Communication and Media Studies PhD Program News

Waseq Rahman
Life-changing play: PhD student Waseq Rahman explores games as tools for social change communication
Waseq Rahman researches how gameplay generates thought-provoking experiences leading to greater insights about purpose and personal growth.
Two girls take turns looking at a slide through a microscope in a classroom.
How the pandemic may help more students see themselves as scientists
PhD students collaborated across disciplines to study how the COVID-19 pandemic affected high school students studying science.
sidewalk chalk messages of pride
PhD research: Small-town Pride celebrations emerge – and show that LGBTQ life in America is flourishing outside of cities
For their dissertation, a PhD student who studies rural transgender media activism documented LGBTQ+ pride celebrations in small-town America.
Kumi Silva faces the camera while sitting in front of a book shelf.
PhD Alumni Profile: Kumi Silva '04 examines intersections of gender, feminism and identity
Gender, feminism and identity scholar Kumi Silva studied social movements in her native Sri Lanka and in India. Now, as an associate professor at a major university, she gets “paid to learn.”