Organizations are primary sites of meaning-making, identity formation, knowledge production, security, health and wellness, strategic communication and democracy in contemporary society. Because organizations are increasingly complex, our organizational communication area adopts a multi-perspective, dynamic approach to the study of organizational life.
Studying Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal communication involves the study of verbal and nonverbal messages in dyadic interaction. We explore the various ways that communication functions in both social and personal relationships along with a range of topics, including affection, competition, conflict, dating, emotion, health, and maintenance in relational contexts such as marriage, friendship, initial interaction, and family relationships.
Our Strengths
Studying Intercultural Communication and Cultural Studies
[caption caption="Hugh Downs School students dispersed throughout campus in the spring of 2018 with \"Free Listening\" signs. What did they hear? People shared about exam grades (both the good and bad outcomes), stressors regarding setting time boundaries with romantic partners, and the highlights of accomplishing the most challenging level of a video game.
Spring 2022
COM691: Critical Communication Pedagogy
Instructor: Lore/tta LeMaster
COM691: Communication, Race, and Ethnicity
Instructor: Abraham Khan
I-4C Events are a collection of the primary components of The I-4C Collective: Innovative Inquiry, Civil Dialogue, and The Empty Space. Innovative Inquiry explores human communication through methodologies, epistemologies, and practices of alternative representations of knowledge. Civil Dialogue provides an innovative tool for productive communication about controversial topics by integrating rhetorical criticism and theories of performance. The Empty Space black box theatre fosters theoretical and practical explorations of performance scholarship.