, sexuality, gender, nation and ability ...
Scholarship and Media Creation. A foundational element of the School of Communication student experience is the application of knowledge gleaned from coursework to one’s own creative and scholarly pursuits. Through both media creation and independent research, SoC students mine and distill their experiences, interests, and professional goals ...
The department’s faculty are renowned for discoveries that have changed our understanding of human communication. They explore the processes that underlie hearing, speech, language, learning and swallowing, including sensation, perception, cognition and motor control. They investigate social, familial and cultural issues that impair ...
