RESEARCH
Dr. MaryAnn Romski directs the Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning, which coordinates interdisciplinary research on language development.
Department faculty coordinate a university-supported Second Century Initiative, designed to foster multi-disciplinary collaboration.
Core Research Areas
Our program is tailored to fit your needs, whether you are preparing for a career post-graduation or are continuing into a doctoral program. If you would like to start graduate school next fall, we encourage you to complete an application. Because Georgia State offers rolling admissions, candidates benefit most from applying early.
- Chinese culture, politics and society
- Critical cultural studies
- Critical theory
- Gender and sexuality
- Health communication
- Ideology and propaganda
- International communication
- International media
- Media history
- Media industries
- Media, rhetoric and politics
- New and emerging media
- New communication technologies, new media, and big data analysis
- Political resistance and civil disobedience
- Public relations
- Rhetoric and political power
- Television studies
Ongoing Research
Our major research initiatives enhance the educational experience and allow you to learn from outstanding scholars in communication research, policy and practice.
Global - 2CI Transcultural Conflict & Violence
The Transcultural Conflict and Violence Initiative builds research teams of faculty and competitively selected doctoral students trained in communications studies, political science, computer science, studies in Middle Eastern studies, religious studies, psychology and anthropology to:
- Better understand the underlying causes of transcultural conflicts, violence and terrorism;
- Identify research-based solutions for reducing the impact of transcultural conflicts;
- Detect predictive indicators of future transcultural conflicts.
Industries - Georgia News Lab
The Georgia News Lab is a partnership between Georgia State, the University of Georgia, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV. The lab’s goals are to train young investigative reporters, produce high-quality public service news stories and bring added diversity to newsrooms.
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The Department of Communication
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8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
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10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Department of Communication
800 Twenty Five Park Place NE
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303
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Department of Communication
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 5060
Atlanta, GA, 30302-5060