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  • Department seeking candidates for Assistant Professor of Interpersonal Communication

    We seek outstanding candidates who specialize in any area of interpersonal communication, with interests such as communication of social support, self-disclosure, interpersonal communication in health care contexts, conflict management, communication and identity, interpersonal persuasion, developmental communication, relational communication, family communication, message production, technologically mediated social interaction, and/or communication competence.

    Published Thu, 22 Oct 2009

  • Professor Quick lands grant to promote organ donation

    Brian Quick is leading a multi-institution team that is collaborating with the Illinois Secretary of States office on the $580,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services.

    Published Fri, 25 Sep 2009

  • Professor Finnegan named Faculty Fellow for Teaching and Learning

    The College of LAS Teaching Academy named Cara Finnegan one of five LAS Faculty Fellows.

    Published Fri, 25 Sep 2009

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The study of Communication is an ever-evolving field of inquiry grounded in both humanistic and social-scientific approaches within the liberal arts and sciences. As researchers, teachers, and students, we focus on communication as a tool for doing the work of social life --how, why, and with what consequences people exchange messages. In our research and teaching, we examine the modes of technologies of communication; the contexts and settings of communication; how communication skills are acquired; and how communication shapes societies and cultures.

We offer research and study in many areas, including:

The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois ranks among the top 10 departments in the field of communication in the United States. Because of our strong liberal arts approach to education, our program prepares students for employment as leaders in a wide range of positions in the private and public sectors.

Because diversity is essential to a rich research and learning environment, the Department of Communication is dedicated to promoting diversity within its curriculum, in its perspectives, and among its students, faculty, and staff.  We are strongly committed to fostering a supportive environment for individuals from historically underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds.