Ph.D Program News

In an email to the Rutgers University–New Brunswick community, Chancellor of Rutgers–New Brunswick and Distinguished Professor Francine Conway and Saundra Tomlinson-Clarke, Professor and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, notified the Rutgers community that Professor of Library and Information Science Marie Radford has been awarded the Chancellor Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

The new faculty will bring to SC&I expertise in digital and social media environments; media literacy; and media production.

The Rutgers School of Graduate Studies has named SC&I Ph.D.

Launched by Rutgers Learning Centers and the SC&I Department of Communication, this new resource is available to all students enrolled at Rutgers University.

Lee, a faculty member at Korea University, is an expert in mediated communication and organizational communication network research.

A new study by Rutgers SC&I Associate Professor Caitlin Petre and Ph.D. Candidate Nicole Weber explores how understanding the evolution of book sellers, supermarkets, and public libraries as purveyors of public information can help inform current thinking about social media platforms.

A recent study by SC&I Ph.D. Candidate Shravan Regret Iyer explores the role of VR in twelve United Nations Virtual Reality (UNVR) content productions.

We are thrilled to celebrate:
18 SC&I PhD Students participating on NCA panels (including THREE first-year students!)
21 SC&I Faculty participating on NCA panels
12 NCA Awards for faculty and student papers, books, and achievements

For the third time in the conference’s long-standing history, the Rutgers School of Communication and Information will host the Organizational Communication Mini-Conference. It will be held from Friday, October 6 to Sunday, October 8, 2023 on the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick. 

The study’s findings, the authors said, are directly applicable as targets for communication training modules for health care providers, because by continuing to advance skills in empathic communication, clinicians can enhance the healthcare experiences of their patients.