[ecrea] PhD positions at the CRDM program @ NCSU

North Carolina State University's Ph.D. program in Communication, 
Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) welcomes applications for the 2015-16 
academic year.

Deadline for applications is JANUARY 15, 2015.

The Ph.D. Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media prepares 
doctoral students to analyze the social, cultural, and political 
dimensions of information technologies, new communication media, and 
digital texts and to actively engage with digital media through 
research, criticism, production, and practice. Students work with 
program faculty from the departments of Communication and English and 
with affiliated faculty from departments across the university to study 
oral, written, visual, computational, and multimodal forms of 
communication, rhetoric and digital media; to examine the transformation 
of communication in the context of digital media; and to address the 
theoretical challenges of innovative, interdisciplinary research.

Following the core seminars of the program, students create their own 
areas of focus in close consultation with our faculty. Recent choices 
include:
• Computer-mediated communication
• Digital games and gaming communities
• Visual rhetoric
• Mobile communication
• Digital Humanities
• Writing for new media
• Scientific communication
• Technology and pedagogy
• History and Theory of Digital Media

Our students additionally engage in interdisciplinary opportunities at 
NC State University, around the neighboring Research Triangle Park, and 
internationally. The CRDM’s CIRCUIT Studio is among several hands-on 
facilities for physical computing and digital media work along with the 
cutting-edge spaces and technology services at the NCSU Libraries. 
Starting in Fall 2015, CRDM students will also have an opportunity to 
pursue a graduate certificate in digital humanities in tandem with their 
own research trajectory. Our students have an excellent academic and 
professional placement rate, having found tenure-track positions at 
Michigan State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, University 
of North Texas, DePaul University, Nanyang Technology University 
(Singapore), and industry positions as well.

For comprehensive information about the program, faculty, and students, 
please see the CRDM website: http://crdm.chass.ncsu.edu.

Find us on social media at https://twitter.com/ncsucrdm and 
https://www.facebook.com/NCSUCRDM

If you have any questions, please email CRDM Associate Director, Dr. 
David Rieder.


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Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Director of the Communication Rhetoric and Digital Media (CRDM) Ph.D. 
Program
NC State University
http://www.souzaesilva.com