Welcome to the Center for Communication Research, housed within the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Center is a research hub providing infrastructure and points of connection for scholars across campus conducting social science research on human communication processes.
The missions of the Center for Communication Research are:
- Offer state-of-the-art lab space and access to a subject pool to faculty and graduate students in the Department of Communication Arts
- Encourage theory-testing research on human communication processes
- Train and mentor new communication scholars
- Foster dynamic dialogue among students and scholars across campus through a weekly colloquium series during the academic year
- Communicate our findings to students, other researchers, policymakers, and the public at large