University Catalog 2024-2025

Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Core Courses21
History and Theory of Media Technologies
Rhetoric and Digital Media
Communication Networks
Communication, Technologies, and Pedagogy
Scholarly and Professional Paths in Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research
Select one of the following:
Quantitative Research Methods in Applied Communication
Visual Content Analysis
Usability Studies for Technical Communication
Empirical Research In Composition
Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism
Introduction to Digital Humanities 1
Select one of the following:
Verbal Data Analysis
Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice
Critical and Interpretive Inquiry in Communication
Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Communication
Visual Content Analysis
Discourse Analysis
Narrative Analysis
Interdisciplinary Studies in English
Empirical Research In Composition (Methods and Theories in Media studies)
Elective Courses12
Select an elective focus approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Additional Courses19
"Additional Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 72 total hours
Colloquium in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
Teaching College Communication
Theory and Research In Composition
Doctoral Supervised Teaching
Dissertation and Exam courses20
Select 20 credit hours of Exams and Dissertation courses of the following:
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Doctoral Supervised Research 2
Doctoral Dissertation Preparation
Directed Readings in English Studies
Total Hours72
1

ENG 543 Introduction to Digital Humanities is Interdisciplinary Studies in English. Not all topics will fulfill a methods course.

2

Minimum 6/20 credits

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Deanna P. Dannels
  • Adriana Araujo de Souza e Silva
  • Victoria J. Gallagher
  • Jessica Katz Jameson
  • Melissa A. Johnson
  • Joann Keyton
  • William J. Kinsella
  • Robert Laurence Schrag
  • Kenneth S. Zagacki

Associate Professors

  • Andrew Ray Binder
  • Elizabeth Ann Craig
  • James Kiwanuka-Tondo
  • Kama A. Kosenko
  • Marcelo Luise Ardon Sayao
  • Sarah R. Stein
  • Stephen B. Wiley

Assistant Professors

  • Yang Cheng
  • Fernanda Duarte
  • Nicole Marie Lee
  • Colten Meisner
  • Ariel Seay-Howard
  • Cordarrell Self

Emeritus Faculty

  • Daniel A. DeJoy
  • Edward T. Funkhouser
  • William J. Jordan
  • Rebecca Leonard
  • Burton Lester Russell
  • Robert Laurence Schrag
  • Craig Allen Smith
  • Sarah R Stein

Lecturers

  • Kathleen Anne Sturgis
  • Jory Philip Weintraub