
About CRDM
The Ph.D. Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media prepares doctoral students to analyze the social, cultural, rhetorical, philosophical, and political dimensions of information technologies, new communication media, and digital texts and to actively engage 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 and rhetoric and digital media; to examine the transformation of communication in the context of converging digital media and communication networks; and to address the theoretical challenges of innovative, interdisciplinary research.
Faculty guide students in this work by using a broad range of social scientific and humanistic methods in which they specialize. The program offers comprehensive mentoring for professional development, diverse opportunities for teaching experience, and research assistantships associated with grant-funded faculty projects. CRDM faculty and students collaborate with colleagues in science and technology fields across the university and the Research Triangle.
Our graduates have been very successful finding employment in a variety of positions in academia (both at research-intensive universities and at teaching-oriented liberal arts colleges), government and corporate organizations, where there is a growing demand for the interdisciplinary skill sets developed in CRDM.
CRDM encourages prospective students to consult the FAQ page.
CRDM is...
A
vibrant
intellectual
community
of
faculty,
students,
and
alumni;
A
key
node
in
an
interdisciplinary
network
of
faculty
across
the
university;
An
innovative,
flexible
curriculum
of
core
seminars
and
electives;
An
ongoing
conversation
drawing
on
intellectual
perspectives
from
the
social sciences,
digital
humanities,
and
critical/cultural
studies;
A
place
to
gain
teaching
and
research
experience;
A
program
where
students
and
faculty
produce
innovative
projects
in
digital media
arts,
gaming,
and
multimedia
communication;
Located
in
Raleigh,
North
Carolina,
within
the
Research
Triangle,
an
expanding
cultural
community
and
internationally
recognized
site
of
research
and innovation.