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SC&I Ph.D. Cohort Fall 2026

Ph.D. Program in Communication, Information, and Media

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Fostering Intellectual Autonomy

The Ph.D. program in Communication, Information, and Media offers advanced training in theoretical and research skills for scholarly and professional leadership in communication, library and information science, and media studies.

This strategic combination of fields prepares you to address key questions facing society in the 21st century. You’ll examine the structure and role of communication, information, and media institutions, policies, processes, and systems—and their impact on individuals, organizations, and society, both nationally and globally.

The program strongly supports and encourages interdisciplinary approaches to these complex and evolving issues.

Fall 2027 application

Deadline is December 1, 2026 for Fall 2027. 

Get to Know Our Faculty, Doctoral Students, and Their Research 

Our scholars produce field-defining scholarship focused on communication, information, and media that expands knowledge, advances practice, promotes social justice, and improves lives.

Respected. Connected.

The Ph.D. program in Communication, Information, and Media holds a prestigious STEM designation, qualifying international students for a 24-month Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension.

PhD Students Talking Presentation

Ph.D. Colloquium 

Ph.D. Colloquium (16:194:600) is taken during each semester of coursework, and attendance is required until students pass their qualifying examinations. Held on selected Wednesdays, the forum features research and professional presentations by guest speakers, faculty, alumni, and students

  • Dissertation Presentation

    Yunhee Shim, Jeongone Seo

  • Dissertation Presentation

    Daniel Houli

  • Working on Sabbatical: Accomplishments, Approaches, and Achieving Balance

    Panelists: Dr. Amy Jordan (JMS), Dr. Itzhak Yanovitzky (COM), Dr. Jessica Cheng (LIS), Dr. Kristina Scharp (COM) 

  • Dr. Jayson Harsin, American University of Paris

    Dept. of Communication, Media, & Culture

    The Critique of Pure Information: Disinformation, Misinformation, & Democratic Life 

  • Dr. Qun Wang, Fordham University

    Dept. of Communication & Media Studies

    The Tech Media Hybrid: Google's News Ambition

  • Dr. danah boyd, Cornell University 

    Dept. of Communication

    Data are Made, Not Found 

  • Dissertation Presentations

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