B.A., The University of Kansas

M.S., Texas Christian University

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research Areas:

• Interpersonal Communication
• Health Communication
• Family Communication
• Identity and Well-being
• Identity Change and Chronic Illness
• Identity Complexity and Communication Competence

Teaching Areas:

• Quantitative Research Methods
• Interpersonal Communication
• Health Communication

B.S., University of Pittsburgh

M.S., California State University, Sacramento

M.A., University of Arizona

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research Areas:

• Social influence
• Persuasion
• Health communication
• Learning health information from media
• Cognitive and affective processing of TV narratives

Teaching Areas:

• Media Communication and Society
• Mass Media Theory and Effects
• Media History
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Health Communication

B.A., Senshu University (Japan), Business Administration

M.A., University of Kansas, Communication Studies

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,Communication

Research Areas:

• Intercultural Communication
• Japanese/Japanese Americans
• Media influence across cultures
• Health communication across cultures
• Online education across cultures

Teaching Areas:

• Intercultural Communication
• Quantitative Research Methods

B.A., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

M.A., California State University, Los Angeles

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Research Areas:

• Terrorist recruitment strategies
• International and intercultural communications
• Mass media
• Language and social interaction

Teaching Areas:

• Intercultural & International Communication
• Dual focus on communication in zones of war and terrorism and cultural imperialism in the mass media

B.A., California State University, San Bernardino

M.A., California State University, San Bernardino

Ph.D., The University of Utah

Research Areas:

• Instructional Communication
• Cyberpedagogy
• Interpersonal Communication

Teaching Areas:

• Instructional Communication
• Interpersonal Communication
• Communication Research Methods

B.A., The University of Kansas

M.S., Texas Christian University

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research Areas:

• Interpersonal Communication
• Health Communication
• Family Communication
• Identity and Well-being
• Identity Change and Chronic Illness
• Identity Complexity and Communication Competence

Teaching Areas:

• Quantitative Research Methods
• Interpersonal Communication
• Health Communication

B.A., University of California, Davis

M.A., San Diego State University

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research Areas:

• Affectionate communication
• Close relationships
• Health and well-being
• Loneliness
• Social support

Teaching Areas:

• Quantitative research methods
• Interpersonal communication
• Conflict resolution

B.A., California State University, San Bernardino

M.A., California State University, San Bernardino

Ph.D., The University of Utah

Research Areas:

• Instructional Communication
• Cyberpedagogy
• Interpersonal Communication

Teaching Areas:

• Instructional Communication
• Interpersonal Communication
• Communication Research Methods

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

M.A., Ohio State University, Communication Theory

Ph.D., Ohio State University, Rhetorical Criticism

Research Areas:

• Principles of Instructional Communication

Teaching Areas:

• Criticism
• Instructional Communication

B.A., ITAM (Mexico City), Business Administration

M.S., Syracuse University, Media Management

Ph.D., Syracuse University, Mass Communication(Doctoral Prize 2003)

Research Areas:

• Development of hypermedia storytelling
• Human communication on the Internet
• Information Literacy in Higher Education and Workforce Effects of new media in society

Teaching Areas:

• New Media Theory
• Computer-Mediated Communications Theory
• Digital Media Authoring (Basic and Advanced)

B.S., University of Pittsburgh

M.S., California State University, Sacramento

M.A., University of Arizona

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research Areas:

• Social influence
• Persuasion
• Health communication
• Learning health information from media
• Cognitive and affective processing of TV narratives

Teaching Areas:

• Media Communication and Society
• Mass Media Theory and Effects
• Media History
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Health Communication

B.A., Boston University

M.F.A., Antioch University

Ph.D., University of Denver

Research Areas:

• In-law triads in marital relationships
• First date scripts
• Engagement narratives
• Newsroom budget meetings
• Functions of the cc and bc in email communication

Teaching Areas:

• Organizational Communication
• Interpersonal Communication
• Training and Development

B.A., Walla Walla University

M.A., California State University, Sacramento

Ph.D., Arizona State University

Research Areas:

• Identity and Emotion in Organizations
• Workplace Relationships
• Organizational Sensemaking
• Social Media and Teen Online Identity
• Online Sexual Harassment

Teaching Areas:

• Organizational Communication
• Interpersonal Communication
• Critical, Discursive and Qualitative Methods

B.A., Michigan State University

M.A., United States International University

Ph.D., Ohio University

Research Areas:

• Examining organizations from a cultural perspective
• Critically understanding gender roles in organizations
• Studying mentoring relationships in academic settings

Teaching Areas:

• Organizational Communication
• Small Group Communication

B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Journalism

M.A., California State University, Fullerton,Communications

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Political Science

Research/Interest Areas:

• Editing
• Journalism Ethics
• Political communication

Teaching Areas:

• Political communication
• Journalism

B.A ., Peking University

M.A ., University of Florida

Ph.D., University of Miami

Research/ Interest Areas:

• Political public relations
• Agenda building and agenda setting theories
• Public interest communication

Teaching Areas:

• Public Relations
• Public interest communication

M.A., Jagiellonian University,Sociology

M.A.,UC Davis,Communication

Ph.D.,University of Florida, Mass Comm

B.A., Cal Poly SLO

M.A., Sacramento State University

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Research Areas:

• Presidential & Political Discourse
• Religious Rhetoric & Gender
• Public Address
• Visual Rhetoric

Teaching Areas:

• Rhetorical Criticism
• Gender & Communication
• Political Rhetoric

B.A., California State University, Northridge

M.A., California State University, Northridge

Ph.D., Arizona State University

Research Areas:

• Publics and Counterpublics
• Participatory Critical Rhetoric
• Digital Rhetoric; Rhetorical Field Methods
• First Generation Education

Teaching Areas:

• Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Communication and Popular Culture

B.A., Stanford University

M.A., University of California, Davis

Ph.D., University of Florida

Research Areas:

• Film and Television
• Representations of Race and Ethnicity
• Women in Education
• Education Technology

Teaching Areas:

• Rhetorical Criticism
• Media Aesthetics
• Communication Theory

B.F.A., University of Kansas

M.A., University of Kansas

Ph.D., University of Kansas

Research Areas:

• Rhetorical Criticism
• Social Movements
• The Rhetoric of War/Peace
• Public Address
• Crisis Communication

Teaching Areas:

• Rhetorical Criticism
• Persuasion
• Gender Ideology
• Speech Writing

B.A., Cal Poly SLO

M.A., Sacramento State University

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Research Areas:

• Presidential & Political Discourse
• Religious Rhetoric & Gender
• Public Address
• Visual Rhetoric

Teaching Areas:

• Rhetorical Criticism
• Gender & Communication
• Political Rhetoric

B.A., Oral Roberts University

M.A., Louisiana State University

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Research Areas

• History of Rhetoric
• Rhetoric and Religion
• Ethics and Informal logics

Teaching Areas

• Systems, Theories and History of Rhetoric
• Communications and Religion
• Rhetorical Criticism
• Argumentation
• Public Speaking

B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Research Areas:

• Technology and Freedom of Speech
• The Rhetoric of Holocaust Denial
• September 11th: Denial and Revisionism

Teaching Areas:

• Business and Professional Speaking
• Freedom of Speech
• Rhetorical Criticism
• Television Criticism

B.A., Franklin College of Indiana

M.A., Ball State University

Ph.D., Colorado State University

Research Areas:

• Public Relations Crisis Communication
• Public Relations Social Media Integration
• LGBTQ Media History

Teaching Areas:

• Public Relations