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School of Communication

USC Annenberg School for Communication 305
(213) 740-0900 (academic inquiries)
(213) 740-3951 (administrative)
FAX: (213) 740-8036
Email: ascquery@usc.edu

Director: Larry Gross, Ph.D.

Assistant Director: Justin Acome, M.A.

Faculty

Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society: Manuel Castells, Ph.D.

Professors: Jonathan D. Aronson, Ph.D.; Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D.; Manuel Castells, Ph.D.; Peter Clarke, Ph.D.; Michael J. Cody, Ph.D.; Nicholas Cull, Ph.D. (Chair, Public Diplomacy); Janet Fulk, Ph.D.; G. Thomas Goodnight, Ph.D.; Larry Gross, Ph.D.; Thomas A. Hollihan, Ph.D.; Margaret McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Lynn C. Miller, Ph.D.; Peter R. Monge, Ph.D.*; A. Michael Noll, Ph.D.; Peter Vorderer, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.*; Francois Bar, Ph.D.; James R. Beniger, Ph.D.; Hernan Galperin, Ph.D.; Andrea Hollingshead, Ph.D.; Joshua Kun, Ph.D.; Randall Lake, Ph.D.; Sheila T. Murphy, Ph.D.; Stephen O’Leary, Ph.D.; Patricia Riley, Ph.D.; Kenneth K. Sereno, Ph.D.*; Stacy Smith, Ph.D.; Douglas Thomas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor: Kwan Min Lee, Ph.D.

Clinical Professor: Robert Scheer

Clinical Associate Professors: Colleen M. Keough, Ph.D., Rebecca Weintraub, Ph.D.

Research Professor: Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor: Ute Ritterfeld, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturers: Daniel Durbin, Ph.D.; Christopher Smith, Ph.D.; Alison Trope, Ph.D.

Lecturers: Jennifer L. Bevan, Ph.D.; Daniella Baroffio-Bota, Ph.D.; Julie Carver, J.D.

Adjunct Faculty: John Cooke, Ph.D.; David Damus, J.D.; James Loper, Ph.D.; Donna Mitroff, Ph.D.; Michael Overing, J.D.; Kelton Rhoads, Ph.D.; Nancy Snow, Ph.D.; Jonathan Taplin; Tracy Westen, J.D.

Emeritus Professors: Walter R. Fisher, Ph.D.; William H. Perkins, Ph.D.

Director of Debate: Gordon Stables, Ph.D.

Director, Norman Lear Center: Martin H. Kaplan, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Degree Programs

The School of Communication offers programs of study leading to a B.A. in Communication; minors in Communication and the Entertainment Industry, Interactive Media and the Culture of New Technologies, Global Communication, Health Communication, Professional and Managerial Communication, Communication Law and Media Policy, Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Law and Society; a progressive B.A. in Communication/Master of Communication Management; an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication; an M.A. in Global Communication; a Master of Communication Management and a Master of Public Diplomacy. The Master of Public Diplomacy combines the resources of the Annenberg School for Communication and USC College’s School of International Relations. The Communication Management Program has established dual degree programs with the USC Gould School of Law and Hebrew Union College.