Department of Communication Studies News

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.

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.

Emerson students speak up about Facebook changes

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

Cooke-Jackson receives award for outstanding scholarship

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Angela Cooke-Jackson attended the World Communication Association conference in Lima, Peru, where she presented a paper and received an award for Outstanding Scholarship.

Local politicos teach on campus

Accomplished Massachusetts political figures have been sharing their expertise with students.

Laughter and Humor in Interaction International Conference

Laughter, jokes, irony, and play were at the front and center of attention in the International Conference on Laughter and Humor in Interaction on June 23 and June 24.