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Faculty


Members of our faculty are active in the field of Communication, maintaining leadership roles in national and international professional associations, consulting for government and private industry and adding to knowledge in areas of media, political and social issues. Please see Selected Faculty Publications for more information on faculty research.

Listed in alphabetical order


 

Education

BA 1988; Indiana University, Journalism and Economics
MA 1995; University of Alabama, Mass Communication
PhD 1999; University of Alabama, Mass Communication

Teaching Interests: Media Studies, Mass Media Research Methods, Attitude Structure and Persuasion

Research Interests: News effects and social issues, Attitude Structure and Persuasion and Mass media effects

 

Education:

BA 1997; University of South Alabama, Communication
MA 1998; University of South Alabama, Communication
PhD 2002; University of Kansas, Communication

Teaching Interests: New Technologies, Internet and Society, Communication and Social Change, Organizational Communication

Research Interests: Uses and Effects of Internet Technologies, Technological Aptitude, Technology Use in the Classroom, Cybergeography

 
 

Education

BA 1996; University of California, Creative Studies
MA 2006; Indiana University, Mass Communication

Teaching Interests: Post production, Script Writing, Political Communication

Research/Creative Interests: New Media and Politics, Citizen Generated Political Media
 

Education:

BA 1989; College of Wooster, Communication
MA 1992; University of California, Rhetoric and Communication
PhD 1995; Penn State University, Speech Communication

Teaching Interests: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Political Communication and Sport, Media and Culture

Research Interests:New Era and early New Deal Presidential Studies, Disability Studies, Mediated Representations of Sport with an Emphasis on Issues of Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality

 

Education:

BS 1985; Georgia Southern College, Communication Arts/Broadcasting
MA 1986; West Virginia University, Communication Studies
EdD 1989; West Virginia University, Education

Teaching Interests: Interpersonal, Gender, Interracial/Intercultural/Nonverbal

Research Interests: Instructional, Interpersonal, Gender, Nonverbal, Race & Culture

 

Education:

BA 1993; Florida State University, Communication
MA 1996; Florida State University, Classical Humanities
PhD 2000; Florida State University, Communication Theory and Research

Teaching Interests: Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Radio Broadcast

Research Interests: Public Communication, Communication Apprehension, Conflict Resolution, Pop Culture and Music

 

Education:

BA 1982; University of Waterloo (Ontario), Economics and Political Science
MA 1983; Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario), Political Science
PhD 1988; York University, International Relations

Teaching Interests: New Communication Technology and Society, Mass Media Telecommunications Policy, International Communication

Research Interests: Telecommunications Policies, International Political Economy, India’s Communications Policies, Canada’s Communications Policies, New Communication Technology

 

Education:

BA 1979; University of Illinois, Speech Communications: Oral Interpretation
MA 1981; University of North Dakota, Theatre Arts
PhD 1989; University of Texas, Communication Studies: Performance of Literature

Teaching Interests: Performance Studies, Women's Studies, Pedagogy, Didactic Literature

Research Interests: Radical Performance, Adaptation (film, theatre, radio), Feminist Criticism, Pedagogy
 

Education:

BA 1986; Harvard University, Cultural Anthropology (Cum Laude)
MS 1998; University of Oregon, Communication
PhD 2001; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mass Communication

Teaching Interests:Video Production, Cultural Studies, Visual Communications, Mass Communication and Society, Qualitative Methods, Media Literacy

Research Interests: Documentary Video Production, Media Activism and New Social Movements, Connections Between the Environment, the Media, and Consumer Culture, Telecommunications Policy

 

Education:

BA 1971; Hunter College of the City University of New York, Communication
MS 1973; University of Minnesota, Speech-Communication (Broadcasting)
PhD 1977; University of Minnesota, Speech-Communication (Broadcasting)

Teaching Interests: Narrative Writing for Television and Film, Directing Performance for the Camera, Experimental Video, Documentary

Research Interests: The Impact of Network Censorship on Television Programming, The Process by Which Television Programs are Created

 

Education:

BA 1994; University of Pittsburgh, Communication
MA 2001; University of Wyoming, Communication
PhD 2005; Pennsylvania State University, Mass Communication

Teaching Interests : Political Economy of Communications, News Media Ethics, Media and Society, Media History and Theory, Critical Media Studies

Research Interests: Political Economy of Communications, Media Industries and Production Processes, Mass Communication History and Regulation, Media Law and Policy, Democratic Communications

 

Education:

BA 1990; University of Alabama, Communication
MA 1994; Southwestern Seminary, Theology
PhD 1998; University of Alabama, Mass Communication

Teaching Interests: Media & Society, Communication Theory, Research Methods

Research Interests: Entertainment Theory, Media Effects

 
 

 
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