Communication, New Media and Cultural Studies

Program and Course Offerings

The Departments of Communication Studies and Multimedia and of English and Cultural Studies offer a program leading to a Ph.D. degree in Communication, New Media and Cultural Studies. Completed applications should be submitted by the deadline posted on the website. Programs begin annually in September.
Enquiries: 905 525-9140 Ext. 27575 E-mail: gradcnm@mcmaster.ca Website: https://csma.humanities.mcmaster.ca/graduate-programs/phd-program-in-communication-new-media-and-cultural-studies/

Faculty / Fall 2023

Distinguished University Professor

Lorraine York, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Professors

Christina Baade, B.Mus. (Northwestern), M.Mus., Ph.D. (Wisconsin‐Madison)
Sara Bannerman, B. Mus. (Queen’s), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton) / Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance
Sarah Brophy, B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Chandrima Chakraborty, B.A. (Calcutta), M.A., M.Phil. (Jawaharlal Nehru), Ph.D. (York)
Daniel Coleman, B.Ed., M.A. (Regina), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Amber Dean, B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Paula Gardner, B.A. (SUNY), M.A. (NSSR), Ph.D. (UMass) / Asper Chair in Communications
Henry Giroux, Ph.D. (Carnegie-Mellon)
Robert S. Hamilton, M.F.A. (SAIC), M.F.A. (Jan van Eyck Acadamie)
Susie O’Brien, B.A. (Queen’s), M.A. (Queensland), Ph.D. (Queen’s)
Liss Platt, B.F.A. (Connecticut), M.F.A. (California)
Susan Searls Giroux, B.A., M.A.T. (Miami), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State)
Stephanie Springgay, B.F.A. (Queens), B.ED. (Queens), M.A. (UBC), Ph.D. (UBC)
Peter Walmsley, B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Eugenia A. Zuroski, B.A. (Columbia), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown)

Associate Professors

Ronald Cummings, B.A. (West Indies), M.A. (Hull), Ph.D. (Leeds)
Terence Flynn, B.A. (Carleton), M.S., Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Faiza Hirji, B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Andrew Mactavish, B.A. (Mount St. Vincent), M.A. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Rick Monture, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Chris Myhr, B.A. (Simon Fraser), B.F.A. (Lethbridge), M.F.A. (NSCAD)
David Ogborn, B.A., B.Sc. (Mary), B.Mus. (Manitoba), M.Mus., Mus.Doc. (Toronto)
Christine Quail, B.A., M.A. (Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (Oregon)
Philip Savage, B.A. (Carleton), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (York)
Alexandre Sévigny, B.A. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
David Harris Smith, M.F.A. (York), Ph.D. (York)
Renae Watchman, B.A., M.A. (Arizona State), Ph.D. (Stanford)
Andrea Zeffiro, B.A., M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Concordia)

Assistant Professors

Alpha Abebe, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (York), Ph.D. (Oxford)
Lyndsey Beutin, B.A. (Duke), M.A., Ph.D. (UPenn)
Ki’en Debicki, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (York), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Dilyana Mincheva, B.A. and M.A. (Sofia), Ph.D. (Trent)
Selina Mudavanhu, B.A., Postgrad. Diploma, M.A. (Zimbabwe), Ph.D. (Cape Town)
Derek Woods, B.A., M.A. (UBC), Ph.D. (Rice)