The mission of the School of Communications is to be a primary resource for the people of Hawai‘i through excellence in teaching, research and application. The school embraces the challenges and opportunities created within communications and journalism by the technological, multicultural, and international context of the 21st century. The school, established in 2000, is a center for academic and professional scholarship linking East and West.
Office: Crawford Hall 320
Tel: (808) 956-8881
Fax: (808) 956-5396
Website: communications.hawaii.edu
The School of Communications offers academic programs in Communication and Journalism. Communication focuses on communication in intercultural and professional communities, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and policy, and the media arts. Journalism is professionally oriented and develops students’ critical thinking skills and ability to gather, analyze, and organize information, and to communicate it clearly and responsibly through print, broadcast, and online media.
Specialties
Media Arts includes digital cinema and multimedia.
Communication in Communities focuses on intercultural and organizational communication.
ICTs & Policy focuses on how ICTs shape, and are shaped by, society.
Print Media trains aspiring journalists in writing news reports.
Broadcast Media focuses on reporting for television.
Multimedia Journalism emphasizes reporting and production of online and mobile media, including social media.
Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Arts, BA (COM & JOUR), Master of Arts, MA (COM), Interdisciplinary CIS Doctor of Philosophy, PhD (COM)
Title: Professor - JOUR Undergrad Chair
Office: Crawford 314
Phone: 956-3786
Email: auman@hawaii.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Crawford 331
Phone: 956-3781
Email: kelly.bergstrom@hawaii.edu
Title: Associate Professor - COM Undergrad Chair
Office: Crawford 304
Phone: 956-3360
Email: wbuente@hawaii.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Crawford 327
Phone: 956-3335
Email: pbuskirk@hawaii.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Crawford 303
Phone: 956-3356
Email: gorbach@hawaii.edu
Title: Associate Professor - Department Chair
Office: Crawford 321
Phone: 956-3783
Email: gkato@hawaii.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Crawford 309
Phone: 956-3353
Email: jkim22@hawaii.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Crawford 326
Phone: 956-3780
Email: hanae@hawaii.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Crawford 307
Phone: 956-3332
Email: rneo@hawaii.edu
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Crawford 330
Phone: 808-956-3340
Email: brett.oppegaard@hawaii.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Crawford 308
Phone: 956-8782
Email: sschim@hawaii.edu
Title: Associate Professor - Graduate Chair
Office: Crawford 325
Phone: 956-3784
Email: jwinter@hawaii.edu
Title: Administrative Professional Technical - Media Design & Production
Office: Crawford 312
Phone:
Email: bb88@hawaii.edu
Title: Secretary
Office: Crawford 320
Phone: 956-8881
Email: sskimura@hawaii.edu
Title: Administrative Professional Technical
Office: Crawford 320
Phone: 956-8715
Email: tenganca@hawaii.edu
Title: Administrative Professional Technical - Media Lab Director
Office: KHET Studio
Phone: 956-3355
Email: swhite7@hawaii.edu