Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Communication & Media
The study of human communication deals with the processes by which humans create and share meaning. It is an interdisciplinary field embracing literary study, speech communication, composition and rhetoric, media studies, visual design, and technical communication. The Department of Communication and Media (C&M) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute emphasizes those communication processes involved in the creation of meaning in all media, including the new electronic media. The M.S. degrees can lead to careers in technical communication, or provide a foundation for doctoral study. Graduates of the Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetoric find careers in business, government, and academia.
From 2010-2014, Rensselaer Polytechnic University conferred 6 doctorates in Communication.
Areas of Study
- Cross-Cultural Communication, Ethnography, & Fieldwork
- Interaction Design
- Multimodal and Embodied Reading and Viewing
- Rhetoric
- Social & Cross-Platform Media
- Television & Film Studies
Rankings
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Admission Requirements
- None Identified
Graduate Faculty
- Professor Audrey Bennett, M.F.A., Yale University School of Art
- Professor June Deery, Ph.D., Oxford University
- Associate Professor Ellen Esrock, Ph.D., New York University
- Associate Professor Tamar Gordon, Ph.D., University of California
- Professor Ekaterina Haskins, Ph.D., University of Iowa
- Professor Miles Kimball, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
- Professor Patricia Search, M.A., Goddard College
- Professor Merrill Whitburn, Ph.D., University of Iowa
- Professor James P. Zappen, Ph.D., University of Missouri
- Assistant Professor Yalun (Helen) Zhou, Ph.D., University of Missouri--Kansas City
NCA Awards Received by Faculty and Students, 2000-present
- Wallace Memorial Award, 2007