Graduate Faculty

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JOSHUA ATKINSON

Associate Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Media & Society, Political Rhetoric, and Social Movements

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Oliver Boyd-Barrett

Emeritus Professor

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RICK BUSSELLE

Associate Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Media Effects, Narrative Persuasion, and Perceived Realism

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CATHERINE CASSARA

Associate Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Media History, Global News, and Newspaper & Online News

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John Dowd

Assistant Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Rhetoric and Social Theory, Organizational Communication, and Media Ecology

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SANDRA L. FAULKNER

Associate Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Interpersonal Communication, Arts Based Research, and Sexuality

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JIM FOUST

Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Media History and Online News

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RADHIKA GAJJALA

Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Global Media, Feminism & Technology, and Interpersonal Communications

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ALBERTO GONZALEZ

Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Intercultural Communications, Rhetorical Criticism, and Latina/o Studies

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ELLEN GORSEVSKI

Associate Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Rhetoric, Peace & Conflict, and Environmental Communication

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LOUISA HA

Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Media Business, Media Technologies, and International Advertising

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LISA K. HANASONO

Assistant Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
 Faculty Development, Mentoring, and Supportive Communication

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LARA MARTIN LENGEL

Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
International/Transnational Communications, Computer-Mediated Communications, and Environmental Communications

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KATE MAGSAMEN-CONRAD

Assistant Professor


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Interpersonal Communications, Health Communications, and Behavior Change & Intervention

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TOM MASCARO

Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Documentary, Media History, and Information Quality

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SRINIVAS MELKOTE

Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Global Communication & Social Change, Media Effects, and Development Communications

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TERRY RENTNER

Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Health Campaigns, Public Relations, and Social Marketing

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CLAYTON ROSATI

Associate Professor

AREAS OF RESEARCH: Development Communications, Urban Studies, and Cultural/Economic Geography

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LAURA STAFFORD

Professor & Director of the School of Media and Communication


AREAS OF RESEARCH:
Interpersonal Communications, Relational Communications, and Romantic Relationships

Updated: 04/29/2025 07:39PM