Department of Mass Communication and Journalism
M.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism
Faculty
Our core graduate faculty are wholly committed to the approximately 25 students enrolled in the Mass Communication graduate program. From research and experience in the television, newspaper, and radio industries, they have produced an impressive number of journal articles, professional papers, and textbooks, focusing on significant media issues.
Tamyra Pierce, (Graduate Program Director) Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia. Media effects, quantitative research methodology.
Roberta Asahina, Ph.D., Tufts University. Advertising.
Reaz Mahmood, Ph.D. (ABD), University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. International and political communication focusing on peach and social justice.
Kelley Campos McCoy, Ph.D., University of Washington. Qualitative research methodology, media representations of race, gender, and class and the sociology of journalism.
Gary Rice, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. American History, reporting, newspapers.
Susan Sivek, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. Political communication; media and geography.