Creative Activity and Research Forum

The School of Communication Graduate Studies is holding a “creative activity and research forum,” featuring presentations by MFA students, Ph.D. students, and faculty. The event is March 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in room 1021.  The complete schedule is below. 

  

Time	Presenter	Title
9:15 a.m.	Yves Colon	Feasibility Study to Establish a TV Station in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
9:30	Ed Talavera	Accidental Power: The Ascendance to the Ecuadorian Presidency of Doctor Luis Alfredo Palacio
9:45	MFA Students Rachelle Salnave and Yale Yang	The Heavenly Nut
10	Sunny Tsai	Brands as Fashionable Friends
10:15	Cong Li	“Show Me Something I Care!” A Test of Product Involvement and Personalized Advertising
10:30	Sunny Tsai	The Power of Many: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Collective Buying on the Web
10:45	Break/Catch Up Time
11 a.m.	Doctoral Student Zongchao (Cathy) Li (presenting) and Cong Li	User Motivation, Message Strategies and Interactivity in Corporate Twitter Accounts
11:15	MFA Student Rachelle Salnave	Viter Juste: The father of Little Haiti
11:30	Cong Li	Placebo Effect in Personalized Advertising
11:45	Doctoral Student Qinghua (Candy) Yang (presenting)	Online Identity Construction on Personal Websites: Does the Background Music Genre Make You More Attractive and Memorable?

Professor Stacks Elected Chair of Commission, Unveils New Blog

Dr. Don Stacks, professor of public relations, is the newly-elected chair of the Institute for Public Relations (IPR) Measurement Commission.

Also, Stacks unveiled a blog he will be running, in conjunction with the IPR, called “Stacks on Research.”

“As chair of the Measurement Commission and a Trustee of the Institute,” he writes, “I will be focusing on research standards, standard-setting, best practices, and how all three contribute to an objective evaluation of how well we did what we set out to do.”

The IPR is an independent nonprofit foundation dedicated to the science beneath the art of public relations.

Click here to read more about the commission announcement.

Click here to read Dr. Stacks’ blog.

Click here to read more about the IPR.

Priority Deadline is Tomorrow

The priority deadline for applying to the MA and Ph.D. programs is tomorrow, Dec. 1. These are competitive programs with many applications being submitted for a limited number of enrollment slots.  

Although we have a “rolling deadline” — e.g., applications are allowed to be submitted for full review after the priority deadline — we encourage you to submit your materials as soon as possible for the best chance of admittance. Applicants who complete their submissions by tomorrow’s priority deadline receive priority treatment by the review committee and program directors.

For more information about how to apply, click here. Frequently Asked Questions are answered here.  The online application is here. To learn more about the faculty in our programs, click here.

We hope you apply, and we look forward to receiving your application. Contact us if there is anything we can do to help you during this process.

 

Application Deadlines Fast Approaching

Application deadlines are fast approaching. We hope you apply for our graduate programs.

The MA and Ph.D. programs have a priority deadline of Dec. 1. That’s only a few weeks away. Links to information about each of our Ph.D., MA, and MFA degrees are here.

The Master of Arts program offers students a flexible opportunity to do advanced research across the communication field while developing an individual concentration. The Master of Fine Arts program emphasizes critical understanding of moving image practice in diverse social and cultural contexts for the creation of work that is relevant and impactful. The Doctor of Philosophy in Communication is a highly individualized program of research and action, collaborating across content and creative areas, methodological orientations, and platforms of expression for engaged scholarship and immersive experience, globally and locally.

Apply online here.

The School of Communication is charting new territory with its curriculum that not only reflects contemporary professional practice, but embraces the future with a vigorous intellectual excitement.

For more information about “How to Apply,” click here. Answers to “Frequently Asked Questions” are here.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Communication Networking Night

Wednesday, Nov. 7, the School of Communication is hosting a Networking Night.

It will start at 6 p.m., in the SoC Courtyard.

Here are some of the communication industry professionals that will be attending in hopes of recruiting to fill positions:

·         ACCORD PRODUCTIONS ·         ANSWERQUEST EXECUTIVE SEARCH ·         AREA PERFORMANCE GALLERY ·         BLUE COMPASS GROUP ·         CLOWNFISH PRODUCTIONS ·         DEL TORO ·         HBO LATIN AMERICA ·         INCUBATE MIAMI ·         KAAREN STYLES

·         MAX BORGES AGENCY ·         NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE ·         PARK 1 ·         SAPIENTNITRO ·         SOCIAL MEDIA CLUB OF SOUTH FLORIDA ·         TARGET WIDE, LLC ·         THOMPSON REUTERS ·         TOTAL QUALITY LOGISTICS

 

 

Graduate Writing Workshop

A workshop will be offered to assist graduate students who want to learn more about writing the thesis or dissertation.

The Graduate School’s Dissertation Editor, and staff from the university’s Writing Center, and campus library, will offer hands-on help.

Topics will include learning about the electronic thesis/dissertation process, and help with on-campus resources to guide you.

When: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 10:30 a.m.

Where: University Center, Flamingo Ballroom A

For more information, and to sign up, visit: http://www.miami.edu/gs/index.php/graduate_school/helpful_links_resources/graduate_school_events/pff_workhop_dissertation_resources/

Steinberg: VP Debate heat is on

The presidential election could be impacted by the upcoming Vice Presidential candidate debate, according to David Steinberg, Lecturer in the Communication Studies department, as quoted in a recent article by Reuters.

According to the article:

“Biden has a chance to undo some of the damage from the first debate,” said David Steinberg, a debate coach and political communications specialist at the University of Miami.

“The vice president’s biggest job will be as a fact checker,” he said. “He can come in and say, ‘Well, this is what Governor Romney said last Wednesday, and this is why it’s wrong.'”

…

“It would be nice to be Biden,” Steinberg said. “He’s got a wider range of stuff he can say and people go, ‘Oh, that’s just Biden.’ If Ryan said it, they will be looking at him through a microscope.”

Click here to read the full Reuters article.

Debate Watch Party Tonight

The School of Communication is hosting a “watch party” tonight for the first presidential debate of this 2012 election.

It will begin at 9 p.m., in room 2055 of the School of Communication building.

Refreshments will be served.

Applications now being accepted for new Interactive Media MFA

We are offering a Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interactive Media, and applications are now being accepted.

The goal of the new program is to train students to research, prototype, design, and build projects in business, social, cultural, and academic contexts.

Courses will explore the use of technology, design, human behavior, and its impact on communication.

The curriculum draws from emerging technologies, including mobile, gaming, data visualization, and interactive design.

Enrollment begins Fall 2013. Click here for more information and to apply.

Deadlines

• Priority admission: Feb. 1, 2013
• Assistantships: Feb. 1, 2013
• International students: April 1, 2013
• Final deadline: May 1, 2013

For more about the program, including courses, application requirements, and news, click here. To learn more about the faculty, click here. For answers to Frequently Asked Questions, click here.

Meet Some of Our Ph.D. Students

Whitney Sessa, second-year Ph.D. student

Whitney Sessa received her M.A. in Print Journalism from the University of Miami in 2009 and bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Florida in 2008. Prior to starting our doctoral program, she worked as a communications coordinator for Barry University, providing media relations support to the university while also practicing internal communications as the editor for Barry’s internal website BUCWIS, an online daily newsletter designed for faculty and staff. In addition to practicing media relations, Sessa has also worked as freelance writer for several South Florida publications, including The Miami Herald, the South Florida Times, and The Miami Times, and for the national online publication UPI.com.

Paola Pascual-Ferrá, third-year Ph.D. student

Paola Pascual-Ferra received her M.A. in Public Communication from American University and a bachelor’s in Political Science from Princeton University. She also teaches courses in Communication Theory, Public Speaking, and Intercultural Communication. Her areas of research include interpersonal, intercultural and political communication. Prior to being here, Paola taught courses in Understanding Media, Communication Theory, Public Relations, and Censorship and the Media in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, DC. From 2008-09, she worked in the Office of Communications at the Federal Election Commission, offering guidance to the regulated community and leading agency outreach efforts during and after the 2008 Presidential election. She has over 10 years of work experience, most of which she spent managing strategic communication programs in the private, non-profit and government sectors. She has worked both inside advertising and public relations agencies as well as on the client side. She has also volunteered her time to furthering education programs such as the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, The Esperanza Education Fund, Take Stock in Children, and Language ETC, an organization offering affordable English-language education programs to immigrants. Check out her recent publication here.

To read more about some of doctoral students, click here.