Department of Communication Arts

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Communication Arts at UW–Madison

Welcome to the home of communication studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. We teach the production and consumption of communication in its diverse forms.

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Undergraduate Program

Be a part of one of the most popular majors in the College of Letters and Science at one of the top public universities in the country. Focus your studies on either Communication Science and Rhetoric, or Radio, Television, and Film.

Graduate Program

Join our renowned graduate program to do groundbreaking research in Communication Science, Film, Media and Cultural Studies, or Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture.

Latest News

  • Comm Arts and LSC Research Team Wins NSF Grant

    Research Explores Mistrust in Health & Science Communication Although many of us may have a mistrust of institutions, history and lived experience have made these feelings particularly acute for Black Americans who have faced persistent …

    September 26, 2022

  • Nine Graduate Students Earn PhD

    The Department of Communication Arts is proud to celebrate the cohort of graduate students who recently defended their doctoral dissertations. Over the past four months, nine scholars earned their doctorate in the department. Each did …

    August 9, 2022
  • Professors Marie-Louise Mares and Jonathan Gray

    Professors Marie-Louise Mares and Jonathan Gray Named ICA Fellows

    The Department of Communication Arts is honored to announce that Professor Marie-Louise Mares and Professor Jonathan Gray have been named ICA Fellows. The International Communication Association (ICA) celebrated Dr. Mares and Dr. Gray last Saturday, …

    June 3, 2022
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