Critical Media Studies Programs
Explore how to analyze and think critically about the power of the media and how its influence shapes race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, citizenship, and other social differences.
Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
ATEC programs inspire students to blend art, technology, design, engineering, science, and the humanities to create innovative solutions. Our programs focused on critical media studies include the BA with Critical Media Studies concentration and MA Emerging Media Studies pathway. Critical Media Studies investigates how media and communication technologies intersect with public thought and social relations. Students explore how we use technologies to make the world more just and equitable. Emerging Media Studies begins with core approaches and methods, then moves to topics that include surveillance studies, global media studies, critical making, aesthetics and techniques of interactive arts, tactical media, and many others. Other ATEC degrees are also available, which allow students to focus more on design and creative practice. The PhD in ATEC trains students in scholarly and creative research within a vibrant lab and studio practice that bridges theory and practice.
BA Concentrations: Critical Media Studies | Emerging Media Arts
MA Concentrations: Emerging Media Studies | MFA Concentrations: Creative Practice
Certificates: Certificate in Applied Experience Design and Research
Career Paths with a Degree in Critical Media Studies
Content creator, digital communications, grant writer, human resources, journalist, law professor, nonprofit management, radio technical direction, product design, social justice advocate, social media specialist, UX designer
Research
Our lab and studio culture blends art, technology, design, engineering, science, and the humanities to create an incubative environment rich with possibilities.
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Critical Media Studies Faculty
ATEC Faculty include world-renowned artists, scholars, and creative practitioners. Our professors publish with the nation’s leading academic presses, work with top animation studios, hold patents in design, and are recognized as pioneers by peers in their field. Our faculty bring to the program different areas of expertise, including in games studies, arts education, global media studies, science and technology studies, critical media studies, and animation studies. No matter their field of expertise, they all share a focus on media, arts, and technology.
Classes
To obtain specific information about classes each semester at The University of Texas at Dallas, visit the UT Dallas Coursebook. For more general information, visit the UT Dallas Undergraduate Catalog or Graduate Catalog.
Contact Information
Laura Beltz Imaoka
Associate Professor of Instruction and Area Head
Phone: 972-883-7597
Email: Laura.Imaoka@utdallas.edu
Office: ATC 2.509
Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
The University of Texas at Dallas, JO31
800 W. Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Phone: 972-883-2759 or 972-883-2980