Graduate Study in Communication

THE PROGRAM

Wake Forest University is committed to providing high quality education that prepares students for careers in business and education as well as for the pursuit of doctoral studies.  The program is consistently recognized as one of the top MA programs in the country.  A central feature of the Wake Forest program is close contact between students and professors, as reflected in the first year mentoring relationship of new graduate students by the faculty. 

Admission is limited to a select group of well-prepared students interested in the study of argumentation, communication and technology, cross-cultural communication, communication ethics, interpersonal communication, social influence, mass communication, organizational communication, political communication and public address. 

The department supports all students it admits through assistantships, fellowships or scholarships. Students work in research, debate, the communication lab, and as teaching assistants in public speaking or interpersonal communication.

The University

Founded in 1834 in the town of Wake Forest the college moved to Winston-Salem in 1956 and became Wake Forest University in 1967.  It has a student body of 5,800, including 2,000 graduate and professional students.  

Outcomes

A majority of the students who complete the MA go on for the doctorate.  They win admission to distinguished Ph.D. programs and compile outstanding records.  Those choosing non-academic careers work in many fields, including intercultural consulting, local government, personnel, public relations, management consulting, teaching communication and /or coaching debate, and training and development. 

The Faculty

Mary M. Dalton, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Univ. of North Carolina-Greensboro
Film studies, media criticism, and media production.

Michael David Hazen, Professor and Chair, Ph.D., Univ. of Kansas
Comparative and cross-cultural communication, argumentation, and theories of 
human communication.

Michael J. Hyde, Professor and University, Professor of Communication Ethics, Ph.D., Purdue Univ.
Philosophy of communication, rhetorical theory and criticism, ethics, and communication and technology.

Betty La France, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State Univ.
Interpersonal communication, empirical research methods, and social influence.

John T. Llewellyn, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D., University of Texas
Rhetorical criticism, organizational communication, and freedom of speech.

Allan D. Louden, Assoc. Prof., Dir. of Debate, 
Ph.D., Univ. of Southern California
Argumentation, political communication, and persuasion.

Jill J. McMillan, Professor, Ph.D., Univ. of Texas
Organizational rhetoric and communication in dysfunctional systems, rhetorical criticism.

Ananda Mitra, Assist. Prof., Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois
Mass communication, cultural studies, evaluation research, and technology and communication.

Randall Gage Rogan, Assoc. Prof. Director of Graduate Studies, Ph.D., Michigan State Univ.
Interpersonal communication, conflict and negotiation, and hostage negotiation.

Eric King Watts, Assist. Prof., Ph.D., Northwestern Univ.
African American cultural performance, rhetorical criticism, and cultural criticism.

Margaret D. Zulick, Assoc. Prof., Ph.D., Northwestern Univ.
History of rhetoric, rhetoric of the Hebrew Bible, and American social movements.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Dr. Randall Rogan, Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Communication
Wake Forest University
Box 7347 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
(336) 758-5409; rogan@wfu.edu

TO RECEIVE GRADUATE 
APPLICATION:

Dean Gordon Melson, Dean, Graduate School
Wake Forest University
Box 7487 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
(800) 257-3166

For On-line Information check out:

www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/Speech-Communication/


http://www.wfu.edu/Student-organizations/debate/ (debate homepage) http://www.wfu.edu/Student-organizations/debate/GRADBROC.html (graduate section of debate homepage)
http://www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/Speech-Communication/ (Dept. homepage) http://www.bgsm.edu/graduate/ (graduate school homepage)