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Radio-Television-Film

Master of Arts
Master of Fine Arts
Doctor of Philosophy

For More Information

Campus address: Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (Academic) (CMA) 6.116, phone (512) 471-3532, fax (512) 471-4077; campus mail code: A0800

Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program, Department of Radio-Television-Film, 2504 Whitis Avenue A0800, Austin TX 78712

Email: rtfgraduatecoordinator@austin.utexas.edu

URL: http://rtf.utexas.edu/graduate/

Facilities for Graduate Work

The extensive production facilities of the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center are available to graduate students in radio-television-film, as are the services of Information Technology Services. Research in media history, criticism, and theory is supported by the resources of the University Libraries, the Research and Collections Division of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and the Harry Ransom Center, a major collection of primary materials in literature, film, and the arts. Students in global media have available to them the nationally recognized resources of the Benson Latin American Collection, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the South Asia Institute. 

Areas of Study

Students seeking the Master of Arts or the Doctor of Philosophy pursue work in a number of concentrations, including ethnic and minority issues and the media; gender and sexuality issues and the media; global media; media, culture, and society; critical and cultural studies; media history; and technology, culture, and society. Students seeking the Master of Fine Arts study film, video, and digital media production, or writing for film and television.

Graduate Studies Committee

The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2013.

Mary C Beltran
Charles E Berg
Jennifer S Brundidge
Wenhong Chen
Caroline J Frick
Jennifer Fuller
Andrew S Garrison
Lalitha Gopalan
Donald W Howard
Mary C Kearney
Stuart D Kelban
Shanti Kumar
Richard M Lewis
Madhavi Mallapragada
Cynthia Ann McCreery
Paul J Raval
Thomas G Schatz
Nancy Schiesari
Andrew B Shea
Ellen R Spiro
Laura L Stein
Paul J Stekler
Joseph Straubhaar
Sharon L Strover
Kathleen R Tyner
Samuel C Watkins
Karin G Wilkins