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Moore's past experiences transition into the classroom

Feb 17, 2023

Sonia Moore is a lecturer at the College of Media & Communication and teaches her students about her unique experiences. She has done it all by being in journalism, marketing, advertising and now reaching. With every job she does, she does it with pride and not only represents the Black community as a lecturer but represents all her students. Moore advocates that diversity is growing in CoMC and appreciates the strides they are making to continuously improve.

tags: Communication Studies, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Faculty, CoMC News

Ortega Named Banner Bearer for Spring 2022

May 13, 2022

Issac Ortega is a double major in communication studies and public relations & strategic communication, with a minor in psychology.

tags: CoMC News, Research, Communication Studies, Public Relations & Strategic Communication, Faculty, Students

Father-daughter Legacy: Burres Family Shares Degrees and Badges

Feb 23, 2022

Stephen Burres graduated with a communication studies degree in 1994 to become a police officer. His daughter graduated in 2021 with the same degree--and she just earned her own badge.

tags: Alumni & Friends, Communication Studies, CoMC News

Fall 2021 Banner Bearer Brenna Hale

Dec 10, 2021

Brenna Hale, a senior communication studies major from Ozona, Texas, will represent CoMC at fall graduation as the college’s banner bearer.

tags: Dean's Student Ambassadors, Students, Communication Studies

Amy Koerber, Ph.D. to deliver keynote address at Sex and Gender Health Education Summit

Oct 29, 2021

Amy Koerber, Ph.D., will deliver a unique keynote address at the Sex and Gender Health Education Summit, where industry leaders will present the latest advances of sex- and gender-specific education.

tags: Faculty, Research, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Communication Studies, Creative Media Industries, CoMC News

TTU, CoMC mourns loss of Professor Olaniran

Jun 28, 2021

Kind, gentle, scholar, encouraging, inspirational, legacy, welcoming, always smiling, Dr. O. These are a few of the many words used to describe the impact Bolanle Olaniran, Ph.D., had at Texas Tech University and on his many students. He will be dearly missed in the College of Media & Communication and the many other communities he built.

tags: CoMC News, Faculty, Communication Studies

Usoro balances academics and accolades on way to the Olympics

Jun 8, 2021

Ruth Usoro, a junior communication studies major from Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria, is a student-athlete on the Texas Tech University Track and Field team and is focused on two main things right now: her academic success and her athletic training.

tags: Students, CoMC News, Communication Studies, Transformative Undergraduate Experience

CoMC students honor Condis with Student Org Advisor of the Year award

Jun 8, 2021

Texas Tech University

tags: Faculty, Student Organizations, Students, Communication Studies, CoMC News, JCMI

Games are for girls: How the industry is beginning to close the gender gap

Mar 31, 2021

Games and gamification will continue to become a part of modern society in more ways than one, but for women, breaking into the professional gaming industry can be challenging.

tags: JCMI, Students, Journalism, CoMC News, Communication Studies, Creative Media Industries, Faculty

CoMC congratulates faculty on academic advancement

Mar 31, 2021

The College of Media & Communication congratulates five faculty who received recent Board of Regents approval for position advancement.

tags: Faculty, Advertising, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Communication Studies, Public Relations

Chatbots and healthcare: CoMC researchers receive grants to study communication in big data and health insurance

Dec 9, 2020

Associate professors Kerk Kee, Ph.D., and Catherine Langford, Ph.D., individually receive grants that analyze and implement communication concepts in unique areas, including navigating STEM’s big data and assessing perceptions of health insurance and healthcare costs.

tags: Communication Studies, Research, Digital Media & Professional Communication, CoMC News, Alumni & Friends

CoMC director recognized with campus diversity award

Jul 8, 2020

Julia Heard Witt, M.Ed., senior director of advising and recruiting for the College of Media & Communication, was recently recognized with a President’s Excellence Award for her work in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion on the Texas Tech University campus.

tags: Advertising, Staff, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Public Relations, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Journalism, Communication Studies, Creative Media Industries, Spotlight, CoMC News, Media Strategies

Researcher Discovers Passion for Organizational, Computer-Mediated Communication

Feb 19, 2020

Bolanle Olaniran, a professor of communication studies in the Texas Tech College of Media & Communication, studies organizational communication in a variety of ways, still focusing on the computer-mediated side, but paying attention to new technologies, such as social media, and their impact.

tags: Communication Studies, Faculty, Research, CoMC News, Spotlight

Professor researches how gamers choose digital IDs

Jan 15, 2020

The College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University has been leading the charge to meet the demand for broader curriculum offerings and research related to video games. Megan Condis, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication studies, is one of the faculty members who have been brought on board to do just that.

tags: Faculty, Spotlight, CoMC News, Communication Studies, Research

Professors Analyze Social Media's Impact on Mental Health in Emerging Adults

Oct 23, 2019

In the last decade, the popularity of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat has skyrocketed. Eric Rasmussen, an associate professor and director of the doctoral program in Texas Tech University's College of Media & Communication, led a team of researchers on a study to see what about social-media use impacts emerging adults' mental well-being.

tags: Research, Communication Studies, Advertising, Public Relations, Faculty, Spotlight, CoMC News

CoMC Professors Analyze College Students' Perceptions of Hispanics in Media

Oct 8, 2019

As the Hispanic population continues to grow in the U.S., so does the representation of Hispanic characters on television. Punyanunt-Carter, along with assistant professor Marilda Oviedo and instructor Samer Melhem, studied college students' perceptions and portrayals of Hispanics on television and how those potentially impact their beliefs about race.

tags: Research, Communication Studies, CoMC News, Faculty

TechPR is now the Texas Tech Chapter of the PRSSA

Oct 2, 2019

With tremendous support from CoMC faculty and the student officers of the former TechPR group, the Texas Tech PRSSA chapter has found its new home in CoMC. The PRSSA, or the Public Relations Student Society of America, is the student chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the non-profit trade organization for industry professionals and educators with more than 30,000 members around the world.

tags: Student Organizations, Students, Public Relations, Faculty, CoMC News, Communication Studies

CoMC Faculty Awarded Prestigious NSF Grants

Sep 27, 2019

Faculty from the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication have been awarded two grants from the National Science Foundation, a prominent source of federal funding and an unusual funding agency for communications-related fields.

tags: Communication Studies, Journalism, CoMC News, Center for Communication Research, Faculty, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Research, Creative Media Industries