Communication

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Chair: Steven M. Ralston

Graduate Faculty

Gretchen Bisplinghoff, assistant professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Robert Brookey, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Ferald J. Bryan, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Gary Burns, professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University 
Kathryn Cady, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa
William Cassidy, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon
Jeffrey Chown, Presidential Teaching Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan
David Gunkel, associate professor, Ph.D., DePaul University
Janice D. Hamlet, associate professor, Ph.D., Ohio State University
David Henningsen, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Mary Lynn Henningsen, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Richard Holt, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Betty LaFrance, associate professor, Ph.D., Michicagn State University
Mary S. Larson, professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Robert Miller, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Orayb Najjar, associate professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
Steven M. Ralston, professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
Joseph Scudder, associate professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
Lois S. Self, professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Kathleen S. Valde, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Laura Vazquez, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Karen Whedbee, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 
Kerith Woodyard, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Utah

The Department of Communication offers a graduate program leading to the M.A. degree in communication studies. This graduate program is adapted to the student’s individual needs and academic background. Each student plans a program in consultation with an adviser from the graduate faculty of the department. With the approval of the adviser, the student may elect a maximum of 12 semester hours in allied studies in other departments.

With the adviser’s consent, the student may choose to pursue the degree with or without a thesis. The number of credits transferred from another school or taken as a student-at-large to be approved as part of the student’s program of courses will be determined by the student’s departmental advisory committee.

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