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School of Communication

USC Annenberg School for Communication 305
(213) 740-0900 (academic inquiries)
(213) 740-3951 (administrative)
FAX: (213) 740-3913
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Director: Larry Gross, Ph.D.

Assistant Director: Imre S. Meszaros, M.A.

Faculty

Walter H. Annenberg Chair in Communication: Ernest J. Wilson III, Ph.D.

University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership: Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B.

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.

Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts: Henry Jenkins, Ph.D.

Professors: Jonathan D. Aronson, Ph.D.; Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D.; Anne Balsamo, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); Manuel Castells, Ph.D.; Peter Clarke, Ph.D.; Michael J. Cody, Ph.D.; Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B.*; Nicholas Cull, Ph.D. (Chair, Public Diplomacy Master's Program); Janet Fulk, Ph.D.; G. Thomas Goodnight, Ph.D. (Chair, Doctoral Program); Larry Gross, Ph.D.; Thomas A. Hollihan, Ph.D.; Andrea Hollingshead, Ph.D.; Henry Jenkins, Ph.D.; Doe Mayer, M.A. (Cinematic Arts); Margaret McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Lynn C. Miller, Ph.D.; Peter R. Monge, Ph.D.*; Geneva Overholser, M.A.; Tim Page, B.A.; Ernest J. Wilson III, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.*; Francois Bar, Ph.D.; Joshua Kun, Ph.D.; Randall Lake, Ph.D.; Sheila T. Murphy, Ph.D.; Stephen O'Leary, Ph.D.; Kwan Min Lee, 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 Professor: Dmitri Williams, Ph.D.

Clinical Professors: Robert Scheer; Jonathan Taplin; Rebecca Weintraub, Ph.D. (Director, Communication Management Master's Program)

Clinical Associate Professors: Daniel Durbin, Ph.D.; Colleen M. Keough, Ph.D.

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

Senior Lecturer: Susan Resnick-West, Ph.D.

Lecturers: Matthew Curtis, Ph.D.; Alan Mittelstaedt, B.A.

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

Adjunct Faculty: Vincent Brook, Ph.D.; James Loper, Ph.D.; Michael Overing, J.D.; Paula Patnoe-Woodley, M.A.; Jillian Pierson, Ph.D.; Susan Resnick-West, Ph.D.; Kelton Rhoads, Ph.D.; Sasha Strauss, M.A.; Tracy Westen, J.D.

Emeritus Professor: Walter R. Fisher, 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; progressive degrees in Master of Communication Management or Master of Public Diplomacy; an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication; an M.A. in Global Communication (in conjunction with the London School of Economics); 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.