Meet Us
Department Chair
Jenny Stark
Department Chair, Communication Studies Department
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5004
- jenstark@csus.edu
Staff
Vicenza Weeks
Budget & Personnel Analyst
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-7863
- moscariello@csus.edu
Alexis Garcia
Scheduler and Instructional Resources Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-5312
- alexisngarcia@csus.edu
Matt Heilmann
Instructional Support Assistant II
- Location: Mendocino Hall 2000
- Phone: (916) 278-6328
- m.heilmann@csus.edu
Brittany Gooley-Carson
ASA II
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5014
- Phone: (916) 278-6424
- b.gooley-carson@csus.edu
Faculty Advisors
Kimberly Aguilar
ComS-Associate Professor; Graduate Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5021
- Phone: (916) 278-5340
- kimberly.aguilar@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 10:30-11:30AM & 1:30-2:00PM
Diego Bonilla
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Zoom: 81772399143
- Phone: (916) 278-3868
- bonilla.diego@gmail.com
- Office Hours: M/W: 10:05-10:30AM
Molly Dugan
Journalism-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5023
- Phone: (916) 278-7865
- mdugan@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M/W 12:00-1:30PM
Carlos Flores
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5013
- Phone: (916) 278-7895
- carlos.flores@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Office Hours: T/TR: 9:30-10:15AM & 12:30-1:15PM
Michele Foss-Snowden
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5015
- Phone: (916) 278-6134
- msf43@csus.edu
Elaine Gale
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5002
- Phone: (916) 278-7833
- egale@csus.edu
- Office Hours: TR: 8:00-10:30AM & 4:15-4:45PM
- Specialty & Interests: Sabbatical Spring 2025
Fernando Gallo
State Hornet
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5024
- Phone: (916) 278-6065
- Gallo@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: State Hornet
Cheng Hong
Public Relations-Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5042
- Phone: (916) 278-7894
- c.hong@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: M/W: 8:20a.m. – 9:50a.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Public Relations; Corporate social advocacy and corporate social responsibility; Computer mediated communication; Entrepreneurship and communication
Tim Howard
Public Relations-Professor
- Phone: (916) 278-6854
- howardt@csus.edu
- Office Hours: T/TH: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
Jacqueline Irwin
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5030
- Phone: (916) 278-6638
- irwin@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: T/TH: 10:30a.m. – 12p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; Rhetoric and Social Movements
Dan Janos
Film-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5027
- Phone: (916) 278-6415
- janos@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours: M?W: 10:15-11:45AM
- Specialty & Interests: Film Production, Post-Production, Audio
Kathy Kasic
Film-Associate Professor; Film Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5008
- Phone: (916) 278-6537
- k.kasic@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours: M/T: 12:30-2:00PM
- Specialty & Interests: Film Production (Directing, Cinematography, Lighting, Documentary)
Shawna Malvini Redden
ComS-Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5034
- Phone: (916) 278-6668
- malviniredden@csus.edu
- Website
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours: W: 1:00-2:30PM & TR: 12:00-1:30M
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; organizational and interpersonal communication; qualitative and critical methods
Christine Miller
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5032
- Phone: (916) 278-6331
- millercm@csus.edu
- Office Hours: TR: 5:00-5:45PM
Morgan Morley
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5036
- Phone: (916) 278-3646
- morgan.morley@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours: T:2:30-4:00PM & TR: 10:30-12:00PM
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; interpersonal communication and health communication
Barbara Myslik
Public Relations-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5044
- Phone: (916) 278-5308
- b.myslik@csus.edu
- Office Hours: W: 11:30-1:30PM & TR: 1:30-2:30PM
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
Film-Assistant Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5035
- Phone: (916) 278-6335
- r.ojeda-beck@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M: 4:30-6:30PM & T: 10:30-11:30AM
Kikuko Omori
ComS-Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5018
- Phone: (916) 278-6782
- omori@csus.edu
- Office Hours: W: 9:00-12:00PM
Amari Pollard
Journalism- Assistant Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5040
- a.pollard@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Writing & Reporting, Audience Development (Social Media & Community), Digital Strategy, Sports Commentary, Podcasting and Hosting.
Phillip Reese
Journalism-Associate Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5009
- Phone: (916) 278-5420
- phillip.reese@csus.edu
- Office Hours: T/TR: 1:30-3:00PM
Tasha Souza
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5022
- Phone: (916) 278-6065
- souza@csus.edu
- Office Hours: T/TR: 3:00-3:45PM
- Specialty & Interests: Intercultural Communication, Training and Consulting, Instructional Communication, Conflict Management and Mediation
Carmen Stitt
ComS-Professor; Internship Coordinator
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5020
- Phone: (916) 278-5318
- stitt@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: M: 4:30-6:30PM & W: 1:30-2:30PM
- Specialty & Interests: Coms; media, health communication, effects, content, quantitative methods
Andrea Terry
ComS-Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5010
- Phone: (916) 278-5319
- andrea.terry@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M:11:00-12:30PM & T: 10:00-11:30AM
Nate Woo
ComS-Assistant Professor; Graduate Faculty
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5037
- Phone: (916) 278-7836
- woo@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
- Office Hours: TR: 2:00-5:00PM
David Zuckerman
ComS-Professor
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5004
- Phone: (916) 278-6541
- sdzuck@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: F: 1::00-4:00PM Via ZOOM
Lecturer
Matthew Campbell
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5026
- Phone: (916) 278-5489
- matthew.campbell@csus.edu
- Website
Rebecca Gardner
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5031
- Phone: (916) 278-6941
- rgardner@hmslawgroup.com
Aryana Gooley-Carson
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5041
- Phone: (916) 278-6555
- aryanagooley@csus.edu
Leland Gordon
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5044
- Phone: (916) 278-5308
- lelandgordon@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
Chris Maben
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5030
- Phone: (916) 278-6638
- christopherjmaben@gmail.com
Fred Molitor
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5038
- Phone: (916) 278-6335
- fred.molitor@csus.edu
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Research Methods and Statistical Analyses
Krista Phair
Lecturer
- Location: Mendocino Hall 5040
