The School of Journalism, Writing, and Media (JWAM) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is a new unit for innovative research, teaching, and practice in journalism and media, writing and communication, and knowledge production and mobilization. It brings together the graduate Master of Journalism program and the undergraduate Writing Studies program.
Our school is led by highly experienced and diverse, award-winning faculty who are known globally for their leadership and contribution to the fields of journalism, writing, and media studies. As an incubator for interdisciplinary research, teaching, and applied practice, our students gain a versatile, diverse and relevant set of skills, supporting them to succeed as journalists, writers, researchers, and media professionals at a time of significant shifts in communication, politics, and society. Our award-winning boutique graduate journalism program provides students with the professional training and academic grounding to help them succeed as a journalist in any medium.
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Al-Solaylee, Kamal | Literary nonfiction, Race and representation, Migration studies |
| Dadugblor, Stephen | English language; Rhetoric; Digital media/social media; democratic deliberation; decoloniality; writing studies; African Studies |
| Hermida, Alfred | Journalism studies; Digital journalism; Media innovation; social media; Transformation of news; Entrepreneurship |
| Klein, Peter | Global Journalism; Innovation in Journalism; Documentary Production; Investigative Reporting |
| Maraj, Louis | Languages and literature; Philosophy; Rhetoric; Black Studies; digital media; Cultural Studies; media studies; Critical Pedagogies; Race and Racism |
| McGee, Alexis | Languages and literature; Black Feminist Theory; African American language, literacies, and rhetorics; Rhetorical theory and composition pedagogy; Rhetorical History; Composition History; Sociolinguistics; Sound (voice) |
| Tenenboim, Ori | |
| Young, Mary-Lynn | Sociology of the media, gender, media economics, representations, online news, media and crime, Internet |