Faculty and Staff

Teaching & Research Areas: interpersonal communication, diversity, GLBT relationships, counseling communication, research methods

Research and professional interests: Media theory; media, journalism and film history

Research and professional interests: Science fiction writing, including books, film, television, theatre and comics; speaking at conferences; helping students network with other writers, agents, publishers, etc.; writing, producing and directing film

Teaching & Research Areas: communication education, political communication

Teaching & Research Areas: communication theory, performance studies, intercultural communication, gender and communication, posthumanism, new materialism

Teaching & Research Areas: public speaking, intercultural communication

Teaching & Research Areas: public speaking, political speechwriting, interpersonal communication, gender and communication

Teaching & Research Areas: intercultural communication, communication theory, public dialogue, diversity

Research and professional interests: Student media

Teaching & Research Areas: political communication, rhetorical theory & criticism, social movements, research methods

Teaching & Research Areas: public relations, crisis communication, media analysis

Teaching & Research Areas: organizational communication, small group communication, leadership communication

Teaching & Research Areas: public speaking

Teaching & Research Areas: public speaking, public relations

Teaching & Research Areas: rhetoric, intercultural communication

Research and professional interests: Three-camera and single camera sitcom writing and development; studio-based comedy and romantic comedy features; current trends in American independent film

Teaching & Research Areas: argumentation & debate, presidential rhetoric, persuasion

Teaching & Research Areas: persuasion, research methods, interpersonal communication

Teaching & Research Areas: rhetoric and media studies

Director, dramatic writing program

Teaching & Research Areas: performance studies, intercultural communication, gender and communication, posthumanism, new materialism

Teaching & Research Areas: public relations

Teaching & Research Areas: instructional communication, rhetoric, culture

Teaching & Research Areas: argumentation & debate, persuasion, mediation & negotiation

Teaching & Research Areas: interpersonal communication, family communication, research methods, conflict communication

Teaching & Research Areas: family communication, conflict communication, research methods

College Interdisciplinary Programs, Electronic Arts, Recruitment, Technology and Major Equipment Planning

Research and professional interests: Femininity and the semiotics of the pre-lingual stage of human development in mainstream movies

Teaching & Research Areas: communication apprehension, organizational communication, conflict communication, communication education

Teaching & Research Areas: group communication, organizational communication, public dialogue, intercultural communication, research methods

Research and professional interests: Business journalism, local/family-owned newspaper journalism