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Welcome to the Communication Department
Established in 1961, the Communication Department is home to one of the largest undergraduate majors at Boston College. Over the past 50 years, the department has grown from three to 14 full-time faculty; from a handful of concentrations to more than 900 students; and from a curriculum primarily devoted to teaching the composition and delivery of speeches, to one that reflects the broad gamut of theories and methods encompassed by the communication field.
Programs
Activities and Organizations
Students interested in communication are encouraged to get involved in one of our many programs and publications, including Boston College TV; Channel 46: Faith, Peace, Justice; the Fulton Debating Society, and our online student newspaper, The Heights.
Journalism Concentration
The American Studies Program offers a minor with a slate of workshop-sized courses taught by experienced journalists. Some examples include: Broadcast Writing, News Writing, Feature Writing, Magazine Journalism, and Advanced Journalism.
Honors Program
The Honors Program provides qualified communication majors with an opportunity to conduct original research and write an honors thesis reporting their results, with guidance and assistance from a thesis advisor.
Facts & Figures
900+ students
14 full-time faculty
One of the largest undergraduate majors at BC
Faculty Publications
Unruly Souls
Rutgers University Press, 2022.
LGBTQ Activism in Turkey During 2010s: Queer Talkback
Springer International Publishing, 2021.
BIBER SARKI SÖYLEMEYi DÉRENIYOR | Peppercorn Learns to Sing
Serpil URAL
Health and Illness in Close Relationships: Advances in Personal Relationships
Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Your Ad here: The Cool Sell of Guerrilla Marketing
NYU Press, 2013.
Keeping it "Real" in Media, Culture, & Politics: The Authenticity Industries
Stanford University Press, 2023.
The Power of Sports: Media and Spectacle in American Culture
NYU Press, 2019.
Feminism and Identity Politics in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
London: IB Tauris, 2017
Gender Violence, Social Media, and Online Environments: When the Virtual Becomes Real
London: Routledge, 2023.
Documenting Gendered Violence: Representations, Collaborations, and Movements
New York: Bloomsbury, 2015.
Local Violence, Global Media: Feminist Analyses of Gendered Representations
New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2009.
News and Notes
Faculty Documentary Film
Professor Matt Sienkiewicz produced and co-directed a documentary, The Ragged Edge, which premiered on Wisconsin PBS.
The Ragged Edge is documentary about survival on and off the racetrack; about riding the edge between victory and oblivion. Its focus is Erik Buell Racing (EBR), the only American sport bike company. EBR is now racing for survival. This documentary combines the power, excitement, and tension of motorcycle racing from the point of view of the teams in the pits with the equally powerful stories of a company trying to make it through a financial maelstrom and the personal survival of working families in America’s heartland.
