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Mar 1, 2024
Ruben Saldaña, a senior Communication Studies major and first-generation college student from Corpus Christi, Texas, is on a mission to redefine his family’s trajectory through education and opportunity.
tags: Students, Communication Studies
Dec 1, 2023
Robin Duffee, a 2017 and 2019 Communication Studies (COMS) graduate from Cedar Park, Texas embarked on her teaching journey quickly after completing the undergraduate and graduate programs in CoMC.
Aug 3, 2023
Despite closing one chapter of her education, she is still thankful for her many experiences in such a short timeframe and desires to continue working with faculty members who have already poured into her success.
tags: CoMC News, Students, Communication Studies
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.
tags: CoMC News, Communication Studies, Faculty
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
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.
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
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: Creative Media Industries, Research, Communication Studies, Faculty, CoMC News
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
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
Jun 8, 2021
Texas Tech University
tags: Faculty, Student Organizations, Students, Communication Studies, CoMC News, JCMI
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
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
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
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: Creative Media Industries, Staff, Digital Media & Professional Communication, Journalism, Spotlight, CoMC News, Public Relations & Strategic Communication, Communication Studies, Media Strategies, Advertising
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
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
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
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
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