The MA program in Communication Studies prepares students for a variety of post-graduation paths. Many of our students go on to successful careers in communication industries, while others gain entry into top PhD programs. We're a very active programfaculty and graduate students give an average of more than 175 presentations each year at professional conferences. Our program is also home to Kaleidoscope, an annually published, refereed graduate journal of qualitative communication research. Graduate students in the program have the opportunity to review and be involved in the editorship of the journal.<br><br>The Communication Studies program sponsors a professional seminar series, teacher training workshops, and extensive production opportunities in our performance laboratory, the Marion Kleinau Theatre. We also cooperates closely with the department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SIU, which offers an 18-hour graduate certificate program. In addition, we have an active mentoring program for first-year graduate teaching assistants and many other formal and informal projects and programs.