Faculty

Find out more about the research interests of our graduate faculty by viewing these faculty interview videos:  Faculty Videos

Full-Time Faculty

	Wendy Atkins-Sayre, Department Chair and Professor (Ph.D. University of Georgia) Rhetoric, Identity, Critical Regionalism and the South, Social Protest and Change
	Kellie Brownlee, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Colorado State University)
	Antonio de Velasco, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Emory University) Rhetoric and Social Theory; U.S. Political Discourse; Rhetorical Pedagogy
	Amanda Nell Edgar, Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Missouri) Media Studies and Rhetoric
	Tracy Sadlak Giovanetti, Assistant Professor of Teaching (Ed.D., University of Memphis)
	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
	Kristen Simone Hill, Assistant Professor of Teaching (MA, University of Memphis) Film and Video Production
	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, Professor (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
	Alexander Morales, Assistant Professor of Teaching (Ph.D., University of Georgia, completing degree summer 2023)
	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
	Christine Nyawaga, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Wayne State University, completing summer 2023)
	Elja Roy, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Film and Video Production, Environmental Communication, Critical Media
	Lori Stallings, Assistant Professor of Teaching, and Director of 2381 (M.A., Marquette University) Oral Communication; Interpersonal Communication
	David F. Stephens Jr, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Bowling Green State University) Social Media, Branding, Race, Black Twitter, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
	Craig O. Stewart, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University) Critical Discourse Studies; Science Communication; Research Methods
	Amanda J. Young, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University) Health Literacy; Patient/provider interactions; Qualitative Research; Patient-centered Outcomes Research

Emeritus Faculty

	David L. Appleby, Professor Emeritus
	Katherine G. Hendrix, Professor Emeritus
	Steve Ross, Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty

	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