Faculty Members
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Edward Ackerley Adjunct Lecturer ackerley@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... |
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Leila Bighash Assistant Professor lbighash@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... |
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Joseph Bonito Professor jbonito@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... |
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Benjamin E. Custer Adjunct Lecturer becuster@email.arizona.edu Benjamin E. Custer (PhD, University of Arizona, 2020) is a communication researcher and instructor. In 2019, he won UArizona’s Department of Communication Excellence in Teaching Award and Kory Floyd Graduate Fellowship in Interpersonal Relations. He is also the recipient of a Top Four Paper... |
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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... |
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Kory Floyd Professor koryfloyd@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 16 books and over 100 scientific papers and book chapters, and he has served as editor-in-chief of Communication Monographs and... |
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Rosalind Greene Adjunct Lecturer rgreene@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 591-4058 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 315 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... |
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Jake Harwood Professor jharwood@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-8681 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 107 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... |
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Susan Holland Professor of Practice (Career Track: Not advising graduate students) susanholland@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-7367 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 102 Susan Holland is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Communication. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, she was a Professor of Practice at Southern Methodist University. Susan has more than 15 years of interdisciplinary teaching experience within the following areas: business... |
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Kate Kenski Professor kkenski@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3066 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 202 Dr. Kate Kenski (Ph.D. 2006, University of Pennsylvania) is a Professor in the Department of Communication where she teaches political communication, public opinion, and research methods. Prior to teaching at the University of Arizona, she was a senior analyst at the Annenberg Public Policy... |
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Dam Hee Kim Assistant Professor damheekim@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... |
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Dale Kunkel Professor Emeritus kunkel@arizona.edu TEL: (805) 448-5892 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... |
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Matthew A. Lapierre Assistant Professor mlapierre@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 health and well-being, particularly among children/families. Research projects include investigations of the influence of marketing cues on children’s consumer behavior, the development of... |
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Diana Leonard Senior Lecturer & Director of Public Speaking dleonard@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3052 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 315 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... |
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Rain Wuyu Liu Assistant Professor rainliu@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-3062 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 105 Rain Wuyu Liu is an Assistant Professor of Communication. She was born and raised in China. After receiving her bachelor’s degree from Southwest University in her home country, she came to the United States in 2010, where she received her M.A. in Public Relations from the University of Miami in... |
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Maggie Pitts Associate Professor & Associate Dean of the Graduate College mjpitts@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-0420 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 222 Maggie Pitts (PhD, Penn State, 2005) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Associate Dean at the Graduate College at the University of Arizona. She is also Immediate Past President of the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (2018-2020). Her ... |
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Stephen Rains Professor srains@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... |
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Chris Segrin Professor & Department Head segrin@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... |
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Patricia Sias Professor psias@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... |
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Carolyn Smith Casertano Professor of Practice (Career Track: Not advising graduate students) carolynsmith@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-1267 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 101 Carolyn Smith Casertano, APR, is a Professor of Practice 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... |
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Jennifer Stevens Aubrey Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies jlsa@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-7077 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 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... |
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Kyle Tusing Professor (Career Track: Not advising graduate students) & Director of Undergraduate Studies kjt@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-8771 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 201 Kyle Tusing (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) 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,... |
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Bo Yang Assistant Professor byang1@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-0231 FAX: (520) 621-5504 Office: Communication 317 Dr. Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. Her research examines the intersection of health communication, strategic communication, and new media from a social scientific perspective. The primary topics of her research include how message features and audience... |
