Communication Studies Graduate Students
Peter Schaefer
Program: Media and Society
Began program in 2003
Area of Study: Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, New Media, Media Historiography, Science and Technology Studies
Office: 105 BCSB
E-Mail: peter-schaefer@uiowa.edu
Peter Schaefer is a doctoral candidate in Communication Studies with a concentration in Media Studies at the University of Iowa. He received his bachelor's degree in Sociology from Northwestern University and his master's degree in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa. He has a number of conference presentations and publications relating to the study of media from a critical-cultural and historical perspective with a focus on communication technology as everyday life objects. He is currently working on his dissertation which pertains to interface design and the politics of new media participation.