Faculty Members

	Edward Ackerley Adjunct Lecturer ackerley@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-7479 Office: McClelland Hall 330 Dr. Ed Ackerley teaches undergraduate courses in professional creative communication, advertising and creativity. COMM 314 is a professional communication class focusing on creativity. His classes won first place nationally for Honda and AT&T, and second place in the Credit Karma Brand... [more information]
	Chelsie Akers Adjunct Lecturer cakers@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1366 FAX: (520) 621-5504 [more information]
	Leila Bighash Assistant Professor lbighash@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520)621-3562 FAX: (520)621-5504 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... [more information]
	Joseph Bonito Professor jbonito@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1366 FAX: (520) 621-5504 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... [more information]
	Ed Donnerstein Professor and Dean Emeritus edonners@email.arizona.edu TEL: 5206211366 FAX: 5206215504 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... [more information]
	Michael Dues Lecturer Emeritus mdues@email.arizona.edu TEL: 5206211366 FAX: 5206215504 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... [more information]
	Kory Floyd Professor koryfloyd@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-8236 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 321 Kory Floyd's research focuses on the communication of affection in close relationships and its effects on stress and physiological functioning. He has written 15 books and over 100 scientific papers and book chapters, and has served as editor-in-chief of Communication Monographs and the Journal... [more information]
	Rosalind Greene Adjunct Lecturer rgreene@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1366 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 105 Rosalind is an adjunct lecturer teaching Communication and the Legal Process. She is a Trial Consultant with Advanced Jury Research, co-chair of the Professional Standards Committee of the American Society of Trial Consultants, a member of the State Bar of Arizona. She received her J.D. from... [more information]
	Rachel Hahn Adjunct Lecturer rachelhahn@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1366 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Areas of Expertise include: Public Speaking Professional and Academic Writing Job Searching Instructional Design and Implementation Assessment Design Media Effects [more information]
	Jake Harwood Department Head & Professor jharwood@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1366 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 205 Jake Harwood is a Professor of Communication. He received his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1994. His research focuses on intergroup communication with a particular focus on age groups, and on the role of music in intergroup relations. He is the... [more information]
	Kate Kenski Associate Professor kkenski@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3066 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 202 Kate Kenski (Ph.D. 2006, University of Pennsylvania) teaches political communication, public opinion, and research methods at the Department of Communication at the University of Arizona. Prior to teaching at the UofA, she was a Senior Analyst at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the... [more information]
	Dam Hee Kim Assistant Professor damheekim@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520)621-0953 FAX: (520)621-5504 Office: Communication 219 Dam Hee Kim (Ph.D., University of Michigan, Homepage) is an Assistant Professor of Communication. With her cross-disciplinary background in communication and business, Dam Hee Kim’s research focuses on the social, political and... [more information]
	Aimee King Adjunct Lecturer aimeek@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3062 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 315 [more information]
	Dale Kunkel Professor Emeritus kunkel@email.arizona.edu TEL: (805) 448-5892 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Dr. Dale Kunkel (Ph.D., Annenberg School, University of Southern California, 1984) is Professor of Communication at the University of Arizona. Kunkel studies children and media issues from diverse perspectives, including television effects research as well as assessments of media industry... [more information]
	Matthew Lapierre Assistant Professor mlapierre@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5512 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 217 Professor Lapierre is an Assistant Professor of Communication. His research explores how media affects the health and well-being of children/families. Research projects include investigations of the influence of marketing cues on children’s consumer behavior, the development of children’s... [more information]
	Diana Leonard Adjunct Lecturer & Director of Public Speaking dleonard@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3052 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 105 Diana Leonard, Ph.D., joined The Department of Communication at The University of Arizona in Fall, 2000 as an Adjunct Instructor and Director of Public Speaking. Her current course teaching includes small group, argumentation, introduction and advanced public speaking. Dr. Leonard also served as... [more information]
	Donald Mounce Adjunct Lecturer TEL: (520) 626-3062 FAX: 520-621-5504 Office: Communication 315 Don Mounce has been in the field of communications since he was age 14, working in news, sports, and public affairs on commercial radio during high school, college, and continuing professionally after college. He then became involved in trade association management and communications, and later... [more information]
	Maggie Pitts Director of Graduate Studies & Associate Professor mjpitts@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-7080 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: COMM 222 Maggie Pitts (PhD, Penn State, 2005) is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Arizona. She is also President of the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (2016-2018). Her program of research centers on... [more information]
	Stephen Rains Professor srains@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3065 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 319 Steve Rains (M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) is Professor of Communication at the University of Arizona. He also holds appointments in the Department of Psychology and the Arizona Cancer Center. His research is situated in the general areas of communication... [more information]
	Chris Segrin Professor segrin@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1366 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 220 Chris Segrin (Ph.D. 1990, University of Wisconsin) is a behavioral scientist whose specialty is interpersonal relationships and mental health. His research focuses on social skills, relationship development and satisfaction, and such problems as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and marital... [more information]
	Patricia Sias Professor psias@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1553 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 204 Patty Sias received her doctoral degree in Organizational Communication, with a cognate area in Management, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Dr. Sias specializes in organizational communication and conducts research on workplace relationships, uncertainty, and leadership. She has... [more information]
	Carolyn Smith Casertano Adjunct Lecturer carolynsmith@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3062 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 315 Carolyn Smith Casertano is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Communication. She received her MA in Communication and Leadership from Gonzaga University and her BA in Journalism from the University of Arizona. She is an award-winning communications professional with over two decades of... [more information]
	Jennifer Stevens Aubrey Associate Professor jlsa@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-7077 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: 219 Dr. Jennifer Stevens Aubrey (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004) teaches classes on media, mass communication theory, and child and adolescent development in the Department of Communication at the University of Arizona. With an emphasis on gender and child/adolescent development, her research... [more information]
	Kyle Tusing Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies kjt@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-8771 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 201 Kyle Tusing (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000) specializes in social influence and interpersonal communication. He regularly teaches Communication 101, the introductory course to the major. He also has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on public speaking, communication theory... [more information]