Information about the Department of Communication Studies

Office

Music 104
Phone: (323) 343-4200
FAX: (323) 343-6467
Website: Department of Communication Studies

Chair

David Olsen
dolsen@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-5809

Overview

The Department of Communication Studies offers undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and minors in Communication and Health Communication. It also offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies. For more information about our programs, please follow the links under the Program paragraph below.

The Faculty

Professors: Mohammad Auwal, Kevin Baaske, Chunsheng Bai, Beryl L. Bellman, Lena Chao, David Olsen (Chair).

Associate Professors: Angela Cooke-Jackson, Kate Kurtin, Nina O’Brien, Kristina Ruiz-Mesa, Elaine Wittenberg.

Assistant Professors: Kamran Afary, Cynthia Wang, and Mu Wu.

Emeriti: D. Rob DeChaine (Posthumous), Michael P. Kelley.

Programs

• Communication, B.A.

• Minor in Communication
• Minor in Health Communication

• Communication Studies, M.A.