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Communication Studies Faculty Listing
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Professor Susan J. Douglas, Chair
Professors
Susan J. Douglas (Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor), Historical approaches to media and technology; Gender and the media
Kristen Harrison, Media effects; Children, adolescents and the media; Obesity, eating disorders and body image
L. Rowell Huesmann (Amos N Tversky Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Psychology), Media psychology; Media violence and human aggressiony
W. Russell Neuman (John Derby Evans Professor of Media Technology), New and emerging media; Media industries, media policy and regulation; and political communication
G. Patrick (Paddy) Scannell, Analyzing media texts; Historical approaches to media and technology; International and comparative media; Radio and television studies
Michael Traugott, Political communication
Associate Professors
Scott W. Campbell (Constance F. and Arnold C. Pohs Endowed Professor of Telecommunications), New and emerging media; Mobile communication
Robin Means Coleman, Race and the media, Black popular culture, Audience ethnography
Nojin Kwak, New and emerging media; Political communication
Amanda Lotz, Media industries; Television studies; Gender and the media
Christian Sandvig, New and Emerging Media, Ethnography of New Media Use; Media Law and Policy
Derek W. Vaillant, Cultural history of radio; Broadcasting and sound studies; Popular music and media; International and comparative media
Assistant Professors
Megan Ankerson, New and emerging media; Web history; Visual culture
Sonya Dal Cin, Media psychology; Health and the media
Emily Falk, Media psychology; Health and the media
Shazia Iftkhar, International and comparative media; Race, Ethnicity and the Media; Minority representation in the media
Joshua Pasek, Political communication; Public opinion; Survey research and design; New and emerging media
Aswin Punathambekar, Media and globalization; South Asian media; Media industries and protection culture
Lecturers
Anthony Collings, Critical journalism studies; Foreign news coverage; Journalistic ethics
Faith Sparr, Communication law; Freedom of expression; Internet, society and the law
Professors Emeriti
Richard L. Allen, Intercultural communication, Blacks and media, persuasion, and propaganda analysis
Frank E. Beaver (Arthur F. Thurnau Professor), Film history, film production
Howard H. Martin, Rhetoric, persuasive communication
Marion Marzolf, Journalism history, journalistic ethics and criticism, information gathering
Alfred W. Storey, Group communication, pubic speaking, leadership training
Edgar Willis