Department Directory
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Edward Ackerley Career Track – Eller College of Management ackerley@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-2548 Office: McClelland Hall 323 Dr. Ed Ackerley teaches undergraduate courses in professional creative communication, advertising, and creativity. COMM 314 is a professional communication class focusing on creativity. COMM 404 is about creativity and leadership. His classes won first place nationally for Honda and AT&T,... |
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Kawther Albader Masters Student kawtheralbader@arizona.edu Office: Communication 115 [more information] |
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Erika Arredondo Academic Advisor earredondo27@arizona.edu Office: Communication 103C I am an alum of the university from Eller College of Management. I was a transfer student from South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. During my time at the UA I held two work-study positions as a Transfer Student Assistant for the Transfer Student Center and a Transfer Student... |
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Analisa Arroyo, Ph.D. Alumna arroyo@uga.edu University of Georgia Faculty Analisa Arroyo earned a Ph.D. in Communication with a minor in Family Studies and Human Development from the University of Arizona in 2013. Her research interests are in health and interpersonal communication. Specifically, Analisa explores... |
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Anjali Ashtaputre, M.A. Alumna ashtaputre@arizona.edu Management Analysis at Superior Court in Maricopa County Anjali Ashtaputre received her Masters degree in the Communication Department at the University of Arizona. She received her B.A. in Communication with a double minor in Journalism and Business from The University... |
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Anita Atwell Seate, Ph.D. Alumna aseate@umd.edu Associate Professor at the University of Maryland Dr. Atwell Seate is a social scientist that researches in the area of intergroup/intercultural communication. Specifically, her research is animated by questions about how people’s identity as members of various social... |
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Juliana Barbati Graduate Teaching Associate jbarbati@arizona.edu After earning her Bachelor’s and MA in Communication from the University of Oklahoma, Jules moved to Tucson to pursue a PhD. Jules’ research interest involves examining the effects of persuasive messages; this main focus manifests in different contexts (e.g., prejudice reduction, in the media,... |
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Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz Alumna BehmMorawitzE@missouri.edu TEL: (573) 882-9786 Office: 108 Switzler Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at University of Missouri Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz's research interests include media effects, emerging media, social identity, stereotyping, and health. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Media & Diversity Center, which... |
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Leila Bighash Assistant Professor lbighash@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-3562 Office: Communication 205 Leila Bighash is an Assistant Professor of Communication. Her research program focuses on organizational processes in networks where information asymmetries are salient, often in online environments. In particular, she is interested in knowledge-sharing, expertise, visibility, and signaling. She... |
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Joseph Bonito Professor jbonito@arizona.edu TEL: Email Only Office: Communication 224 Dr. Bonito earned his Ph.D. in 1997 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Speech Communication. His primary area of interest is small group communication processes, especially characteristics of participation. He is always interested in small group research... |
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Brooke Botos Student Desk Assistant TEL: 520-621-1366 Office: 211 I am currently a freshman majoring in Pre-Business at the Eller College of Management, with the hope of focusing on marketing in the future. I'm... |
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Seth Bradshaw, Ph.D. Alumnus scbradshaw@lcsc.edu Assistant Professor at Lewis-Clark State College Seth Bradshaw (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts. He teaches courses in advertising, strategic communication, social media, public speaking, argumentation, and research methods.... |
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Madison Brown Alumna madisonlbrown@email.arizona.edu Madison Brown is received a dual B.A. degree in Communication and Psychology in Fall 2019 and an M.A. in Communication in Spring 2021 from the University of Arizona. [more information] |
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Steven Brunner, Ph.D. Alumnus srbrunner@ucdavis.edu Lecturer at University of California Davis Dr. Brunner has been teaching in higher education since 2008. He has expertise in communication technologies, interpersonal communication, and public speaking. Dr. Brunner’s favorite course to teach is communication technology... |
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Tricia Burke, B.A., M.A. & Ph.D. Alumna tburke@txstate.edu Associate Professor at Texas State University Dr. Burke teaches a variety of communication courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including research methods, family communication, interpersonal communication, relational communication, health communication, and... |
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Emily Burruel Bonney Online Academic Advisor eburruel@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1112 I am an academic advisor for online students in Communication and Political Science in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. An alum of UA, I completed my BA in Political Science in 2006 and received a master’s degree from Newcastle University in 2010. My background in higher education... |
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Shelby N. Carter Graduate Teaching Associate shelbyncarter@arizona.edu Office: Communication 115A Shelby Carter is from Mayfield, Kentucky and is a master's student in the Department of Communication. In 2019, she received her bachelor of arts degree in Communication and a minor in Marketing from the University of Louisville. Shelby's research interests broadly include social influence,... |
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Jessica Castonguay, Ph.D. Alumna jessica.castonguay@temple.edu Assistant Professor at Temple University [more information] |
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Elena Chabolla Academic Programs Manager ecstauff@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-8240 Office: Communication 211 Elena has worked in a staff capacity at the University of Arizona since April 2012, currently as Academic Programs Manager in the Department of Communication. Before that she worked in the Department of History as a Graduate Coordinator/Program Coordinator, Sr., spending most of her time on... |
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Yunjin Choi Graduate Teaching Associate ychoi@arizona.edu Office: Communication 203 [more information] |
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Eunjoo Choi Graduate Teaching Associate echoi1@arizona.edu Office: Communication 111 [more information] |
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Bethany A. Conway-Silva, Ph.D. Alumna baconway@calpoly.edu Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University Dr. Bethany Anne Conway-Silva joined the department of Communication Students at California Polytechnic State University in fall 2015. Her research agenda focuses on the intersection of mass and political... |
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R. Amanda Cooper Graduate Teaching Associate ramandacooper@arizona.edu Office: Communication 110 Amanda Cooper is a master's student in the Department of Communication. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Studies from Utah State University. Her research interest is in the intersection of interpersonal, family, and health communication. Specifically she is interested... |
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Antonio Coronado, B.A. & M.A. Alumnus amcoronado@arizona.edu J.D. Candidate at Northeastern University School of Law Antonio Coronado earned his B.A. and M.A. in the Communication Department. He received his B.A. in Communication with triple minors in Spanish, French, and Gender & Women Studies from The University of Arizona.... |
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Benjamin E. Custer, Ph.D. Alumnus becuster@email.arizona.edu Benjamin E. Custer (PhD, University of Arizona, 2020) is a communication researcher and instructor who is a 2x Fulbright grantee in Bulgaria (2021-2022, 2022-2023). In 2019, he won UArizona’s Department of Communication Excellence in Teaching Award and Kory Floyd Graduate Fellowship in... |
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Leah Dajches Alumna ldajches@email.arizona.edu Postdoctoral Scholar at Pennsylvania State University Leah Dajches (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2022) is a postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University working on the News Literacy Initiative. Her research focuses on media representation and effects as it... |
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Dana Dinsmore Alumna danadinsmore@email.arizona.edu Dana Dinsmore completed her Ph.D. in 2022. Her dissertation focused on the relationship between partner communication and depressive symptoms. She is currently a data analyst and communication consultant and teaches... |
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Andrés Domínguez Graduate Program Coordinator dad4@arizona.edu Office: 520-621-0505 Andrés... |
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Ed Donnerstein Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus edonners@arizona.edu Ed Donnerstein’s major research interests are in mass-media violence, as well as mass media policy. He has published over 240 scientific articles in these general areas and serves on the editorial boards of a number of academic journals in both psychology and communication. He was a member of... |
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Michael Dues Lecturer Emeritus mdues@arizona.edu Michael Dues (Ph.D., Communication and American Studies, Indiana University, 1973) Dr. Dues studies and teaches organizational communication, conflict management, and argumentation. He is a former head of the Department of Communication, and a past President of the Arizona Communication... |
