Communication Faculty

Program | Faculty | Courses

Graduate Faculty

Michael Morgan, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, B.A., New College, 1974; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1977; Ph.D., 1980.

Leda M. Cooks, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, B.S., Miami, 1986; M.A., Ohio, 1990; Ph.D., 1993.

Carolyn Anderson, Professor, B.A., Kansas State, 1961; M.A., Massachusetts, 1979; Ph.D., 1984.

Benjamin Bailey, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Brown, 1987; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1996; Ph.D., 1999.

Donal A. Carbaugh, Professor, B.S., Manchester College, 1977; M.A., Montana, 1980; Ph.D., Washington, 1984.

Paula Chakravartty, Assistant Professor, B.A., McGill, 1991; M.A., Wisconsin, 1995; Ph.D., 1999.

Briankle G. Chang, Associate Professor, B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, 1976; M.A., Alabama, 1978; M.A., Illinois, 1981; Certificate, Ph.D., 1990.

Anne T. Ciecko, Assistant Professor,  B.A., LaSalle, 1986; M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1988; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1997.

Vernon E. Cronen,  Professor, B.A., Ripon College, 1963; M.A., Illinois, 1968; Ph.D., 1970.

Henry Geddes Gonzalez, Associate Professor, B.A., Oberlin, 1978; Ph.D., Texas, 1989.

Jarice Hanson, Professor, B.A., Northeastern Illinois, 1976; M.A., Northwestern, 1977; Ph.D., 1979.

Lisa Henderson, Associate Professor, B.A., Ryerson Polytechnical, Canada, 1980; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1983; Ph.D., 1990.

Sut Jhally, Professor, B.A., York, England, 1977; M.A., Victoria, Canada, 1980; Ph.D., Simon Fraser, Canada, 1984.

Martin F. Norden, Professor, B.J., Missouri, 1973; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1977.

Stephen Olbrys, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Providence College, 1993; M.A., Tufts, 1995; Ph.D., Indiana, 2003.

Mari Castañeda Paredes, Assistant Professor, B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1993; Ph.D., California at San Diego, 2000.

Erica Scharrer, Assistant Professor,  B.A., New York at Geneseo, 1992; M.A., Syracuse, 1995; Ph.D., 1998.

Robin Shoaps, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Chicago, 1993; M.A., California at Santa Barbara, 1998; Ph.D., 2004.

Emily West, Assistant Professor,  B.A., McMaster, Canada, 1997; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.

Adjunct/Associate Faculty

Liane Brandon, Professor of Education.

Barton Byg, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

Catherine Portuges, Professor of Comparative Literature.