Centers and Labs
The collaborative labs and learning spaces in our college allow us to produce groundbreaking research, help our community and teach the next generation of communicators. Innovative journalism and multimedia experiences are at the heart of what we do.
- > Analysis of Voice and Hearing Laboratory (AVAH Lab)
- > Center for Avatar Research and Immersive Social Media Applications (CARISMA)
- > SONIC Lab
- > CMC Interaction Lab
- > Developmental Speech Lab
- > Family Communication and Relationships Lab
- > Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab (GEL)
- > Health & Risk Communication Center (HRCC)
- > Interdisciplinary Laboratory for research on Communication, Attention, and the Science of Emotion (CASE Lab)
- > Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
- > Lingo Lab
- > Lip-Tongue-Larynx Lab
- > Media and Advertising Psychology (MAP) Lab
- > Neuroscience of Messages Lab
- > NextGen Media Innovation Lab (ComArtSci/WKAR)
- > Nexus Lab for Computational Communication
- > Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law
- > Rooms Laboratory
- > Social & Media Neuroscience Lab (SMN)
- > Social and Psychological Approaches to Research on Technology-Interaction Effects (SPARTIE) Lab
- > Spartan Newsroom
- > Spartan Stuttering Lab
- > Speech Neurophysiology Lab
- > Speech, Language, & Neurocognition Lab (MSU Speech Perception-Production Lab)
- > The Center for Journalism Studies
- > The Civic Infrastructure Lab
- > The Media Greenhouse (Newsroom and Immersive Media/Gaming Lab)
- > Theoretical and Applied Research on Media Affect and Cognition (TARMAC) Lab
- > Trifecta Technology and Research Innovation for Health (joint w/EGR & NUR)
- > Voice Biomechanics and Acoustics Lab (V-BAL)
Featured Research
Dar Meshi and Researchers use Brain Activity to Predict Visits to Urban Areas
Dar Meshi, an associate professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations and the director of the Social Media and Neuroscience Lab, led a study where they used brain activity to predict visits to urban areas.
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Spartan Newsroom and Immersive Media Center
Offering the latest in motion capture and learning technologies for classroom collaboration, production and immersion, the college's new Spartan Newsroom and Immersive Media Studio invite students to collaborate, gain real-life experiences and build professional skills.
The innovative, cross-functional spaces equip students for 21st century jobs by engaging them in the development and delivery of news, animation, game design and immersive interactive media content involving motion capture, augmented and virtual realities.