Robert Hariman can’t seem to get out of the Midwest. He grew up in North Dakota, went to school in Minnesota, had his first academic appointment in Iowa, and has been at Northwestern since 2004. He likes Evanston and the Chicago metro area for its combination of big city amenities and egalitarian values. He loves

Jeanne was most recently a host of a television morning news talk show in Chicago for nearly 8 years and has had a 30-year career in radio and television. Her passion for media began in high school and continued at WNUR radio during her undergraduate degree at Northwestern. Jeanne believes in the importance of integrating

Sometimes the application process is enough to deter some prospective students from pursuing a master’s degree. Time is precious, so we’ve removed many barriers from the Master of Science in Communication application process. We’re shedding light on the subject here so you can see—it’s not as complicated as it may seem. How the Process Works

Dear MSC Community, We are thrilled to share some exciting news with our students, faculty, alumni, and wider community. MS in Communication has officially received a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) designation. Effective September 2022, the MSC program will be recognized as a STEM-designated program in “Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia”, CIP Code: 09.0702. What

Instead of transitioning straight from an undergraduate to a PhD program, Erik Nisbet decided to first build some professional experiences in research, strategic marketing, and branding. He joined the workforce in the late 1990s, conducting national marketing/brand management work for a corporate apparel company, as well as tracking and reporting on lodging supply data as

Shortly after 9/11, Lauren Pedi ’19 stopped at her local hospital to ask about volunteer opportunities. She had recently moved from Detroit to Chicago—where her family was from—to work full-time at an architecture firm. She was thankful for the job, given the current climate, but felt like something was missing. Maybe spending time in a

Growing up in an Iowa farm town, Mia Roberts ’19 couldn’t have imagined the opportunities waiting for her after graduating from Graceland University: managing magazines for the Women’s National Basketball Association, working for the Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney, and helping Encyclopedia Britannica transition to digital content. The desire for a master’s degree was

Sam Wijeyakumar ’19 cares about education in a “hard-core way,” as she describes it. And for good reason: Education saved her life. She was a good student but dropped out of high school in the mid-1990s, becoming a victim of human trafficking. Her tenacity won out; she eventually finished high school and began college in

Ivan Jaime ’20 believes in putting in hard work, no matter the situation. As he earned his diploma and went on to study marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, he was also working his way up at supermarket chain H-E-B. Starting out as a bagger, he had risen through the ranks to central

As Kate Harrington-Rosen ’19 studied at Montreal’s McGill University, her volunteer experience had as much of an impact on her professional life as her degrees in Hispanic Studies and Latin American/Caribbean Studies with a minor in Women’s Studies. Volunteering for the on-campus, student-run Sexual Assault Resource Center, she received training to provide crisis management services