Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

School of Communication

Director: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.

Associate Director: Imre S. Meszaros, Ed.D.

Assistant Director: Dorine Lawrence-Hughes, J.D., Ed.D.

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 and Journalism: Manuel Castells, Ph.D.

Norman Lear Chair in Entertainment, Media and Society: Martin H. Kaplan, Ph.D.

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

Professors: Jonathan D. Aronson, Ph.D.; Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D.; Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.*; Manuel Castells, Ph.D.; Peter Clarke, Ph.D.; Michael J. Cody, Ph.D.; Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B.*; Nicholas Cull, Ph.D. (Director, Public Diplomacy Master’s Program); Janet Fulk, Ph.D.; G. Thomas Goodnight, Ph.D.; 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. (Director, Doctoral Program)*; Sheila T. Murphy, Ph.D.; Ernest J. Wilson III, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Francois Bar, Ph.D.; Joshua Kun, Ph.D.; Randall Lake, Ph.D.; Andrew Lakoff, Ph.D. (Dornsife, Anthropology and Sociology); Stephen O’Leary, Ph.D.; Kwan Min Lee, Ph.D.; Patricia Riley, Ph.D. (Director, Global Communication Master’s Program); Kenneth K. Sereno, Ph.D.*; Stacy Smith, Ph.D.; Douglas Thomas, Ph.D.; Dmitri Williams, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Michael Ananny, Ph.D.; Taj Frazier, Ph.D.; Yu Hong, Ph.D.; Lian Jian, Ph.D.; Kjerstin Thorson, Ph.D. (Journalism)

Clinical Professors: Daniel Durbin, Ph.D.; Colleen M. Keough, Ph.D.; Ben Lee, Ph.D.; Karen North, Ph.D. (Director, APOC Master’s Program); Susan Resnick West, Ph.D.; Robert Scheer; Christopher Smith, Ph.D.; Gordon Stables, Ph.D. (Assistant Dean, Student Affairs; Director, Trojan Debate Squad); Jonathan Taplin; Alison Trope, Ph.D. (Director, Undergraduate Studies); Rebecca Weintraub, Ph.D. (Director, Communication Management Master’s Program)

Clinical Associate Professors: Daniela Baroffio, Ph.D.; Mathew Curtis, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professors: David Craig, Ph.D.; Marcia Dawkins, Ph.D.; Dorine Lawrence-Hughes, J.D., Ed.D; Brad Shipley, Ph.D.; Paolo Sigismondi, Ph.D.; Kimberlie Stephens, Ph.D.

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

Adjunct Faculty: Vincent Brook, Ph.D.; Anne Framroze; Michael Overing, J.D.; Paula Patnoe-Woodley, M.A.; Jillian Pierson, Ph.D.; Kelton Rhoads, Ph.D.; Michael Robinson, Ph.D.; Clinton Schaff

Emeritus Professor: Walter R. Fisher, Ph.D.

Degree Programs

The School of Communication offers programs of study leading to a B.A. in Communication; minors in Sports Media Studies, Communication and the Entertainment Industry, Communication Technology Practices and Platforms, Global Communication, Health Communication, Media Economics and Entrepreneurship, Professional and Managerial Communication, Communication Law and Media Policy, Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Law and Society; a progressive degree in Master of Communication Management; a Master of Science in Digital Social Media; an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication; 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 Journalism and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences’ School of International Relations. The Communication Management Program has established dual degree programs with the USC Gould School of Law and Hebrew Union College.

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