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
Robert Akers
Professional in Residence
Jessica Brown
Senior Professional in Residence
Genevieve Buthod
Events Coordinator
Florence M. Chee, PhD
Associate Professor
Jamason Chen
Manager of Technology,
Elizabeth Coffman, PhD
Interim Dean;
Jim Collins
TV Studio Manager
Alex Damarjian, PhD
Associate Professor
Meghan Dougherty, PhD
Associate Professor Digital Communication
Connie Fletcher, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus
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
Michael Limón
Internship and Career Coordinator
Elizabeth Lozano, Ph.D.
Program Director Communication Studies;
Cheryl McPhilimy
Senior Instructor
Pamela Morris, PhD
Associate Professor
Gilda Parrella, PhD
Professor Emerita
Mark Pollock, PhD
Associate Professor
Phil Ponce
Visiting Professional in Residence
Eleni Prillaman
Manager of Student Media | General Manager - WLUW
Paul Quinn
Technology Coordinator
Urooj Raja, PhD
Assistant Professor
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
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.