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Department of Communication Studies College of Arts & Letters

Meet Us

Staff

Mark Ludwig

Chair, Communication Studies Department

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Katrina Roose

Administrative Support Coordinator

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Alexis Garcia

Administrative Support Assistant II

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Matt Heilmann

Instructional Support Assistant II

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Full-Time Faculty

Kimberly Aguilar

Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. noon - 3 p.m.

Diego Bonilla

Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Fri. 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Zoom

Molly Dugan

Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays: 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Carlos Flores

Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Michele Foss-Snowden

Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Elaine Gale

Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. 9 a.m. - noon

Fernando Gallo

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 1:30 p.m. - 2:50 P.M.
    Thurs. 2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
    Thurs. 6 - 7 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: State Hornet

Cheng Hong

Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 8:20 - 9:50 a.m. Zoom
    Mon. 3 - 4:30 p.m. Zoom
  • Specialty & Interests: Public Relations; Corporate social advocacy and corporate social responsibility; Computer mediated communication; Entrepreneurship and communication

Tim Howard

Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10:30 a.m. - noon Zoom

Jacqueline Irwin

Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 7:30 - 8:45 a.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Coms; Rhetoric and Social Movements

Dan Janos

Associate Professor; Film Coordinator

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  • Specialty & Interests: Film Production, Post-Production, Audio

Kathy Kasic

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
    Wed. 3 - 4 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Film Production (Directing, Cinematography, Lighting, Documentary)

Shawna Malvini Redden

Associate Professor; Graduate Coordinator

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon./Wed. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
    Wed. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Coms; organizational and interpersonal communication; qualitative and critical methods

Christine Miller

Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:30 - 2:50 p.m.

Morgan Morley

Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Tues. noon - 3 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Coms; interpersonal communication and health communication

Barbara Myslik

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 4 - 5:30 p.m.
    Tues. 5:45 - 6 p.m.
    Wed. 12:45 - 1:30 p.m.

Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Kikuko Omori

Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty

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Phillip Reese

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Wed. 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Tasha Souza

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Intercultural Communication, Training and Consulting, Instructional Communication, Conflict Management and Mediation

Jenny Stark

Professor

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  • Office Hours:
    Wed. 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
    Thurs. 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Carmen Stitt

Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Coms; media, health communication, effects, content, quantitative methods

Andrea Terry

Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Mark Williams

Professor

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 2 - 5 p.m.

Nate Woo

Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty

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  • Location: Mendocino Hall 5037
  • Phone: (916) 278-7836
  • Office Hours: Wed. noon - 3 p.m.

David Zuckerman

Professor

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Part-Time Faculty

Michael Althouse

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Jared Anderson

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Adam Austin

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues./Thurs. 7 - 7:30 a.m.
    Tues. 2:45 - 3:30 p.m.
    Thurs. 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Sonia Borg

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. 12:45 - 1:10 p.m.

Alexandria Boyd

Lecturer

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Matthew Campbell

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Sam Ciraulo

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Evan Clark

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 2:25 - 2:50 p.m.
    Wed. 2:30 - 2:50 p.m.

Miles Cochran

Lecturer

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  • Location: Mendocino Hall 5043
  • Phone: (916) 278-5314
  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 1:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Daniel DeVere

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Judy Farah

Lecturer

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Rebecca Gardner

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. 10:30 a.m. - noon

Aryana Gooley-Carson

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
    Wed. 5:15 - 5:45 p.m.

Leland Gordon

Lecturer

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Brittney Grotz

Teaching Associate

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  • Location: Mendocino Hall 5033

Kyle Hanners

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 8:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Mark Herzig

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 11:30 a.m. - noon

Declan Hilliard

Graduate Assistant

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Dale Kasler

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 3 - 3:45 p.m.

Rik Keller

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10:30 - 11:10 a.m.

Donna Knifong

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 5 - 5:45 p.m.

Banafshae Khan

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Michael Love

Teaching Associate

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Logan Leal

Teaching Associate

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. noon - 1 p.m.

Haley Lucero

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 11 - 11:45 a.m.
    Tues. 9 - 11:15 a.m.

Chris Maben

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 3 - 5:45 p.m.
    Wed. 10 - 10:50 a.m.

Trinette Marquis

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 11:30 a.m. - noon
    Wed. 11 a.m. - noon

Jim Miller

Lecturer

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  • Location: Mendocino Hall 5022

Fred Molitor

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues./Thurs. 11 - 11:45 a.m.
    Wed. 5 - 6 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Research Methods and Statistical Analyses

Edward Ortiz

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 5 - 5:45 p.m.

Krista Phair

Lecturer

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  • Location: Mendocino Hall 5040
  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Chris Patterson

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues./Thurs. 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
    Fri. 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Timi Poeppelman

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 3 - 3:45 p.m.
    Wed. 2 - 3:30 p.m.
    Wed. 3 - 3:45 p.m.

Bill Poindexter

Lecturer

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Ryan Pritchard

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues. 5:10 - 5:55 p.m.

Sol Ricco

Teaching Associate

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
    Wed. 4:30 - 5:15 p.m.

Julian Stacy

Graduate Assistant

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Karen Vasquez

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
    Thurs. 9:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Lucas Wilson

Teaching Associate

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  • Location: Mendocino Hall 5029
  • Office Hours: Mon. 6 - 7:30 p.m.

George Warren

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 5 - 5:45 p.m.

Frances Winters

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 4:15 - 6 p.m.

Walter Yost

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues. noon - 12:45 p.m.

Cynthia Zeiden

Lecturer

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Total Members: 73