We have a long-standing reputation as a leader in theory-driven quantitative research. We understand that research into computational communication requires a seamless integration of meaningful theoretical questions, powerful statistical tools and efficient computing algorithms. Researchers in the college are working to unravel the intricate mechanisms behind burgeoning computational communication phenomena by collecting and analyzing online data at an unprecedented scale. Bringing new life to old ideas, and new ideas to life.
The computational paradigm has revolutionized research - from the sciences to the arts - and offers fresh opportunities for communication researchers.
Third-year Ph.D. student Ruth Heo is studying quantitative computational research methods. Computational science is a branch of mathematics that using computing to solve complex problems. Heo’s training will help her apply her research towards health-related issues.
Read moreHairong Li is a professor of advertising, faculty associate of the Center for Business and Social Analytics, and core faculty of Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University.
Dar Meshi investigates the maladaptive, problematic use of social media. He earned his B.S. in biology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York. After his Ph.D., Dar spent some time in New York working at advertising agencies like Ogilvy and Mather.
Dimitar Deliyski, a pioneer and international leader in the field of voice and speech disorders, is chair of the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders.
Serena Miller (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University, former Methodology Associate Editor for Review of Communication Research, and a former Associate Editor for Journalism Studies. She previously worked as faculty member at Arizona State University and Bloomsburg University. Informed by mixed methods research, her general research interests include social science theory building; philosophy of science; scale development and validation; metascience; and alternative forms of journalism. She enjoys targeting concepts in need of conceptual and empirical specification. Miller teaches scale development and validation; mixed methods; graduate studies; survey research; content analysis; social science theory building; storytelling; data journalism; and digital, multimedia, data, and digital journalism. Before becoming a teacher-scholar, Miller is a veteran who served in the mechanic's platoon in the U.S. Army and she worked as a television news reporter and videographer. Miller, as a first-generation scholar, approaches knowledge-making by writing narratives that seek to clearly explain concepts, logic, methodological steps, and solutions to help readers learn about the practice of science due to her struggles navigating academia. Her upbringing also influenced her desire to address how scholarly communities socially maintain the boundaries of their field including defining and limiting what is and what is not knowledge.
Winson Peng (Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong) is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University.
Maryam Naghibolhosseini is Associate Professor in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders and the director of AVAH Lab.
Dr. Sherry teaches a variety of courses on the effects of mass media at the undergraduate and graduate level