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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 - JOUR Undergrad Chair

Office: Crawford 314
Phone: 956-3786

Email: auman@hawaii.edu

Kelly Bergstrom

Kelly Bergstrom  

Title: Assistant Professor

Office: Crawford 331
Phone: 956-3781

Email: kelly.bergstrom@hawaii.edu

Wayne Buente

Wayne Buente  

Title: Associate Professor - COM Undergrad Chair

Office: Crawford 304
Phone: 956-3360

Email: wbuente@hawaii.edu

Patricia Amaral Buskirk

Patricia Amaral Buskirk  

Title: Assistant 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 - Department Chair

Office: Crawford 321
Phone: 956-3783

Email: gkato@hawaii.edu

Ji Young Kim

Ji Young Kim  

Title: Assistant Professor

Office: Crawford 309
Phone: 956-3353

Email: jkim22@hawaii.edu

Hanae Kramer

Hanae Kramer  

Title: Assistant Professor

Office: Crawford 326
Phone: 956-3780

Email: hanae@hawaii.edu

Marc Moody

Marc Moody  

Title: Professor

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

Office: Crawford 330
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: Associate Professor - Graduate Chair

Office: Crawford 325
Phone: 956-3784

Email: jwinter@hawaii.edu

Administrative Staff

Bernadette Baraquio

Bernadette Baraquio  

Title: Administrative Professional Technical - Media Design & Production

Office: Crawford 312
Phone:
Email: bb88@hawaii.edu

Cassandra Tengan

Cassandra Tengan  

Title: Administrative Professional Technical

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

Sherrie White

Sherrie White  

Title: Administrative Professional Technical - Media Lab Director

Office: KHET Studio
Phone: 956-3355
Email: swhite7@hawaii.edu

Academic Units:

Anthropology (ANTH)

Communications (COM,JOUR)

Economics (ECON)

Ethnic Studies (ES)

Geography (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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