College of Communication Arts and Sciences

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.

Centers and Labs

Labs and centers focused on journalism, social media, game development and design, augmented and virtual reality and communicative sciences.

The Center for Avatar Research and Immersive Social Media Applications (CARISMA)

Communicative Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Labs

Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab

Health and Risk Communication (HRC) Center

The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

Media and Advertising Psychology (MAP) Lab

NextGen Media Innovation Lab

The Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law

The Theoretical and Applied Research on Media Affect and Cognition (TARMAC) Lab

Interdisciplinary Laboratory for research on Cognition, Attitudes, and the Study of Emotion (CASE Lab)

The Social Media and Neuroscience (SMN) Lab

The Voice Biomechanics and Acoustics Laboratory (V-BAL)

Featured Research

Jeff Searl receives cancer research education grant from the National Cancer Institute

Jeff Searl has received a grant from the National Cancer Institute to create a virtual reality health professional curriculum focused on airway care for tracheostomy and laryngectomy patients.

Moral understanding through the lens of film: Team receives $1 million grant

2022 AEJMC Conference Faculty and Student Presenters

2022 Brandt Fellowship Awarded to Two ComArtSci Faculty Members

Dr. Maryam Naghibolhosseini receives second career award from National Institutes of Health

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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.

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