Faculty
Our 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 also 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 regularly engage in team research with all students.
Regular Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
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| Ronald Walter Greene, Ph.D. Professor |
243 Ford Hall 612-624-9003 green179@umn.edu |
Rhetorical studies, cultural studies/cultural policy, citizenship, philosophy of communication |
| Atilla Hallsby, Ph.D. 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 |
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Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. |
225A Ford Hall |
Health communication, culture and health, interpreting studies |
| Susanne M. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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258 Ford Hall 612-626-0592 jones344@umn.edu |
Interpersonal communication and emotional support messages, nonverbal communication, communicating emotional support, communication theory |
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Zornitsa Keremidchieva, Ph.D. |
228 Ford Hall 612-624-2504 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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| Ascan F. Koerner, Ph.D.
Professor
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
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234 Ford Hall 612-624-4030 koern011@umn.edu |
Cognitive processes in interpersonal communication; marital and family communication; persuasion |
| Kate Lockwood Harris, Ph.D. Associate Professor |
244 Ford Hall 612-624-4030 kharris@umn.edu |
Sexual violence; critical and qualitative methods; organizational communication; discourse; Title IX; feminist theory; intersectionality, new materialism |
| Laurie Ouellette, Ph.D.
Professor
Interim Director of Graduate Studies
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254 Ford Hall 612-626-8517 ouell031@umn.edu |
Critical media studies; cultural studies; feminist criticism; television studies; reality TV; citizenship; governmentality and media |
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Gilbert B. Rodman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Critical media studies; cultural studies; popular culture; communication technologies; politics of race and ethnicity
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| Mary Douglas Vavrus, Ph.D.
Professor
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Media studies; feminist theory; political economy of media
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| Emily Winderman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor |
257 Ford Hall 612-626-7713 ewinderm@umn.edu |
Rhetoric of health and medicine; reproductive health; public emotion |
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Deborah Yoon, Ph.D. |
278 Ford Hall 612-625-7150 yoon0213@umn.edu |
Interpersonal communication; identity; identity uncertainty; family communication; adoption; health communication; genetic family health history |
Visiting Scholars & Teaching Professors
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Karina Horsti, Ph.D. Associate Professor |
284 Ford Hall |
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Eric Kramer, Ph.D. |
253 Ford Hall 405-641-1911 ekramer@umn.edu |
international communication, intercultural communication, communication theory, communication and technology, mass communication, environmental communication |
Affiliate Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Agur, Ph.D. Associate Professor |
111 Murphy Hall |
emerging media studies, mobile communication, political economy of media, digital games, digital education |
| Richard Graff, Ph.D. 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, Ph.D. 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, Ph.D. Professor |
207 Scott Hall 612-626-7847 mayxx002@umn.edu |
Twentieth century history of intersections of gender, sexuality, domestic culture, politics |
| Daniel J. Philippon, Ph.D. 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 |
| Jeffry Simpson, Ph.D. 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, Ph.D. Associate 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, Ph.D. Professor |
Room 206 NCCE logie@umn.edu |
Interpersonal communication theory, interpersonal communication and health, mindful communication, supportive communication |
Senior Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Baxter-Kauf, Ph.D. | 288 Ford Hall baxt0029@umn.edu |
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| David Cram Helwich, Ph.D. | Public argument and debate; rhetorical theory and criticism | |
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John P. Nordin, Ph.D.
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Argumentation and rhetoric, biblical studies
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Jeremy Rose, Ph.D.
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Family communication, persuasion, organizational communication, credibility
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| Jeffrey VanCleave, Ph.D. | 285 Ford Hall jvanclea@umn.edu |
Rhetorical criticism; public speaking; communication and sport |
Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Wendy Anderson, Ph.D. |
285 Ford Hall
wzeitz@umn.edu |
Rhetorical studies, media studies |
| Allison Brenneise, Ph.D. | 285 Ford Hall brenn383@umn.edu |
Communication and disability; critical communication pedagogy; rhetorical criticism; communication theory/research methods; intercultural communication |
| Carly Byrnes, Ph.D. | 285 Ford Hall dani0376@umn.edu |
Bullying; harassment; discrimination; sexual health; bystander interventions; relationships; coping; social support; mixed methods research |
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Liora Elias, Ph.D.
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285 Ford Hall
elia0039@umn.edu |
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| Kristin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D. |
285 Ford Hall |
Audiences and fans; critical media studies; film, television, and new media |
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Stephanie Galarneault, Ph.D.
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285 Ford Hall
galar006@umn.edu |
Organizational communication; intercultural communication
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| Dawn Schot Klotzbach, MFA | 264 Ford Hall scho0062@umn.edu |
Media Production |
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Heidi Zimmerman, Ph.D.
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285 Ford Hall
zimme313@umn.edu |
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Senior Teaching Specialists
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
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Nan Gesche, MA
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290 Ford Hall
gesch004@umn.edu |
Small group and team communication; conflict management |
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Diane Odash, MA
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290 Ford Hall
odas0002@umn.edu |
Rhetorical studies; environmental communication; communication performance
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Andrea Shada, MA
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290 Ford Hall
slon0010@umn.edu |
Small group; interviewing; internships; public speaking |
Teaching Specialists
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
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| Lisa Hutchinson, MA |
264 Ford
hutch354@umn.edu |
Electronic media production |
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 | Comparative and international broadcasting, broadcasting and national development, international relations, historical research methodology | |
| Karlyn Kohrs Campbell |
Rhetorical theory and criticism, women in communication, presidential rhetoric
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| Mark Pedelty | pedeltmh@umn.edu | Environmental communication; media ethnography; media and social change; media rituals; media education; music; methods |
| Amy Sheldon | asheldon@umn.edu | Language and gender, language and social interaction, child and adult language acquisition, discourse analysis |
| Catherine Squires | squir050@umn.edu |
Media, race and politics; gender and media studies; public sphere studies; community-engaged research; educational inequality |
| 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 |