About
Our Mission and Values
As a school grounded in the Liberal Arts, we seek to equip learners with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to think critically, to make decisions independently, and to adapt to an increasingly diverse world. Our mission is to observe, interpret, and evaluate communication behaviors and processes, with particular interests in the construction of messages and meanings. At both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and across various contexts鈥攊nterpersonal, organizational, and public鈥攚e strive to understand how communication affects identities, communities, and cultures, and to develop communicators who are effective and ethical.
As a community of scholars, the School of Communication Studies values inclusivity, mutual respect, curiosity, and responsibility. We are committed to鈥痓readth鈥痑nd鈥痠nclusiveness鈥痠n the鈥痗ourageous pursuit of ideas. We honor diverse knowers and ways of knowing. We enact these values as we engage with each other in the development, examination, dissemination, and application of ideas about communication theory, research, and practice.