University of Nebraska, Department of Communication Studies
The Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska is nationally recognized as a leader in research and teaching in Communication Studies, and they extend this tradition of excellence to a new generation of scholar-teachers through graduate education. The community is a collaborative one where graduate students develop strong working relationships with their primary advisor, other faculty, and fellow graduate students as they progress through the program.
Carnegie "Doctoral University: Very High Research Activity"
Communication doctorates conferred between 2010-19: 51
Areas of Study
- Interpersonal, Family, & Health Communication
- Rhetoric & Public Culture
Rankings
URAP University Rankings—Language, Communication & Culture
- #167 of 300 World Universities
Admission Requirements
- Not specified
Graduate Faculty
- Professor Dawn O. Braithwaite, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- Associate Professor Kristin Hoerl, Ph.D., University of Texas
- Professor Jody Koenig Kellas, Ph.D., University of Washington
- Professor Casey Ryan Kelly, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- Professor Kathy Krone, Ph.D., University of Texas
- Professor Emeritus Ronald Lee, Ph.D., University of Iowa
- Assistant Professor Angela Palmer-Wackerly, Ph.D., Ohio State University
- Professor Emeritus William Seiler, Ph.D., Purdue University
- Professor Jordan Soliz, Ph.D., University of Kansas
NCA Awards to Faculty and Students, 2000-present
- Bacon Lifetime Teaching Excellence Award, 2015
- Becker Distinguished Service Award, 2017
- Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Family Communication, 2006
- Kibler Memorial Award, 2016
- Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2017, 2018
- Woolbert Research Award, 2015
- Wallace Memorial Award, 2018