Full-Time Faculty

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

Antonio de Velasco, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Emory University)
On Leave: Spring 2013
Rhetoric and Social Theory; U.S. Political Discourse; Rhetorical Pedagogy

Leroy G. Dorsey, Professor and Department Chair (Ph.D., Indiana University)
American Public Address; Presidential Rhetoric; Progressive Era Political Discourse; Rhetorical Criticism

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

M. Allison Graham, Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida)
Media History, Theory, and Criticism; Southern Studies

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

Craig Leake, Associate Professor (M.A., University of Memphis)
Documentary Form In Broadcasting; Documentary Writing

Marina Levina, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Illinois)
Critical/Cultural Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Visual Culture; Media Studies

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

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

Christina Moss, Instructor (Ph.D., Louisiana State University)
Southern Rhetoric, Visual and Material Commemoration

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

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

Nicholas J. Simpson, Visiting Instructor (M.A., University of Memphis)
Film Studies

Lori Stallings, Instructor and Director of 2381 (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

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

Emeritus and Retired Faculty
For information regarding emeritus and retired 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

Walter Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. Organizational Communication

Michael Osborn, Ph.D.  Rhetorical Theory

Staff

Rika L. Hudson, Administrative Associate I

William Johnson, Media Specialist    

Malvin Massey, WUMR General Manager 

Michael Rhodes, Chief Broadcast Engineer

Camisha L. Smith, Financial Service Associate

 Part-Time Faculty

TBA