Faculty & Staff
Meet our amazing faculty
The School of Communication has over 30 full-time professors. Our esteemed faculty have spent decades conducting internationally recognized research related to communication and working professionally in the fields of advertising, journalism, film and public relations. Our faculty committed to academia in order to teach younger generations about these fields with insights into digital ethics, persuasive communication, advocacy and the arts of storytelling.
10+
The number of years most faculty have in field experience
20+
Recognized Published faculty
30+
Faculty-produced Documentaries
100%
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Ayesha Abouelazm, MFA
Film and Digital Media Program Director; Instructor
Joy Boggs
Business Manager
Jessica Brown, MEd
Senior Professional in Residence
Genevieve Buthod
Events Coordinator
Florence M. Chee, PhD
Associate Professor; Director of Center for Digital Ethics and Policy; Director of SIMLab
Jamason (JZ) Chen, MA
Technology Manager; Clinical Professor
Elizabeth Coffman, PhD
Professor
Jim Collins
TV Studio Manager; Rambler Productions Manager
Alex Damarjian, PhD
Associate Professor
Jill Geisler
Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity
Ashley Gisiger
Senior Academic Advisor
John C.P. Goheen
Senior Professional in Residence
Jeffery Harder, MFA
Associate Professor
Lee Hood, PhD
Associate Professor
Matthew Jungsuk Howard, PhD
Assistant Professor
David Kamerer, PhD
Program Director, MS in Global Strategic Communication
Taeyoung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
Emma Koop Liechty
Administrative Assistant
Patricia Lamberti
Professional in Residence—Journalism and New Media
Elizabeth Lozano, PhD
Program Director Communication Studies;
Pamela Morris, PhD
Associate Professor
Eleni Prillaman
Manager of Student Media | General Manager - WLUW
Paul Quinn
Technology Coordinator
Urooj Raja, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Minjin (MJ) Rheu, PhD
Assistant professor of computational advertising and strategic communication
Herb Ritchell
Professional in Residence
Richelle Rogers
Program Director Masters in Digital Media and Storytelling
David Romanelli
Senior Instructor
Chuck Rudnick
Instructor
Miguel Silveira
Assistant Professor
Vincent Singleton
Assistant Professor
John Slania
Associate Dean
Bastiaan Vanacker, PhD
Associate Professor;
Jing Yang, PhD
Associate Professor
Chris M. Yim, PhD
Associate Professor & Program Director | MS in Global Strategic Communication
Ginny McDermott, PhD
Dean
Meet our amazing faculty
The School of Communication has over 30 full-time professors. Our esteemed faculty have spent decades conducting internationally recognized research related to communication and working professionally in the fields of advertising, journalism, film and public relations. Our faculty committed to academia in order to teach younger generations about these fields with insights into digital ethics, persuasive communication, advocacy and the arts of storytelling.