See where our recent graduates have found placements after earning their PhD in Communication from USC Annenberg:
Academic placementsJeeyun Baik, PhD (2021) Assistant Professor University of San Diego
TJ Billard, PhD (2020) Assistant Professor Northwestern University
Sierra Bray, PhD (2022) Assistant Professor CSU... Read more
Beginning in the second year, doctoral students are funded as graduate assistants and are assigned to teaching assistant (TA) and/or research assistant (RA) positions in the School of Communication.
Research assistants collaborate with USC Annenberg faculty to produce ground-breaking research for consumption by other academics and the general public.... Read more
USC Annenberg offers an interdisciplinary PhD program in humanistic and behavioral approaches to communication.You will learn theories that guide research into communication processes and effects and into institutions and technologies that lend pattern to communication.
PhD candidates at USC Annenberg are at the scholarly forefront of the communication revolution.... Read more
Students in the doctoral program learn theories that guide research into communication processes and effects and into institutions and technologies that lend pattern to communication. Applicants for the PhD are expected to acquire and demonstrate humanistic and behavioral knowledge of communication while acquiring skills requisite to scholarly research in the... Read more
Students specialize in one of seven tracks by completing a minimum of three courses (12 units) in one of the following:
Rhetoric, Politics and Publics
COMM 509 Classical Rhetorical Theory COMM 511 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory COMM 512 Rhetorical Criticism COMM 513 Neoclassical Rhetorical Theory COMM 514 Social... Read more