Professor Sut Jhally is the new chair of the UMass Amherst Department of Communication. Jhally is the founder of Media Education Foundation and an award-winning teacher, and author of numerous books and articles on media.
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Jan 17, 2019
Nov 16, 2018
UMass Alumni joined current Department of Communication students in the ILC Hub for the annual Career Alumni Networking Night. Students and faculty had the opportunity to listen and talk to alums from a variety of career stages about their experiences while at UMass and their lives after graduation.
Four alums returned to campus for the event. One of them, Ruthchneidy Benjamin ‘17, came all the way from New York. Benjamin now works as a marketing specialist for WebMD Health Services in New York City. She advised students that connections can be made anywhere.
Oct 24, 2018
This semester, Comm Senior Casey Lyons is studying abroad in Lisbon, Portugal. She says financial support from a fellowship and scholarship money made it possible for her to go abroad. She wants to learn more about how communication functions outside of the U.S.
“This opportunity will allow me to understand the modes of communication in a new cultural context," said Lyons, "which is something I'm really excited about.
Oct 18, 2018
Don’t miss the 2018 Alumni Career Networking night in the Department of Communication! Whether you just arrived at college, or you’re starting to prepare your résumé, it’s always the right time to meet successful Comm alumni. Come to get ideas about possible career paths, how to make the leap from college to career, or to make just the right contact for learning about job opportunities in your chosen field.
Sep 21, 2018
In any given semester, students might have the option to take COMM 338, Children, Teens, and Media, a course that explores the role of media (television, Internet, video games, film, etc.) in shaping the lives of children and teens. This past summer the opportunity came with a chance to examine those ideas in not just the United States, but also the United Kingdom, and other locations around the globe. The students who took the course this past summer with faculty members Erica Scharrer and Lynn Phillips, did so as part of a study abroad program at Trinity College, Oxford, in England.
Aug 24, 2018
Department of Communication Professor and Chair Mari Castañeda, appointed SBS Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion. The position includes oversight of efforts to internationalize the student and faculty experience. Castañeda will continue to serve as chair of the department through the end of the fall semester.
Aug 22, 2018
The Department of Communication is pleased to expand its academic reach into the study of the field with two new dynamic faculty, who will bring diverse research and expertise to our curriculum. Seyram Avle studies digital technology cultures and innovation in the global south; and Devon Greyson investigates information and its relation to health and social equity.
Aug 6, 2018
The Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks a communication scholar whose research and teaching focus on urban communication, environmental communication, and/or civics and governance in 'smart cities'. We seek theoretical and methodological innovation in researching the constitutive role of communication and information infrastructures in people's experience of the built environment.
