Meet Us
Department Chair
Mark Ludwig
Chair, Communication Studies Department
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-5841
- mdludwig@csus.edu
Staff
Katrina Roose
Budget & Personnel Analyst
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-7863
- roose@csus.edu
Alexis Garcia
Administrative Support Coordinator I
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-6688
- alexisngarcia@csus.edu
Matt Heilmann
Instructional Support Assistant II
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2000
- Phone: (916) 278-6328
- m.heilmann@csus.edu
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ASA II
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Faculty Advisors
Kimberly Aguilar
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5021
- Phone: (916) 278-5340
- kimberly.aguilar@csus.edu
- Office Hours: T/Th: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Diego Bonilla
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5011
- Phone: (916) 278-3868
- bonilla.diego@gmail.com
Molly Dugan
Journalism-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5023
- Phone: (916) 278-7865
- mdugan@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M/W: 9a.m.-10:30a.m.
Carlos Flores
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5013
- Phone: (916) 278-7895
- carlos.flores@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Office Hours:
Mon. 4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Wed. 1:30 - 3 p.m. Zoom
Michele Foss-Snowden
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5015
- Phone: (916) 278-6134
- msf43@csus.edu
Elaine Gale
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5002
- Phone: (916) 278-7833
- egale@csus.edu
Fernando Gallo
State Hornet
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5024
- Phone: (916) 278-6065
- Gallo@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Tues. 1:30 p.m. - 2:50 P.M.
Thurs. 2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
Thurs. 6 - 7 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: State Hornet
Cheng Hong
Public Relations-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5042
- Phone: (916) 278-7894
- c.hong@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Public Relations; Corporate social advocacy and corporate social responsibility; Computer mediated communication; Entrepreneurship and communication
Tim Howard
Public Relations-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5039
- Phone: (916) 278-6854
- howardt@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10:30 a.m. - noon Zoom
Jacqueline Irwin
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5030
- Phone: (916) 278-6638
- irwin@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: T/TH: 10:30-11:45am
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; Rhetoric and Social Movements
Dan Janos
Film-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5027
- Phone: (916) 278-6415
- janos@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours: T: 1:30-4:30pm
- Specialty & Interests: Film Production, Post-Production, Audio
Kathy Kasic
Film-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5008
- Phone: (916) 278-6537
- k.kasic@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Film Production (Directing, Cinematography, Lighting, Documentary)
Shawna Malvini Redden
ComS-Associate Professor; Graduate Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5034
- Phone: (916) 278-6668
- malviniredden@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours:
Mon. 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Tues. 3 - 4:30 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; organizational and interpersonal communication; qualitative and critical methods
Christine Miller
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5032
- Phone: (916) 278-6331
- millercm@csus.edu
Morgan Morley
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5036
- Phone: (916) 278-3646
- morgan.morley@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; interpersonal communication and health communication
Barbara Myslik
Public Relations-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5044
- Phone: (916) 278-5308
- b.myslik@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Thurs. 2 - 3 p.m.
Wed. 10 - 11 a.m.
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
Film-Assistant Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5035
- Phone: (916) 278-6335
- r.ojeda-beck@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wed. noon - 3 p.m.
Kikuko Omori
ComS-Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5018
- Phone: (916) 278-6782
- omori@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Amari Pollard
Journalism- Assistant Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5040
- a.pollard@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Phillip Reese
Journalism-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5009
- Phone: (916) 278-5420
- phillip.reese@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 10:30 a.m. - noon
Tasha Souza
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5022
- Phone: (916) 278-6065
- souza@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. 2 - 3 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Intercultural Communication, Training and Consulting, Instructional Communication, Conflict Management and Mediation
Jenny Stark
Film-Professor; Film Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5012
- Phone: (916) 278-6285
- jenstark@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Carmen Stitt
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5020
- Phone: (916) 278-5318
- stitt@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours:
Mon. 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Wed. 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; media, health communication, effects, content, quantitative methods
Andrea Terry
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5010
- Phone: (916) 278-5319
- andrea.terry@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Wed./Thurs. 11 a.m. - noon
Mark Williams
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5006
- Phone: (916) 278-5941
- mwilliams@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Nate Woo
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5037
- Phone: (916) 278-7836
- woo@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours: Mon. 3 - 6 p.m.
David Zuckerman
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5019
- Phone: (916) 278-6541
- sdzuck@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed. noon - 1:30 p.m.
Faculty
Kimberly Aguilar
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5021
- Phone: (916) 278-5340
- kimberly.aguilar@csus.edu
Michael Althouse
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5038
- Phone: (916) 278-6335
- michael.althouse@csus.edu
Diego Bonilla
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5011
- Phone: (916) 278-3868
- bonilla.diego@gmail.com
Matthew Campbell
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5026
- Phone: (916) 278-5489
- matthew.campbell@csus.edu
- Website
Molly Dugan
Journalism-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5023
- Phone: (916) 278-7865
- mdugan@csus.edu
Carlos Flores
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5013
- Phone: (916) 278-7895
- carlos.flores@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
Michele Foss-Snowden
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5015
- Phone: (916) 278-6134
- msf43@csus.edu
Elaine Gale
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5002
- Phone: (916) 278-7833
- egale@csus.edu
Fernando Gallo
State Hornet
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5024
- Phone: (916) 278-6065
- Gallo@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: State Hornet
Rebecca Gardner
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5031
- Phone: (916) 278-6941
- rgardner@hmslawgroup.com
- CV / Bio
Aryana Gooley-Carson
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5041
- Phone: (916) 278-6555
- aryanagooley@csus.edu
Leland Gordon
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5044
- Phone: (916) 278-5308
- lelandgordon@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
Cheng Hong
Public Relations-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5042
- Phone: (916) 278-7894
- c.hong@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Public Relations; Corporate social advocacy and corporate social responsibility; Computer mediated communication; Entrepreneurship and communication
Tim Howard
Public Relations-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5039
- Phone: (916) 278-6854
- howardt@csus.edu
Jacqueline Irwin
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5030
- Phone: (916) 278-6638
- irwin@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; Rhetoric and Social Movements
Dan Janos
Film-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5027
- Phone: (916) 278-6415
- janos@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Film Production, Post-Production, Audio
Kathy Kasic
Film-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5008
- Phone: (916) 278-6537
- k.kasic@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Film Production (Directing, Cinematography, Lighting, Documentary)
Chris Maben
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5030
- Phone: (916) 278-6638
- christopherjmaben@gmail.com
Shawna Malvini Redden
ComS-Associate Professor; Graduate Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5034
- Phone: (916) 278-6668
- malviniredden@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; organizational and interpersonal communication; qualitative and critical methods
Christine Miller
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5032
- Phone: (916) 278-6331
- millercm@csus.edu
Jim Miller
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5022
Fred Molitor
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5038
- Phone: (916) 278-6335
- fred.molitor@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Research Methods and Statistical Analyses
Morgan Morley
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5036
- Phone: (916) 278-3646
- morgan.morley@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; interpersonal communication and health communication
Barbara Myslik
Public Relations-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5044
- Phone: (916) 278-5308
- b.myslik@csus.edu
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
Film-Assistant Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5035
- Phone: (916) 278-6335
- r.ojeda-beck@csus.edu
Kikuko Omori
ComS-Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5018
- Phone: (916) 278-6782
- omori@csus.edu
Krista Phair
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5040
Phillip Reese
Journalism-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5009
- Phone: (916) 278-5420
- phillip.reese@csus.edu
Tasha Souza
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5022
- Phone: (916) 278-6065
- souza@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Intercultural Communication, Training and Consulting, Instructional Communication, Conflict Management and Mediation
Jenny Stark
Film-Professor; Film Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5012
- Phone: (916) 278-6285
- jenstark@csus.edu
Carmen Stitt
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5020
- Phone: (916) 278-5318
- stitt@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; media, health communication, effects, content, quantitative methods
Andrea Terry
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5010
- Phone: (916) 278-5319
- andrea.terry@csus.edu
Nate Woo
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5037
- Phone: (916) 278-7836
- woo@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
