School of Communication Graduate Faculty Research Areas

Faculty

 

  • Daniel Faltesek, Associate Professor: cultural analytics, augmented reality, platform studies, television, social media, media production 
  • Trischa Goodnow, Professor: visual rhetoric, pop culture
  • Kristen D. Herring, Instructor: rhetoric, feminist theory, rhetorical field methods, musical rhetoric, Gender, social movements, popular culture 
  • Colin Hesse, Associate Professor: interpersonal communication, health communication, family communication
  • Todd Kesterson, Senior Instructor: 3D modeling & animation, virtual world design & development, narrative space, X-Reality history & trends
  • William E. Loges, Associate Professor: media effects, ethics, human values, diffusion of innovations, survey methods
  • Xuerong Lu, Assistant Professor: public relations, crisis communication, social media, misinformation, experiment methods
  • Yanni Ma, Assistant Professor: environmental/science/risk communication, organizational communication, research methods
  • Alina Padilla-Miller, Instructor: viral content, content creation, media innovation and entrepreneurship, digital media, social media, gender theory, 3D immersive environments
  • Mark Porrovecchio, Associate Professor: rhetoric, history of speech communication, pragmatism, film, speech and debate.
  • Joshua Reeves, Associate Professor: digital media, surveillance studies, rhetorical theory
  • Elizabeth Root, Associate Professor: intercultural communication, qualitative research methods, autoethnography, critical communication pedagogy
  • Gregg Walker, Professor: environmental communication, conflict management