Wendy Atkins-Sayre, Department Chair (Ph.D. University of Georgia) Rhetoric, Identity, Critical Regionalism and the South, Social Protest and Change
	David L. Appleby, Professor (M.F.A., Temple University) Film and Video Production; Cinematography; Documentary History and Theory
	Antonio de Velasco, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Emory University) Rhetoric and Social Theory; U.S. Political Discourse; Rhetorical Pedagogy
	Amanda Nell Edgar, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Missouri) Media Studies and Rhetoric
	Roxana L. Gee, Associate Professor (M.A., University of Memphis) Video and Film Production
	Joy V. Goldsmith, Professor (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma) Health literacy; Health intervention development; Caregiver training; Oncology and chronic care
	David Goodman, Assistant Professor (MFA, University of North Texas) Film and Video Production
	Katherine G. Hendrix, Professor (Ph.D., University of Washington) Qualitative Research Methods; Instructional, Intercultural and Interpersonal Communication
	Lauren Johnsen, Instructor (MA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Interpersonal and Family Communication
	Andre E. Johnson, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Memphis) African-American Rhetoric
	Marty Lang, Assistant Professor (MFA, California State University, Northridge; MFA, Florida State University) Film and Video Production; Screenwriting, Directing and Producing
	Marina Levina, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D., University of Illinois) Critical Cultural Studies; Media Studies
	Gray Matthews, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) Contemplative Philosophy; Relational and Critical Theory
	Christina Moss, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Louisiana State University) Southern Identity and Rhetoric, Critical Regionalism, Analysis of Place and Locale, Public Memory, Public Address, Gender and Race Rhetoric
	Steve Ross, Professor Emeritus
	Lori Stallings, Instructor, Undergraduate Coordinator and Director of 2381 (M.A., Marquette University) Oral Communication; Interpersonal Communication
	David F. Stephens Jr, (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University) Social Media, Branding, Race, Black Twitter, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
	Craig O. Stewart, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University) Critical Discourse Studies; Science Communication; Research Methods
	Sachiko Terui, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma) Health Communication
	Cicely Wilson, Online Instructor/Coordinator (Ph.D., University of Memphis)
	Amanda J. Young, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University) Health Literacy; Patient/provider interactions; Qualitative Research; Patient-centered Outcomes Research

	James R. Briscoe, Adjunct Faculty (Ph.D. Communication, University of Memphis) Rhetoric, Political Communication, Health Communication
	Richard Bullington, Adjunct Faculty (M.A. Communication, University of Memphis) Rhetoric, Political Communication, Health Communication
	Daniel Linton, Adjunct Faculty (MA Communication, University of Memphis)
	Cynthia Runions, Adjunct Professor (M.A., University of Memphis) Media Studies, Film History, Theory, and Criticism; Communication Studies