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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.

Norman Lear Chair in Entertainment, Media and Society: Martin H. Kaplan, 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 Master's Program); Janet Fulk, Ph.D.; G. Thomas Goodnight, Ph.D. (Chair, Doctoral Program); Herman Gray, 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.*

Associate Professors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.*;Francois Bar, Ph.D.; Hernan Galperin, Ph.D.; Andrea Hollingshead, Ph.D. (Chair, Communication Management Master's Program); Joshua Kun, Ph.D.; Randall Lake, Ph.D.; Sheila T. Murphy, Ph.D.; Stephen O'Leary, Ph.D.; Patricia Riley, Ph.D. (Chair, Global Communication Master's Program); Kenneth K. Sereno, Ph.D.*; Stacy Smith, Ph.D.; Douglas Thomas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Kwan Min Lee, Ph.D.; Dmitri Williams, Ph.D.

Clinical Professor: Robert Scheer

Clinical Associate Professors: Daniel Durbin, Ph.D.; Colleen M. Keough, Ph.D.; Rebecca Weintraub, Ph.D. (Director, Communication Management Master's Program)

Clinical Assistant Professors: Christopher Smith, Ph.D.; Gordon Stables, Ph.D. (Director, Trojan Debate Squad); Alison Trope, Ph.D.

Research Professor: Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D. (Director, Center for the Digital Future)

Senior Lecturers: Daniela Baroffio-Bota, Ph.D.; Ben Lee, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty: Vincent Brook, Ph.D.; David Damus, J.D.; James Loper, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Osder, M.A.; Michael Overing, J.D.; Paula Patnoe-Woodley, M.A.; Jillian Pierson, Ph.D.; Kelton Rhoads, Ph.D.; Sasha Strauss, M.A.; Jonathan Taplin; Tracy Westen, J.D.

Emeritus Professors: Walter R. Fisher, Ph.D.; A. Michael Noll, Ph.D.; William H. Perkins, 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 degree 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.