Department of Communication Studies News

Cooke-Jackson project to inform urban youth about health issues

Angela Cooke-Jackson, a health communication expert and an assistant professor in the Communication Studies Department, is launching a social media collaboration between high-risk youth in Boston and Emerson students in her course Diversity, Culture & Health Communication.

Alumna profiled on a Forbes.com

Alumna Shira Lazar ’04 was recently profiled on a Forbes.com blog about female leaders called “More Seats.”

Journalist works to illuminate Moroccan world

Moroccan journalist Ahmed Benchemsi spoke to Emerson students recently about the controversial journalistic decisions he has made and the misconceptions he said that many Americans have about the Arab world. 

Graduate Students Attend Film Festival for Professional Development

Communication Management and Integrated Marketing Communication graduate students, attended “RediscoverRosarito” film festival using the Graduate Student Association (GSA)’s Professional Development Grant opportunity.

Emerson helps prepare future faculty

Emerson has been a host institution for the Preparing Future Faculty Program at Howard University Graduate School in Washington, D.C., since 2008. The program was launched by Howard in 1994 to help give future academics practical experience.

Hosek enhances Communication 100 Program

Emerson College’s Communication 100 Program is a class considered so important that it’s one of the few courses at Emerson that all students are required to complete in order to graduate, no matter their major.

Emerson students speak up about Facebook changes

Emerson students Pat Lambert and Megan Mitchell spoke to NECN's Tom Langford about Facebook changes.

Middle East social media leader visits Emerson

Sultan al-Qassemi, a social media leader from the United Arab Emirates identified by Time as authoring one of the top Twitter feeds during the Arab Spring, spoke to Communication Studies students in associate professor Gregory Payne’s Communication Theory for Leading Change course on September 19.