DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.

MEMBERS

DAVID L. APPLEBY, Professor, MFA (1979), Temple University [2014]

ANTONIO DE VELASCO, Associate Professor, PhD (2005), Emory University [2017]

LEROY G. DORSEY, Professor, PhD (1993), Indiana University [2017]

M. ALLISON GRAHAM, Professor, PhD (1978), The University of Florida [2018]

KATHERINE G. HENDRIX, Professor, PhD (1994), The University of Washington [2017]

GRETCHEN NORLING HOLMES, Assistant Professor, PhD (2003), University of Kentucky [2017]

CRAIG LEAKE, Associate Professor, MA (1969), Memphis State University [2018]

MARINA LEVINA, Assistant Professor PhD (2006), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2016]

KRIS M. MARKMAN, Assistant Professor PhD (2006), The University of Texas at Austin [2016]

DAVID GRAY MATTHEWS, Assistant Professor, PhD (1993), Pennsylvania State University [2017]

STEVEN J. ROSS, Professor, MA (1973), New York University [2015]

SANDRA J. SARKELA, Associate Professor, PhD (1982), The University of Massachusetts, Amherst [2016]

CRAIG O. STEWART, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), Carnegie Mellon University [2015]

AMANDA J. YOUNG, Associate Professor, PhD (2000), Carnegie Mellon University [2016]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

DAVID L. ACEY, Assistant Professor, MA (1972), Memphis State University [2017]

ROXANA L. GEE, Associate Professor, MA (1973), Memphis State University [2014]

WALTER G. KIRKPATRICK, Associate Professor, PhD (1974), The University of Iowa [2012]

CRAIG LEAKE, Associate Professor, MA (1969), Memphis State University [2018]

SHU LI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), Northwestern University [2012]

RICHARD R. RANTA, Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts, and Professor, PhD (1974), The University of Iowa [2013]

ADJUNCT MEMBERS

JOHN BAKKE, Professor Emeritus, PhD (1966), University of Iowa [2014]

WILLIAM BRESCIA, PhD (2002), Indiana University [2014]

VALERIE BRIDGEMAN, PhD (2002), Baylor University [2013]

TIMOTHY S. HUEBNER, PhD (1993), University of Florida [2014]

ANDRE E. JOHNSON, Instructor, PhD (2008), University of Memphis [2013]

MICHAEL OSBORN, Professor Emeritus, PhD (1963), The University of Florida [2013]

ADJUNCT RESEARCH CO-MENTOR

DAVE L. BLAND, PhD (1994), University of Washington [duration of committee]

PRADEEP SOPORY,  PhD (1999), The University of Wisconsin-Madison [duration of committee]

ADJUNCT TEACHING

MICHAEL J. COMPTON, Instructor, MFA (1997), University of Memphis, [2013]

JILL DANFORTH GREENMAN, PhD (2008), University of Memphis, [2013]

ANNETTE SANDLIN MCDEVITT, PhD (2006), The University of Memphis [2014]

NICHOLAS SIMPSON, Instructor, MA (2011), The University of Memphis [2015]

AFFILIATE MEMBER

REECE AUGUISTE, Visiting Assistant Professor, MS (2000), Marlboro College [2013]

NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.