Spring 2024

Letter from the Director

I thought I’d use this issue of the newsletter to highlight the school’s Communication Technology track, one of three exciting undergrad specializations we offer to students pursuing a…

COSMOS group takes strides in advanced computational and statistical methods

As a top-ranked research program, the School of Communication maintains multiple research groups and labs focused on different topics, such as…

Donor Spotlight

After leading an impressive career in advertising and communication Linda Thomas Brooks ‘85 (Journalism) has made it her mission to promote ethics in the public relations field.…

Alumni Spotlight

Magi Curtis ‘01 stands out with a degree in political science and a CV with over a decade of experience campaigning, lobbying and advocating on Capitol Hill.…

Researcher Spotlight

Associate Professor Graham Dixon researches science and risk communication with a specific focus on persuasion, information processing and motivated…

Teaching Spotlight

In her role as the School of Communication’s online and hybrid course coordinator, Senior Lecturer Bethany Barker aims to create engaging and productive online learning environments for students…

Graduate Spotlight

Rachel Barry Wade is a PhD student pushing for breakthroughs in campaigning and prosocial messaging by studying how these campaign messages are created and how different people perceive them.…

Undergraduate Spotlight

Donald Neidecker-Gonzales, a student at Ohio State majoring in communication technology, has transformed his enthusiasm for communications and video game creation into a blossoming career in digital…

New Hires

We are thrilled to welcome three new tenure-track faculty members, Dominik Stecuła, Scott Campbell and Rob Potter, to the School of Communication. Scott Campbell: Professor, Margaret Hall and…