NCA's Doctoral Program Guide

The mission of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan is to study and teach about the mass media and emerging media: their evolution, their effects, their uses by everyday people, and their regulation and industry practices. They are dedicated to cultivating a thorough-going media literacy among our students, and to producing cutting-edge scholarship about the media’s impact on individuals and society. They have a highly sought-after and rigorous undergraduate concentration, world-renowned faculty, a prestigious interdisciplinary Ph.D. program, and a large cohort of dedicated and successful alumni.

Admission Requirements 

• Application
• Transcripts
• Statement of Purpose
• Personal Statement
• Letters of Recommendation
• GRE Scores
• English Proficiency Scores for International Applicants

Graduate Faculty 

• Assistant Professor Megan Sapnar Ankerson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Assistant Professor André Brock, Ph.D., University of Illinois
• Professor Scott Campbell, Ph.D., University of Kansas
• Professor Robin Means Coleman, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
• Associate Professor Sonya Dal Cin, Ph.D., University of Waterloo
• Professor Susan Douglas, Ph.D., Brown University
• Professor Kristen Harrison, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 
• Associate Professor Sol Hart, Ph.D., Cornell University
• Professor L. Rowell Huesmann, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
• Assistant Professor Muzammil M. Hussain, Ph.D., University of Washington
• Assistant Professor Shazia Iftkhar, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Professor Nojin Kwak, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Professor Amanda Lotz, Ph.D., University of Texas
• Assistant Professor Josh Pasek, Ph.D., Stanford University
• Associate Professor Aswin Punathambekar, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
• Assistant Professor Muniba Saleem, Ph.D., Iowa State University
• Professor Christian Sandvig, Ph.D., Stanford University
• Professor Katherine Sender, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
• Professor Stuart Soroka, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
• Associate Professor Derek W. Vaillant, Ph.D., University of Chicago
• Professor Jan Van den Bulck, Ph.D., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Assistant Professor Brian Weeks, Ph.D., Ohio State University

NCA Awards Received by Faculty and Students, 2000-present 

• Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2005, 2006