2025-2026 UH Mānoa Catalog
Communicology Program
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College of Social Sciences
School of Communication and Information
George 326
2560 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8202
Fax: (808) 956-3947
Email: comg@hawaii.edu
Web: sci.manoa.hawaii.edu/programs/communicology/
Faculty
*K. S. Aune, PhD (Program Director)—relational management, emotion
*J. Gasiorek, PhD (Graduate Chair)—social cognition, intergroup and intergenerational communication, research methods
*M. S. Kim, PhD—intercultural communication, persuasion and social influence
*H. R. Lee, PhD—health communication, campaigns, persuasion and social influence
J. Stout, MA—profanity and censorship
*E. Taniguchi-Dorios, PhD—interpersonal health communication, family communication, cross-cultural communication
* Graduate Faculty
The Academic Program
The Communicology (COMG) program focuses on human communication processes and functions. Our undergraduate and graduate programs have three areas of focus. The first area is creating understanding, which involves how the process of human communication works. The second area is relational communication, which focuses on factors that influence growth, maintenance, and termination of relationships. The third area, social influence, deals with the processing of beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral modification, including gaining compliance, conflict resolution, persuasive campaigns, and propaganda.
Communicology helps students see the “how” and the “why” behind people’s behavior in social interactions, learn how researchers examine human communication and its effects, and learn to communicate effectively. Students develop knowledge and skills in communication through testing and applying theories across a variety of settings and technologies. Applied areas of focus include interviewing, group discussion, leadership in organizations, conflict management, intercultural communication, relational communication, deceptive communication, social identity and intergroup communication, political communication, public speaking, and health communication.
ProgramsBachelor’sMaster’sMinorCombined
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