Cathy Hughes School of Communications

12/16/2025

May your season be filled with the same love and joy I experienced in my return home to my dear alma mater this year. There’s so much we plan to bring to fruition in 2026. I look forward to working with you all to make those moments happen for our Cathy Hughes School of Communications community. Enjoy the season! - Dean Kimberly R. Moffitt

12/12/2025

Fond Farewell to Professor Tina Morton!
After 20 years of dedicated service, Professor Morton is retiring. Her impact on students and faculty has been immeasurable, and her legacy will continue to inspire.
We salute her and wish her all the best in her future endeavors!

12/12/2025

Celebrating Dr. Sheila Brooks – A Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications Alumna and PRSA Hall of Fame Inductee!
We are proud to share that Dr. Sheila Brooks, a Ph.D. graduate of the Communication, Culture & Media Studies (CCMS) program in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, has been inducted into the PRSA National Capital Chapter Hall of Fame for 2025.
Dr. Brooks is the Founder, President, and CEO of SRB Communications, one of Washington, D.C.’s most respected woman- and minority-owned full-service communications agencies. Her career spans more than four decades of excellence in journalism, entrepreneurship, and public relations.
Beyond her professional achievements, Dr. Brooks has dedicated her life to mentorship, education, and advocacy, empowering underrepresented voices and creating opportunities for future communicators. Her legacy includes teaching at Howard University, establishing scholarships, and founding initiatives that uplift emerging PR and journalism professionals.
Congratulations, Dr. Brooks, on this well-deserved honor! Your impact continues to inspire the next generation of leaders in communications.

December 5, 2025 PRSA National Capital Chapter Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees: Sheila Brooks, Ph.D. and Shonali Burke Sheila Brooks, Ph.D. Shonali Burke WASHINGTON, D.C. — PRSA National Capital Chapter (PRSA NCC) is proud to announce that Sheila Brooks, Ph.D., and Shonali Burke have been se...

12/12/2025

CHSOC at NCA 2025!
Our TAs from the Department of Communication Studies Graduate and Teaching Associates Program attended the National Communication Association conference and connected with Joshua Gunn, author of Speech Craft, a cornerstone text for our Principles of Speech courses.
Special thanks to Marie Chery, Viola Torkonoo, and Nicholas Uptgrow for representing Howard with pride!

07/27/2021

Thunder, lightning and lots of rain blew thru
Howard's campus Monday evening, 7/26/21. The iconic tree in front of C.B. Powell:

12/14/2020

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
HAPPY HANUKKAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY KWANZAA,
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We Wish You Hope, Faith, Resilience, Community, Love & Peace.
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10/13/2020

Set in our nation’s capital, VOTE is a visual call to arms, highlighting the devastating contradictions that so many in America are experiencing right now, a...

09/24/2020

Exciting news for CHSOC Students and the MJFC Department!

Craig Newmark Philanthropies Donates $2.5 Million Gift in Support of Journalism Students

08/31/2020

The Fall 2020 Semester is off and rolling! Welcome to new and returning CHSOC Bison. Check out this virtual event from the Department of Communication Culture and Media Studies in collaboration with HumanitiesDC:

HU-CCMS shares & celebrates its yearlong, HumanitiesDC funded project with dialogue, toolkit site release, and performance by Bela Dona.

07/28/2020

We thank Dean Gracie Lawson-Borders who represented the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Monday's historic event, paying tribute to Congressman John Lewis at the Capitol Rotunda. (And she was prepared for the wait in line!)