Ph.D Program News

Among those being recognized is Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Khadijah Costley White, who will receive the inaugural Everett Hughes Holle Award for Social Justice and Community Engagement. In addition, Professor of Communication Kathryn Greene will be recognized with the Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication, underscoring her influential career and lasting contributions to interpersonal communication.

The Real Men Read Program established by Grimes recently received a Library of Congress 2024 Literacy Program Award as an Emerging Strategies Honoree, and in our Q&A he shares insights on how libraries can support mental health for the communities they serve.

The Communicating Diversity Conference co-sponsored by SC&I fostered community among scholars conducting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work across Rutgers-New Brunswick.

At the 110th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA), to be held November 21-24, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana, two esteemed faculty members from the Rutgers School

“Leadership matters,” said Ralph Gigliotti, one of the study's lead authors and an affiliate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “Leaders play a critical role in the enthusiasm level of working group members and influence their interest in wanting to continue with a project of this kind.”

A new Rutgers study shows that breast cancer patients who experience anxiety prior to oncology appointments communicate differently and may require additional support from their clinical teams to optimize their treatment and post-treatment outcomes.

A new Rutgers study examining the ways Americans speak about pregnancy has found the dominant narratives in our culture marginalize many people experiencing pregnancy.

The highly competitive award will support the final two years of Broadbridge’s doctoral research examining the impact of cancer genetic counseling communication on patient outcomes. The transition grant will also support four additional years of her post-doctoral research.

Ph.D. student Kaitlin Montague developed a new term, “mobile access instability,” to describe how mobility is a significant component in the creation and resolution of access instability for people who live in their vehicles.

Youth ages 13-16 are leveraging social media features to find moments of intentional pause during prolonged use.