NCA's Doctoral Program Guide

The Institute of Communications Research has one of the most renowned communications Ph.D. programs in the world. Students in the program study such topics as media economics, organization and structure; media policy; political economy of the media; new technologies and new media; telecommunications; advertising and consumer research; media ethics, media and communications history; social and cultural studies of science and medicine; popular culture and film; race ethnicity and gender; democracy and the media; and global/international communications.

Admission Requirements 

• An application for admission along with a credentials fee
• Transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate courses taken and grades earned
• Three letters of recommendation
• Graduate Record Examination scores
• Statement of Purpose

Graduate Faculty 

• Assistant Professor Christopher Ball, Ph.D., Michigan State University
• Associate Professor Jason Chambers, Ph.D., Ohio State University
• Associate Professor Anita Say Chan, Ph.D., MIT
• Assistant Professor Amanda Ciafone, Ph.D., Yale University
• Professor CL Cole, Ph.D., University of Southern California
• Assistant Professor Janice Collins, Ph.D., Ohio University
• Professor Stephanie Craft, Ph.D., Stanford University
• Associate Professor Brittany Duff, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• Associate Professor Chang Dae Ham, Ph.D., University of Missouri
• Professor James Hay, Ph.D., University of Texas
• Professor Jacqueline Hitchon, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Assistant Professor Derek Long, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Assistant Professor Amanda Mabry-Flynn, Ph.D., University of Texas
• Assistant Professor Ewa Maslowska, Ph.D., University of Amsterdam
• Professor Cameron McCarthy, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Professor Isabel Molina-Guzman, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
• Professor Michelle Nelson, Ph.D., University of Illinois
• Assistant Professor Yee Man Margaret Ng, Ph.D., University of Texas
• Assistant Professor Sanghwa Oh, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
• Assistant Professor Jenny Oyallon-Koloski, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Associate Professor Ann Reisner, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Associate Professor Sela Sar, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• Professor Jan Slater, Ph.D., Syracuse University
• Associate Professor Mira Sotirovic, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Associate Professor Hari Sundaram, Ph.D., Columbia University
• Assistant Professor Leona Yi-Fan Su, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Assistant Professor Harsh Taneja, Ph.D., Northwestern University
• Associate Professor Julie Turnock, Ph.D., University of Chicago
• Associate Professor Nikki Usher, Ph.D., University of Southern California
• Professor Angharad N. Valdivia, Ph.D., University of Illinois
• Professor Patrick Vargas, Ph.D., Ohio State University
• Assistant Professor John Wirtz, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• Associate Professor Kevin Wise, Ph.D., Stanford University
• Associate Professor Mike Zhangyu Yao, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara