Faculty Directory
Dr. Laura Alberti
Assistant Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 206B
Dr. Katie Anthony
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Medical decision-making, Public Health Risk Communication
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 207B
Dr. Carrie Bentley
Visiting Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Film History and Censorship
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Fleming Education Center (FEC) F105
Katy Biddle
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
Richard Conville
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
Dr. David Davies
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Journalism, media history, social media
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 105D
Ms. Kelly Dunn
Visiting Instructor
Areas of Expertise
Photography
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 105B
Stanford Gwin
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
Dr. Brent Hale
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Mediated Communication; Social Media; User Comments; Media Psychology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 105C
Mr. Keith Hollingsworth
Lecturer
Areas of Expertise
Video Production, Post-Production, Editorial, Color
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 302-B
Lawrence Hosman
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
Dr. Eura Jung
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Communication Studies
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 206C
Dr. Paul Linden
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Popular Music History, Cultural Studies, Artist Management, Vintage Audio
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 206D
Dr. Lindsey Maxwell
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Entertainment studies, quantitative research methods
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 302E
John Meyer
Professor
Areas of Expertise
organizational communication, humor in communication
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 206D
Professor Vincenzo Mistretta
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Film Production - Cinematography and Lighting, Film Editing and Post-Production - Documentary, Fiction, and Experimental Film
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Fleming Education Center (FEC) 105
Dr. Mohammed Rashid
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Critical Cultural Communication, Global Media and TechnoCultures, Platform Studies, Queer Theory, Digital Publics and Counter-publics
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 207A
Jeff Rassier
Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 302a
Professor Mary Sheffer
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Multimedia Journalism, Sports Media, Social Media, Media Management
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
College Hall (CH) 305D
Dr. Jae-Hwa Shin
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Public Relations (Strategic Communication), Health, Risk and Science Communication
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 207C
Edgar Simpson
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising, Multi-media
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising
Dr. L. Paul Strait
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Rhetoric, Discourse, Culture, Medical Humanities, Ideology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 208
Dr. William Thompson IV
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Audio Production, Music Composition, Digital Media, Piano Performance, Digital Instrument Design
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 302 C
Dr. Amonia Tolofari
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
African Feminism, Feminist movement in digital spaces, PR and black owned business on digital spaces, Social media influencers, Digital Intersectionality and Technoculturalism.
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Communication Studies
College Hall (CH) 207F
Carlton Wade
Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Media and Communication
Discipline: Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising