Faculty/Academic Staff
Mike Allen, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Social influence processes
Sandra Braman, Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Macro-level effects of the use of new information technologies and their policy implications.
Nancy Burrell, Professor and Chair
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Interaction in in family, educational and organizational contexts.
Kathryn Dindia, Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Self-disclosure, relationship maintenance, and sex differences and similarities in communication.
Kathryn Fonner, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Changing nature of the workplace, and how employee communication and behavior continue to evolve due to technological advances
Leslie J. Harris, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Research focuses on rhetoric in public culture, especially as it pertains to representations of gender
Sally Henzl, Senior Lecturer
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interpersonal communication, conflict, and communication theory
Jack Johnson, Professor
Ph.D., University of Denver
Interventions designed to improve communication in profit and nonprofit organizations.
John W. Jordan, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Rhetorical theory/criticism, technology and new media, and cultural studies
William Keith, Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
History of the Discussion Movement and the Forum Movement; history of the Speech Communication field; rhetoric and deliberative democracy; rhetorical theory; rhetoric of science.
Tae-Seop Lim, Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Face and facework across cultures; characterization of culture as an explanatory scheme; speech and verbal behavior in Asia; intergenerational communication; media language
Edward Mabry, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Internship Coordinator
Communication in face-to-face and on-line group contexts
Renee Meyers, Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois
How groups argue in decision-making situations.
Kathryn Olson, Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Public rhetoric's operation in shaping collective memories
Jennifer Peterson, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Illinois
Health communication, social support, and coping with illness
Robert Ricigliano, Adjunct Professor; Director, International Education Programs in the Center of International Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
Negotiation, facilitation, international mediation, and peace studies
Susan J. Szmania, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Victim offender mediation, dialogue, mediation training
Erik Timmerman, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Organizational communication, issues related to the selection and use of communication technology
Lindsay Timmerman, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
Interpersonal communication, long-distance relationships, romantic jealousy
Ad Hoc Instructors
Office Staff
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