Graduate students at the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication have opportunities to work with top researchers in an interdisciplinary and collaborative academic setting. Given the breadth of graduate programs Klein offers, you’ll be able to carry out research in compelling new areas of inquiry, or develop creative projects on media platforms of all kinds.
The Communication for Development and Social Change MS faculty are dedicated to your progress as a scholar, offering suggestions and discussing your intellectual and research interests and goals to help you succeed. Students have opportunities to develop creative work alongside award-winning faculty and staff who have extensive professional backgrounds.
Among the many awards and acknowledgements earned by our faculty and doctoral program students during recent years are the following.
Outstanding Book Award
International Communication Association
Outstanding Book Award, Global Communication and Social Change Division
International Communication Association
Outstanding Book Award, Popular Communication Division
International Communication Association
Tom Patterson Best Dissertation Award
American Political Science Association
Top Paper Award, Mass Communication Division
National Communication Association
Top Paper Award, Magazine Division
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Program faculty hold the following leadership positions.
Editor-in-chief
Journal of Communication
Chair, Popular Communication Division
International Communication Association
Vice chair, Mass Communication Division
International Communication Association
Chair, Scholarly Review Committee
International Association for Media and Communication Research
Learn more about research initiatives across Temple’s various campuses and programs.
Temple’s urban setting in the nation’s fourth largest media market makes Klein an ideal center for cutting-edge research and creative work. Academic and artistic exchanges occur across disciplines here, and our talented professors and inquisitive students explore the role of communication in public life.
You’ll be able to work alone, with other students, and with faculty on numerous scholarly and creative projects, conducting research, presenting at conferences and submitting to journals. Travel and research funding is available to help support your work.
In 2016, the National Science Foundation placed Temple University among the top 100 in terms of research expenditures, which amounted to $242 million. Learn more about the university’s research support efforts.