The University of Southern California Presidential Medallion is the University's top honor, only awarded to members of the USC community who have "brought honor and distinction to the campus." This year, the Presidential Medallion was awarded to Professor Manuel Castells , the Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication,...
Director of the Digital Social Media program and Clinical Professor Karen North was named a " Communication Professor You Should Know " by the website communications-major.com. The M.S. in Digital Social Media is a unique and groundbreaking...
On November 13, Paris was attacked. Unlike many other terrorist attacks, the American people spoke out, at least symbolically, by posting support on Facebook and other social media platforms. Watch the Huffington Post's beautifully edited interview with DSM Director and professor, Karen North, and red the Huffington Post's article (below):
Name: Ioana Literat
Graduation Year: 2015
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Area: new media studies; participatory cultures; online creativity and collaboration; digital media and learning
Recent Publications and Presentations:
Literat, I. (2015)...
Name: Michael Park
Graduation Year: 2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, New York
First Position After Graduation: Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Media & College of Law, University of Idaho (while ABD, 2013-2015)
Research Area: media law & policy; sports...
Traci Gillig is the Vice-President of the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: Second
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
Research area: health and media
Publications while at USC Annenberg:
Doherty, E. F., MacGeorge, E. L., Gillig, T. , & Clare, S. E. (2014). Motivations,...
Kari Storla is the President of the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: Fourth; All But Dissertation Hometown: Marietta, Georgia Undergraduate Institution: Georgia State University Research Area: rhetoric, gender, trauma studies Dissertation Topic : Examining the role that the social construction of gender plays in discourses of sexual assault and...
In a series of columns, alums of USC Annenberg share stories of their time at the school, discuss their career, and offer advice to students.