Faculty
Communication Studies faculty take pride in teaching all manner of communication courses from the introductory level classes to advanced graduate student seminars. We are dedicated to teaching students both the communication skills required for success in business, family, and civic life and the cutting edge research in communication. Faculty take pride in their close relationships with undergraduate and graduate students. Student-faculty contacts are frequent and informal, fostering the development of genuine interpersonal exchange. Faculty are willing to engage in team research with all students.
Regular Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
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| Karlyn Kohrs Campbell Professor |
243 Ford Hall 612-624-9003 campb003@umn.edu |
Rhetorical theory and criticism, women in communication, presidential rhetoric
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| Ronald Walter Greene Professor Department Chair |
225A Ford Hall 612-624-5800 green179@umn.edu |
Rhetorical studies, cultural studies/cultural policy, citizenship, philosophy of communication | |
| Atilla Hallsby Assistant Professor |
263 Ford Hall 612-625-2985 hall1039@umn.edu |
Rhetorical Studies; Post-structuralist Theories of Discourse; History of Secrecy; Privacy & Transparency; Critical Surveillance & Security Studies |
Tuesday: 9:30am - 11:00am & 4:00pm-5:00pm
Thursday: 9:30am - 11:00am & 4:00pm-5:00pm
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| Dean E. Hewes Professor |
258 Ford Hall 612-624-9880 dhewes@umn.edu |
Small group communication, interpersonal communication, conflict, research methodology |
Tuesday: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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| Susanne M. Jones Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies |
278 Ford Hall 612-626-0592 jones344@umn.edu |
Interpersonal communication and emotional support messages, nonverbal communication, communicating emotional support, communication theory |
Monday: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Wednesday: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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| Zornitsa Keremidchieva Assistant Professor |
228 Ford Hall 612-624-4316 zkeremid@umn.edu |
Rhetorical studies; feminist political theory and democratic theory; congressional and public policy discourse; women's and immigrants' civic and political organizations
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By appointment
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| Ascan F. Koerner Professor |
234 Ford Hall 612-624-4030 koern011@umn.edu |
Cognitive processes in interpersonal communication; marital and family communication; persuasion | |
| Kate Lockwood Harris Assistant Professor |
244 Ford Hall 612-624-4030 kharris@umn.edu |
Sexual violence; critical and qualitatitative methods; organizational communication; discourse; Title IX; feminist theory; intersectionality, new materialism |
Wednesday: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
By appointment
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| Laurie Ouellette Professor |
254 Ford Hall 612-626-8517 ouell031@umn.edu |
Critical media studies; cultural studies; feminist criticism; television studies; reality TV; citizenship; governmentality and media | |
| Lena Palacios Assistant Professor |
247 Ford Hall 612-626-7713 lena@umn.edu |
critical prison studies and prison abolitionism; Black, Indigenous, Chicana & Latina queer and trans feminisms; girls’ and girlhood studies; transformative justice and community accountability; media activism and media justice; health justice and social determinants of health; research justice (i.e. participatory action research) | |
| Mark Pedelty Professor |
268 Ford Hall 612-626-8517 pedeltmh@umn.edu |
Environmental communication; media ethnography; media and social change; media rituals; media education; music; methods | Tuesday: 1:00 - 6:00pm by Google Calendar appointment |
| Rachel Presley Assistant Professor |
205 Nolte Center 612-625-0151 rpresley@umn.edu |
Rhetorical theory and criticism; critical/cultural studies; social movement and resistance rhetorics; (trans)national citizenship and belonging; postcolonial/decolonial/anticolonial theory. | |
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Gilbert B. Rodman
Associate Professor |
Critical media studies; cultural studies; popular culture; communication technologies; politics of race and ethnicity
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Tuesday: 10:00am - 11:00am; 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Thursday: 10:00am - 11:00am; 1:30pm - 2:30pm
By appointment
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Catherine Squires
Professor Director of Graduate Studies
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Critical race and media studies; feminist media studies; politics and media; public sphere studies |
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Mary Douglas Vavrus
Associate Professor |
Media studies; feminist theory; political economy of media
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Tuesday: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Friday: 9:00am - 10:00am
By appointment
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| Emily Winderman Assistant Professor |
247 Ford Hall 612-626-7713 ewinderm@umn.edu |
Rhetoric of health and medicine; reproductive health; public emotion |
Monday: 10:00am - 11:00am
Wednesday: 10:00am - 11:00am
By appointment
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Affiliate Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
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| Richard Graff Associate Professor |
221 Nolte Center 612-624-4985 graff013@umn.edu |
Early history of rhetoric, writing and reading practices of ancient Greece and Rome, theories of prose style |
| Laura Gurak Professor |
212 Nolte Center 612-624-1784 gurakl@umn.edu |
Rhetorics of science and technology, rhetorical criticism, internet studies, online research methods, social aspects of computing, technical and professional communication |
| Elaine Tyler May Professor |
207 Scott Hall 612-626-7847 mayxx002@umn.edu |
Twentieth century history of intersections of gender, sexuality, domestic culture, politics |
| Lena Palacios Assistant Professor |
247 Ford Hall 612-6267713 lena@umn.edu |
Critical carceral studies and abolitionist feminisms; Transformative justice and community accountability; Racialized, gendered, and sexualized violence within carceral, settler states; Black, Indigenous, Chicana & Latina queer and trans feminisms Girls’ and girlhood studies; Research justice and critical participatory action research; Media justice and social movement media; Critical disability studies Health justice and structural determinants of health |
| Daniel J. Philippon Associate Professor |
21 Lind Hall 612-624-9880 danp@umn.edu |
American studies, conservation biology, development studies and social change, English, rhetoric and scientific and technical communication, risk analysis for introduced species and genotypes |
| Mary Lay Schuster Professor |
225 Nolte Center 612-624-2262 mmlay@umn.edu |
Gender and communication, reproductive technologies, feminist theory and rhetoric of science and technology |
| Jeffry Simpson Professor |
N-218 Elliott Hall 612-626-2079 simps108@umn.edu |
Gender and communication, reproductive technologies, feminist theory and rhetoric of science and technology |
| Jacquelyn Harvey-Knowles Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, UMN-Duluth |
421 A.B. Anderson Hall University of Minnesota, Duluth 218-726-7085 jaharvey@d.umn.edu |
Interpersonal communication theory, interpersonal communication and health, mindful communication, supportive communication |
| John Logie Associate Professor |
Department of Writing Studies, Room 206 NCCE University of Minnesota-TC logie@umn.edu |
Interpersonal communication theory, interpersonal communication and health, mindful communication, supportive communication |
Emeriti Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
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| Rosita D. Albert | alber001@umn.edu | Intercultural communication, international relations, communication theory, health communication |
| Donald R. Browne | brown003@umn.edu | Comparative and international broadcasting, broadcasting and national development, international relations, historical research methodology |
| Alan G. Gross | agross@umn.edu | Scientific communication, visual communication, rhetorical theory |
| Robert L. Scott | scott033@umn.edu | Rhetorical theory, criticism of public address, value implications in communication research and practice |
| Amy Sheldon | asheldon@umn.edu | Language and gender, language and social interaction, child and adult language acquisition, discourse analysis |
| Michael Sunnafrank | msunnafr@umn.edu | Interpersonal communication, intercultural relationships, communication theory, persuasion |
| Arthur E. Walzer | awalzer@umn.edu | Rhetorical theory and criticism, 18th century rhetorical theory, ethics and technical communication |
Senior Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
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| David Cram Helwich | Public argument and debate, rhetorical theory and criticism |
Wednesday: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
By appointment
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Argumentation and rhetoric, biblical studies
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Before and after all classes
By appointment
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Family communication, persuasion, organizational communication, credibility
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Wednesday: 9:00am - 11:00am
Tuesday: 11:15am - 12:45pm
Thursday: 11:15am - 12:45pm
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| Jeffrey VanCleave | 285 Ford Hall jvanclea@umn.edu |
Rhetorical criticism; public speaking; communication and sport |
Thursday: 12:30pm - 1:45pm
By appointment
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Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
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| Wendy Anderson |
285 Ford Hall
wzeitz@umn.edu |
Rhetorical studies, media studies |
Tuesday: 12:40pm - 2:00pm
Thursday: 12:40pm - 2:00pm
By appointment
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288 Ford Hall
baxt0029@umn.edu |
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Monday: 8:15am - 8:45am in Ruttan B36, 1:00pm - 2:30pm in Ruttan South Hallway Lounges
Wednesday 8:15am - 8:45am in Ruttan B36, 1:00pm - 2:30pm in Ruttan South Hallway Lounges
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| Allison Brenneise | 285 Ford Hall brenn383@umn.edu |
Communication and disability; critical communication pedagogy; rhetorical criticism; communication theory/research methods; intercultural communication |
Monday: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Wednesday: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
By appointment
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285 Ford Hall
srcalder@umn.edu |
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285 Ford Hall
elia0039@umn.edu |
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Monday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Wednesday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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285 Ford Hall
galar006@umn.edu |
Organizational communication; intercultural communication
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Monday: 11:00am - 12:15pm
Wednesday: 11:00am - 12:15pm
By appointment
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285 Ford Hall
zimme313@umn.edu |
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Tuesday: 9:40am - 10:40am
Thursday: 9:40am - 10:40 am
By appointment
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Senior Teaching Specialists
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290 Ford Hall
gesch004@umn.edu |
Small group and team communication; conflict management |
Monday: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Tuesday: 5:10pm - 6:00pm
Wednesday: 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Rhetorical studies; environmental communication'communication performance
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Tuesday: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Thursday: 11:00am - 1:00pm
By appointment
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| Small group; interviewing; internships; public speaking |
Tuesday: 9:30am - 11:00am
Thursday: 9:30am - 11:00am
By appointment
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Teaching Specialists
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
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| Lisa Hutchinson |
264 Ford
hutch354@umn.edu |
Electronic media production |
Tuesday: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Thursday: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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264 Ford Hall
juri0010@umn.edu |
Video production; feminist media studies; US television history
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Monday: 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Wednesday: 12:15pm - 1:15pm
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Rhetoric and public speaking
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Tuesday: 11:30am - 12:30pm & 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday: 11:30am - 12:30pm & 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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