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School of Communications

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.manoa.hawaii.edu
Download: Faculty CVs

Communications (COM,JOUR)

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)

Faculty

Ann Auman

Ann Auman

Title: Professor

Office: Crawford 314
Phone: 956-3786

Email: auman@hawaii.edu

Kelly Bergstrom

Kelly Bergstrom

Title: Assistant Professor

Office: Crawford 330
Phone: 956-3781

Email: kelly.bergstrom@hawaii.edu

Wayne Buente

Wayne Buente

Title: Associate Professor - COM Grad Chair

Office: Crawford 304
Phone: 956-3360

Email: wbuente@hawaii.edu

Patricia Amaral Buskirk

Patricia Amaral Buskirk

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Crawford 327
Phone: 956-3335

Email: pbuskirk@hawaii.edu

Julien Gorbach

Julien Gorbach

Title: Assistant Professor

Office: Crawford 303
Phone: 956-3356

Email: gorbach@hawaii.edu

Gerald Kato

Gerald Kato

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Crawford 324
Phone: 956-3783

Email: gkato@hawaii.edu

Ji Young Kim

Ji Young Kim

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Crawford 309
Phone: 956-3353

Email: jkim22@hawaii.edu

Hanae Kramer

Hanae Kramer

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Crawford 326
Phone: 956-3780

Email: hanae@hawaii.edu

Marc Moody

Marc Moody

Title: Professor - COM Undergrad Chair

Office: Crawford 313
Phone: 956-5590

Email: mmoody@hawaii.edu

Rachel Neo

Rachel Neo

Title: Assistant Professor

Office: Crawford 307
Phone: 956-3332

Email: rneo@hawaii.edu

Brett Oppegaard

Brett Oppegaard

Title: Associate Professor - JOUR Undergrad Chair

Office: Crawford 310
Phone: 808-956-3340

Email: brett.oppegaard@hawaii.edu

Scott Schimmel

Scott Schimmel

Title: Assistant Professor

Office: Crawford 308
Phone: 956-8782

Email: sschim@hawaii.edu

Jenifer Sunrise Winter

Jenifer Sunrise Winter

Title: Professor - CIS Graduate Chair

Office: Crawford 325
Phone: 956-3784

Email: jwinter@hawaii.edu

Administrative Staff

Colin Moore

Colin Moore  

Title: Chair

Office: Crawford 321
Phone: 956-2723
Email: cdmoore@hawaii.edu

Cassandra Tengan

Cassandra Tengan  

Title: Administrative Professional Technical

Office: Crawford 320
Phone: 956-8715
Email: tenganca@hawaii.edu

Brandon Zakahi

Brandon Zakahi  

Title: Secretary

Office: Crawford 320
Phone: 956-8881
Email: bdz@hawaii.edu

Academic Units:

Anthropology (ANTH)

Communications (COM,JOUR)

Economics (ECON)

Ethnic Studies (ES)

Geography and Environment (GEOG)

Peace and Conflict Resolution (PACE)

Political Science (POLS)

Psychology (PSY)

Public Administration (PUBA)

Public Policy (PPC)

Sociology (SOC)

Urban and Regional Planning (PLAN)

Women's Studies (WS)

 

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Social Science Research Institute