研究 设施

Temple’s urban setting in the nation’s fourth largest media market makes the Lew Klein College of 媒体 and Communication an ideal center for cutting-edge research and creative work. Academic and artistic exchanges occur across disciplines here, and our talented professors and inquisitive students explore the role of communication in public life.

You’ll be able to work alone, with other students and with faculty on numerous scholarly and creative projects, conducting research, presenting at conferences and submitting to journals. Travel and research funding is available to help support your work.

教师 研究

The Communication and Social Influence Major faculty are dedicated to your progress as a scholar, offering suggestions and discussing your intellectual and research interests and goals to help you succeed. Students have opportunities to develop creative work alongside award-winning faculty and staff who have extensive professional backgrounds.

Program Achievements

Among the many awards and acknowledgements earned by our faculty and doctoral program students during recent years are the following.

  • Outstanding Book Award
    International Communication Association

  • Outstanding Book Award, Global Communication and Social Change Division
    International Communication Association

  • Outstanding Book Award, Popular Communication Division
    International Communication Association

  • Tom Patterson Best Dissertation Award
    American Political Science Association

  • Top Paper Award, Mass Communication Division
    National Communication Association

  • Top Paper Award, Magazine Division
    ​Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

领导

Program faculty hold the following leadership positions.

  • Editor-in-chief
    Journal of Communication

  • Chair, Popular Communication Division
    International Communication Association

  • Vice chair, Mass Communication Division
    International Communication Association

  • Chair, Scholarly Review Committee
    International Association for 媒体 and Communication 研究

教师 研究新闻

Learn more about research initiatives across Temple’s various campuses and programs.

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黛博拉·蔡

Senior Associate Dean, Professor

Internationally recognized researcher and Klein Professor 黛博拉·蔡 has years of specialized experience in intercultural communication, negotiation and conflict management, and social influence. She has edited and been published in numerous scholarly outlets, including Communication 研究, Human Communication 研究 and the Journal of Applied Communication 研究. Cai—alongside other Klein professors—developed a series of virtual events to share tools and methods to cope with personal and professional conflict in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jason Del Gandio

Associate Professor

Rooted in his passion for performance, philosophy and the rhetoric of social justice, Klein Professor Jason Del Gandio writes, speaks and teaches his students from a unique perspective. Pulling from his years of experience in activism and social movements, he informs students—at home and abroad—of the importance of communication skills and strategies to create social change.

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研究 资金

In 2016, the National Science Foundation placed Temple University among the top 100 in terms of research expenditures, which amounted to $242 million. Learn more about the university’s research support efforts.