Northwestern University School of Communication

Northwestern University School of Communication
Established	1878
Type	Unit of Northwestern University
Dean	Barbara O'Keefe
Academic staff	450[1]
Undergraduates	1,153
Location	Evanston, Illinois, USA
Campus	Suburban
Website	http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/

The Northwestern University School of Communication is an undergraduate and graduate institution devoted to the academic study of communication arts and sciences, located on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago.

The School has its origins in 1878 when a Department of Elocution was established in the College; it later became the School of Oratory, essentially a privately owned and operated institution. The School of Oratory became the School of Speech in 1921, and then became the School of Communication in 2002.

Programs of Study

• Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Communication Studies
• Media, Technology and Society
• Technology and Social Behaviour
• Performance Studies
• Radio/Television/Film
• Theatre
• Theatre & Drama
• Writing for the Screen and Stage

Notable alumni

• Ann-Margret, actress (Communication '63)
• Jayne Atkinson, Tony Award-nominated actress (Communication '81)
• Andrew Barrett-Weiss, director of current programs, Warner Brothers Television (Communication '92)
• Karim Bartoletti, executive producer, FilmMaster (Communication '94)
• Warren Beatty, actor, Academy Award-winning producer (Communication '59)
• Richard Benjamin, actor/director (Communication '60)
• Greg Berlanti, screenwriter, Dawson's Creek; creator and writer, Everwood (Communication '94)
• Eric Bernt, screenwriter (Communication '86)
• Craig Bierko, Tony Award-nominated actor
• Bill Bindley, writer, director (Communication '84)
• Richard Block^{[disambiguation needed ]}, associate head of the School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University (Communication '73)
• Robert Borden, executive producer, George Lopez (Communication '89)
• Zach Braff, actor/writer/director (Communication '97)
• Clancy Brown, actor (Communication '81)
• Charles Busch, actor, Tony Award-nominated playwright (Communication '76)
• Bruno Campos, actor (Communication '95)
• Adam Chase, former writer, executive producer, Friends (Communication '90)
• Stephen Colbert, host, Comedy Central's The Colbert Report; reporter, Comedy Central's The Daily Show (Communication '86)
• Stephanie Shemin D'Abruzzo, Tony Award-nominated actress (Communication '93)
• Laura Eason, artistic director, Lookingglass Theatre Company (Communication '89)
• Gregg Edelman, Tony Award-nominated actor (Communication '80)
• Paul Edelson, Emmy Award documentary nominee (WCAS '84)
• Barbara Gaines, founder and artistic director, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Communication '68)
• Tom Galantich, actor (Communication '83)
• Frank Galati, Tony Award-winning, Oscar-nominated director; writer, actor, and retired Northwestern professor (Communication '65)
• Ana Gasteyer, actress (Communication '89)
• David Gersh, president and owner, Gersh Agency (Communication '70)
• Ileen Getz, actress (Communication '83)
• Eric Gilliland, writer/producer (Communication '84)
• Joy Gregory, scriptwriter (Communication '88)
• Michael Greif, director, Rent (Communication '81)
• Heather Headley, Tony Award-winning actress, star of 'Aida' and 'Lion King', Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer (Communication '97)
• Marg Helgenberger, Emmy Award-winning actress (Communication '82)
• Charlton Heston, Academy Award-winning actor (Communication '45)
• David Hollander, screenwriter and TV producer (Communication '90)
• Laura Innes, actress (Communication '79)
• Brian d'Arcy James, Tony Award-nominated actor (Communication '90)
• Jennifer Jones, also known as Phylis Isley, Academy Award-winning actress (Communication '40)
• Richard Kind, actor (Communication '78)
• Jeff Kurland, costume designer (Communication '75)
• Sherry Lansing, former chairman, Paramount Pictures (Communication '66)
• Martha Lavey, artistic director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Communication '79)
• Brad Lawer, co-founder, Chopper Films (Communication '89)
• Cloris Leachman, Academy Award-winning actress (Communication '48)
• Harry Lennix, actor (Communication '86)
• Richard Lewis^{[disambiguation needed ]}, director (Communication '83)
• John Logan, Tony Award-winning playwright and scriptwriter (Communication '83)
• Shelley Long, actress (Communication '71)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress, Seinfeld and The New Adventures of Old Christine (Communication '82)
• Michael Markowitz, writer and producer (Communication '83)
• Garry Marshall, TV and movie producer (Medill '56)
• William Scott McBurney, Emmy Award documentary nominee (Communication '84)
• Grace McKearney, writer and producer for the Lifetime television network (Communication '74)
• Laverne McKinnon, executive vice president executive vice president of original programming and development for EPIX (Communication '87)
• Susan Messing, performer, teacher, and director at The Second City, ImprovOlympic, and the Annoyance Theatre (Communication '86)
• Seth Meyers, actor, SNL (Communication '96)
• Jason Moore, Tony Award-winning director, Avenue Q (Communication '93)
• Megan Mullally, Emmy Award-winning actress, Will & Grace (Communication '81)
• Dermot Mulroney, actor (Communication '85)
• John Musial, founding member and director, Lookingglass Theatre Company
• Margaret Nagle, actress, Emmy-nominated screenwriter (Communication '83)
• Patricia Neal, Academy Award-winning actress (Communication '47)
• George Newbern, actor (Communication '86)
• Agnes Nixon, soap opera inventor (Communication '44)
• Denis O'Hare, Tony Award-winning actor (Communication '84)
• Dana Olsen, screenwriter (Communication '80)
• Jerry Orbach, actor, Law and Order (Communication '56)
• Stephen Peck, documentary filmmaker (Communication '68)
• Michael Pellerin, partner, Kurtti/Pellerin; produced The Lord of the Rings DVD trilogy (Communication '87)
• Paula Prentiss, actress (Communication '59)
• John Quaintance, writer, Joey (Communication '93)
• Charlotte Rae, actress (Communication '48)
• Tony Randall, actor (Communication '41)
• Tony Roberts, actor (Communication '61)
• Jeri Ryan, actress (Communication '90)
• Alexis Sarkisian, Emmy Award-winning television producer, international marketing executive (Communication '71)
• David Schwimmer, actor (Communication '88)
• Jon Shapiro, IMAX film producer (Communication '87)
• Peter Shapiro, IMAX film producer (Communication '95)
• Kate Shindle, actress; Miss America, 1998 (Communication '99)
• Carole Shure, senior producer, As the World Turns (Communication '81)
• Peter Strauss, actor (Communication '69)
• Nicole Sullivan, actress (Communication '91)
• Ira Ungerleider, producer, writer, Friends (Communication '90)
• Allison Teichner Wallach, vice president of original programming, Lifetime Television Network (Communication '90)
• Jim Weitzer, actor (Communication '96)
• Dawn Westlake, actress/writer/producer; president, Ron de Caña Productions (Communication '86)
• Kimberly Williams, actress (Communication '93)
• Mary Zimmerman, Northwestern professor, Tony Award-winning director (Communication '82)

External links

• Northwestern University School of Communication, Official Website

References

1. ^ Northwestern Facts, About, Northwestern University

• Notable Alumni