Faculty
The Department features a highly qualified academic and professional faculty whose credentials include books, textbooks, journal articles, monographs, professional association presentations, national affiliations, regional affiliations, offices in national associations, professional and industry experience, plus many service-oriented contributions to the fields of Communication, Broadcasting, Journalism and Public Relations.
Members of the Department's graduate faculty include:
Members of the Department's
graduate faculty include:
Jennifer Wood Adams (Ph.D.,
University of South Carolina): Journalism
Robert R. Agne (P.h.D., University
of Colorado, Boulder): Language and Social Interaction, Interaction
Analysis
Susan L. Brinson (Ph.D., University
of Missouri): Media History and Criticism
Mary Helen Brown (Ph.D., University
of Texas): Organizational Communication: Acting Chair of the Department
Brigitta R. Brunner (Ph.D.,
University of Florida): Public Relations
John P. Carvalho (Ph.D., University
of North Carolina): Journalism
Margaret E. Fitch-Hauser (Ph.D.,
University of Oklahoma): Public Relations, Language-Listening
Kristen Hoerl (Ph.D., University
of Texas at Austin): Rhetoric, Popular Culture, Social Movements
Seihill Kim (Ph.D., Cornell
University:): Public Relations, Media and Politics
Hollie Lavenstein (MFA, The
School of the Art Institute of Chicago): Narrative and Experimental
Filmmaking
George M. Plasketes (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University): Popular
Culture, Music, Mass Media
David L. Sutton (Ph.D., University
of Georgia): Rhetoric
Chris
Walker (MFA, Southern Illinois University): Photojournalism
J. Emmett Winn (Ph.D., University
of South Florida): Film Criticism/History/Theory, Cultural Studies,
Qualitative Methods
Debra Worthington (Ph.D.,
University of Kansas): Legal Communication
The Graduate Faculty members are supported by the following full-time
faculty in the Department:
Barbara A. Audet (M.A.; Ohio
State University): Journalism and Broadcasting
Nan Fairley (M.A.; University
of Alabama): Journalism
Judy Sheppard (M.A.: Auburn
University): Journalism
Richard W. Smith (M.A., Auburn
University): Broadcasting
Ed Williams (M.A: University
of Alabama): Journalism