Full-Time Faculty

David L. Acey, Assistant Professor (M.A., University of Memphis)
African-American Rhetoric; Interracial Communication

David L. Appleby, Professor (M.F.A., Temple University)
Film and Video Production; Cinematography; Documentary History and Theory

Reece L. Auguiste, Visiting Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Nottingham)
Film Theory & Criticism; Television Studies; Transnational Media; and Digital Media

Roxana L. Gee, Associate Professor (M.A., University of Memphis)
Video and Film Production

M. Allison Graham, Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida)
Film History, Theory, and Criticism

Katherine G. Hendrix, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Washington)
Qualitative Research Methods; Instructional, Intercultural and Interpersonal Communication. ON LEAVE FALL 2009

Walter G. Kirkpatrick, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Iowa)
Organizational Communication; Rhetorical and Communication Theory

Craig Leake, Associate Professor (M.A., University of Memphis)
Documentary Form In Broadcasting; Documentary Writing ON LEAVE 2009-2010

Michael C. Leff, Professor and Department Chair (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles)
Rhetorical Criticism and Theory

Shu Li, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Northwestern University)
Interpersonal Communication; Health Communication

Kris M. Markman, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin)
Computer-Mediated Discourse; New Media; Broadcasting

D. Gray Matthews, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University)
Rhetorical Criticism; Rhetoric, Community, and Social Change

Steven J. Ross, Professor (M.A., New York University)
Film/Video Production; Screen Writing; Film History

Sandra J. Sarkela, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)
Rhetoric; History and Criticism of American Public Address

Lori Stallings, Instructor (M.A., Marquette University)
Oral Communication; Interpersonal Communication

Craig O. Stewart, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University)
Critical Discourse Studies; Science Communication; Research Methods

Antonio de Velasco, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Emory University)
Rhetoric and Social Theory; U.S. Political Discourse; Rhetorical Pedagogy

Amanda J. Young, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University)
Health Communication; Qualitative Research Methods.

Emeritus Faculty
For information regarding emeritus faculty contact the department office at 678-2565.

John P. Bakke, Ph.D.  Political Communication; Rhetorical Theory

Marvin R. Bensman, Ph.D. Broadcasting & Electronic Media

John A. Campbell, Ph.D. Rhetoric; Rhetorical Criticism and Theory

Michael Osborn, Ph.D.  Rhetorical Theory

Staff

William Johnson, Media Specialist    

Malvin Massey, WUMR General Manager 

Michael Rhodes, Chief Broadcast Engineer

Camisha L. Smith, Financial Service Associate

Sheree Smith-Hudgins, Administrative Associate 1

Jerald White, Broadcast Engineer


Part-Time Faculty

TBA