Renee Hobbs is currently accepting MA and PhD students for those who are admitted into any graduate program at the University of Rhode Island. Hobbs offers grad courses in the theory and practice of media literacy education, libraries, young adult services and new literacies, and children, adolescents and mass media. Independent study coursework and (paid and unpaid) research opportunities are also available for graduate students as part of the ongoing research and community service projects of the Media Education Lab. Learn more about the careers of Renee's former PhD students!
Julie Coiro is currently accepting PhD students for those accepted into the URI School of Education and the PhD program in English, with specialization in Writing and Rhetoric. Coiro offers grad courses in research methods, reading and literacy education. Prospective Applicants to the URI/RIC PhD program can contact Changhee Lee, our Ph.D. Graduate Program Assistant, at lechhe86@gmail.com
Because of our interdisciplinary focus, you can choose from a number of possible "homes" for your graduate work, based on your specific interests:
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMResearch Assistant. Work with the Media Education Lab on a collaborative project at the University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. For more information, click here.
SAMPLE OF GRADUATE EDUCATION CURRICULA AND COURSE MATERIALS
COM 520. Media Studies, Fall 2022. Special Topic: Copaganda: Media, Crime and Law Enforcement.
COM 520. Media Studies. Fall, 2021. F2F and online graduate course by Renee Hobbs. Part of the M.A. in Communication Studies.
EDC 543. Seminar in Digital Authorship. Fully-online graduate course by Renee Hobbs. Part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy.
COM 520. Media Studies. Fall 2016. F2F graduate course by Renee Hobbs exploring propaganda and social media in historical and contemporary contexts.
LSC 597 Library - Film - Education. Fall 2015 and Spring 2016. A fully-online graduate course by Renee Hobbs offering an exploration of film education in the library context with an experiential learning partnership with the Providence Children's Film Festival.
LSC 530. Texts and Tools for Children and Youth. Fall, 2014. A fully online graduate course by Renee Hobbs, using an open network learning environment.
EDC 534. Seminar in Digital Authorship. Spring 2015. A fully online graduate course by Renee Hobbs, using an open network learning environment.
LSC 530. Texts and Tools for Children & Youth, Renee Hobbs teachers a fully-online graduate seminar.
LSC 531. Information Competencies of Youth. Fully-online graduate seminar.
EDC 531. Summer Institute in Digital Literacy. Problems in Education: Special Topics with Renee Hobbs,
EDC 534. Learning and Leading with Digital Literacy.