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Communication Studies
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Graduate Faculty
The graduate faculty takes pride in their close relationships with graduate students. Student faculty contacts are frequent and informal enough to permit the development of genuine interpersonal exchange. Faculty are willing to engage in team research with students in either short or long range projects. Such projects have the potential of leading to publications with students as coauthors, or as the sole author.
Graduate Faculty
| Name | Areas of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Rosita D. Albert Ph.D., 1972, University of Michigan |
Intercultural Communication; International Relations; Communication Theory; Health Communication. |
| Donald R. Browne Ph.D. 1961, University of Michigan) |
Comparative and International Broadcasting; Broadcasting and National Development; International Relations; Historical Research Methodology. |
| Karlyn Kohrs Campbell Ph.D. 1968, University of Minnesota |
Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Women in Communication; Presidential Rhetoric. |
| Richard Graff Ph.D. 2000, Northwestern University |
Early History of Rhetoric; Writing and Reading Practices of Ancient Greece and Rome; Theories of Prose Style. |
| Ronald Walter Greene Director of Undergraduate Studies Ph.D. 1995, University of Illinois |
Rhetorical Studies; Cultural Studies/Cultural Policy; Citizenship; Philosophy of Communication |
| Alan G. Gross Ph.D. 1962, Princeton University |
Rhetoric of Science and Scientific Controversy; Role of Scientific Methods in the Humanities; History of the Scientific Article. |
| Laura J. Gurak Ph.D. 1994, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Personal website |
Rhetorics of Science and Technology; Rhetorical Criticism; Internet Studies; Online Research Methods; Social Aspects of Computing; Technical and Professional Communication. |
| Dean E. Hewes Ph.D. 1974, Florida State University |
Small Group Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Analysis of Social Interaction; Cognitive Bases of Communication; Research Methodology; Bargaining and Negotiation. |
| Susanne M. Jones Ph.D. 2000, Arizona State University |
Interpersonal Communication and Emotional Support Messages, Nonverbal Communication, Communicating Emotional Support, Communication Theory. |
| Ascan F. Koerner Ph.D. 1998, University of Wisconsin Personal website |
Cognitive Processes in Interpersonal Communication; Marital & Family Communication; Persuasion. |
| Elaine Tyler May Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles, 1975 |
Twentieth Century History of Intersections between Gender, Sexuality, Domestic Culture, and Politics. |
| Laurie Ouellette Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1998 |
Critical Media Studies; Cultural Studies; Feminist Criticism; Television Studies; Reality TV; Citizenship, Governmentality and Media. |
| Mark Pedelty Ph.D., University of California, Berkley, 1993 |
Media Ethnography; Media and Social Change; Media Rituals; Media Education; Music. |
| Gilbert B. Rodman Ph.D. 1996, University of Illinois Personal website |
Associate Professor; Critical Media Studies; Cultural Studies; Popular Culture; Communication Technologies; Politics of Race and Ethnicity. |
| Edward Schiappa Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts & Department Chair Ph.D. 1989, Northwestern University |
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory; Classical Rhetoric; Criticism of Public Address; Argumentation; Cultural Criticism. |
| Amy Sheldon Ph.D. 1972, University of Texas, Linguistics |
Language and Gender; Language and Social Interaction; Child and Adult Language Acquisition; Discourse Analysis. |
| Mary Lay Schuster Ph.D. 1976, University of New Mexico |
Gender and Communication; Reproductive Technologies; Feminist Theory and Rhetoric of Science and Technology. |
| Catherine Squires Ph.D., Northwestern, 1999 |
Media and Racial Groups in the Public Sphere. |
| Mary Douglas Vavrus Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D. 1997, University of Illinois) |
Media Studies; Feminist Theory; Cultural Studies; Critical Theory. |
| Arthur E. Walzer Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1975 |
Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; 18th Century Rhetorical Theory; Ethics and Technical Communication. |
| Kirt H. Wilson Ph.D. 1995, Northwestern University) Personal website |
Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; American Public Address Criticism; African American Discourse; Civil Rights Issues. |
Additional Graduate Faculty
| Name | Areas of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Robert L. Scott, Emeritus Ph.D., 1955, University of Illinois |
Rhetorical Theory; Criticism of Public Address; Value Implications in Communication Research and Practice. |
| Michael Sunnafrank Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1979 |
Interpersonal Communication; Intercultural Relationships, Communication Theory; Persuasion. |
