Where to apply for Media/Rhetoric Crit?

[tencactus]

Hi, I'm at a loss about... pretty much everything.  But my question for now is which universities to apply to for the kind of program I'm looking for.  The only place I know for sure I want to apply to so far is Syracuse for their Communication and Rhetoric Studies program.  Other than that, I'm stumped.  What I'm looking for are programs that focus on identity construction, media analysis, critical cultural studies, and rhetorical theory (see the CRS link for a pretty good description of what I mean).  What I'm not looking for are programs that focus on media production, speechwriting, personal communication, and things like that.  Unfortunately, both tend to get grouped under similar names like comm studies and media studies, so sometimes it can be hard for me to seek out one and not the other.  What are some good programs that fit the bill?

[DBear]

There's really no easy way about this. I have similar research interests and basically went and looked at like 100 schools that had Communication programs and looked for those with Rhetoric tracks and faculty whose research I liked. Some programs you can start with are:

U Wisconsin-Madison Comm Arts

U Iowa Comm Studies

Ohio U Comm

Bowling Green State U

U Penn Annenberg

U Minnesota Twin Cities

U Illinois Urbana Champaign Comm

U Illinois Urbana Champaign institute of Comm research (or something like that)

U Massachusetts Amherst

Temple U

UC San Diego

U North Carolina Chapel Hill

I suggest looking at the Natcom website, they have a guide to grad programs. Also, if there's a book or article you like, check out where the author is at. There's also a forum on gradcafe for Communication. Good luck!