Communication Studies
The Communication Studies Department’s dynamic undergraduate curriculum and flexible requirements allow students to forge a distinctive niche within the vast and varied communication landscape, while our diverse professional network affords a wide spectrum of co-op and experiential learning opportunities, in Boston and around the world—enabling students to gain practical experience and build connections that will form the cornerstones of a successful career after graduation.


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Welcome to the Department of Communication Studies. How we communicate interpersonally, digitally and through mass media is central to almost any human endeavor.
Maria Elena Villar
Chair, Department of Communication Studies

Co-ops and Student Opportunties
Learn more about the co-op program, travel study opportunities, internships, and other opportunities to get involved.
Student Work Highlights

What if?
Communication Studies
Class: MSCR 1230 Introduction to Film Production sec. 2 Instructor: Seth Mulliken, Assistant Teaching Professor Spring 2018


Health Campaign Message Design & Snapchat Geofilte
Communication Studies
Susan Mello, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Class: COMM 4102 Health Communication Campaigns Spring 2018


Nobody Ever Does That!
Communication Studies
Watch the short film created in MSCR 1230: Introduction to Film Production.


Zine
Communication Studies
A zine exploring the effects of imposter syndrome on non-men in the music industry.


Dream
Communication Studies
Watch Sophia Huang's short film, "Dream," created in the Introduction to Film class.


Zine
Communication Studies
A zine exploring the effects of imposter syndrome on non-men in the music industry.


Dream
Communication Studies
Watch Sophia Huang's short film, "Dream," created in the Introduction to Film class.


What if?
Communication Studies
Class: MSCR 1230 Introduction to Film Production sec. 2 Instructor: Seth Mulliken, Assistant Teaching Professor Spring 2018


Health Campaign Message Design & Snapchat Geofilte
Communication Studies
Susan Mello, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Class: COMM 4102 Health Communication Campaigns Spring 2018


Nobody Ever Does That!
Communication Studies
Watch the short film created in MSCR 1230: Introduction to Film Production.

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Dream
Communication Studies
Watch Sophia Huang's short film, "Dream," created in the Introduction to Film class.


What if?
Communication Studies
Class: MSCR 1230 Introduction to Film Production sec. 2 Instructor: Seth Mulliken, Assistant Teaching Professor Spring 2018


Health Campaign Message Design & Snapchat Geofilte
Communication Studies
Susan Mello, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Class: COMM 4102 Health Communication Campaigns Spring 2018


Nobody Ever Does That!
Communication Studies
Watch the short film created in MSCR 1230: Introduction to Film Production.


Zine
Communication Studies
A zine exploring the effects of imposter syndrome on non-men in the music industry.


Featured Courses

This course aims to study and increase your level of proficiency in group interaction, with a focus on small group decision-making processes, problem-solving, and the interpersonal dynamics of groups. Topics include communication dynamics, systems thinking, dialogue, conflict management, leadership, power, teams, and learning organizations.
This course explores the multiple and complicated ways in which our lives and ways of thinking are impacted by what things we decide to keep and how we organize access to them, i.e., storage. Using readings, podcasts, short films, and TV shows, the course uses the idea of storage to explore the Cloud and other contemporary media “containers” and what the future of storage holds as we try to find space and time to store and retrieve our data, memories, clothes, food, and more.
What’s happening in Comm Studies

'The Brutalist' used AI. Is that a bad thing?
Communication studies professor Rupal Patel and Rebecca Kleinberger, assistant professor of music, provide insight into why this Oscar-contender used AI to enhance the Hungarian spoken by Adrian Brody and Felicity Jones.
January 23, 2025

Weight loss drug commercials raise some eyebrows
Assistant teaching professor of communication studies Elizabeth Glowacki had some concerns about the latest Superbowl commercials from health-tech startup Hims & Hers.
February 10, 2025

For CAMD filmmakers, indie film festivals take center stage
With the beginning of a new year comes the beginning of the indie film festival circuit. CAMD alumni has been part of the indie film circuit in many capacities. We highlight below just a few of alumni below.
January 17, 2025

Amy Shirong Lu awarded Gerald M. Phillips Award
Congratulations to Amy Shirong Lu, associate professor of communication studies at CAMD for earning the Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship.
October 10, 2024
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