About the Program:

The M.A. degree offered through the Communication & Development Studies program focuses on using communication to promote social change. The curriculum encompasses core courses that emphasize topics and proficiencies related to communication for development; strategic communications; and participatory research methods. Read more:

Borei Sylyvann, a second year Comm Dev student and Fulbright Scholar, recently returned to Athens, Ohio, after completing a five-month internship in Washington, DC, with Voice of America’s Khmer service. Read more

This past fall, Communication and Development Studies graduate students continued the tradition of hosting shows on WOUB’s Conversation from Studio B series. WOUB is the public radio station managed at Ohio University. When evaluating his options for fulfilling his Comm Dev service learning requirement, it didn’t take Brian Woods long to decide what he wanted to do. Read more

Huyen Tran Dieu, a second year CommDev student from Vietnam, received a competitively awarded, $1,500 scholarship to participate in the 5th International Entertainment Education Conference (EE5). The conference’s scholarship program is designed to promote and support upcoming voices in the field of entertainment education. The conference will be held from November 17-20th, 2011, in New Delhi, India. Read more

In mid-October, CommDev students David Bruggink, Rashmi Sharma, Liliana Acevedo Callejas and Brian Woods participated on a panel session at the Global Fusion Conference, which was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The panel session was titled Participation, Power, and Possibilities in Today’s Mediated World. Read more