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University of Nebraska, Department of Communication Studies

Critical Cultural Communication (including Gender/Race/LGBTQ+ Communication) Film Studies Health Communication Intercultural Communication Interpersonal Communication (includes Small Group) Rhetoric
University of Nebraska

overview of program

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

Contact information

Director of Graduate Studies

Dr. Casey Kelly

Department of Communication Studies

361 Louise Pound Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588

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  • Interpersonal, Family, & Health Communication
  • Rhetoric & Public Culture

URAP University Rankings—Language, Communication & Culture

  • #167 of 300 World Universities

  • Not specified

  • 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

  • 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