Carol Ames
Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
Research interests are communications theory and public relations as they relate to the dynamics of the entertainment industry.

Assaf Avni
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Research interests are managing for and nurturing creativity in advertising agencies and organizations, creative strategy, and analysis of advertising creative awards.

Genelle Belmas
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Teaching and research specialties include media law with an emphasis on Internet law, media literacy, computer-assisted reporting, media ethics, and communications technologies.

Jeffrey Brody
M.S., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Teaching and research specialties include the newspaper industry, magazines, literary journalism, ethics, diversity and media, the ethnic press and the Vietnamese American experience.

Olan Farnall
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Teaching and research interests include Web commerce, Web instruction and academic advertising programs, advertising and disability, and media effects in terms of the relationship between the media and audiences.

Anthony Fellow, Chair, Department of Communications
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Teaching and research specialties include media and politics, communications and governance, media history, international communications, and political campaigns.

Brent M. Foster
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia
Teaching and research interests are communication ethics, media addiction, media convergence, TV and radio studio and field production.

Kuen-Hee Ju-Pak
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Teaching and research specialties are interactive brand communication, media (traditional and digital) research, consumer behavior on interactive media, as well as general topics related to advertising.

Dean Kazoleas, APR
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Teaches in public relations and crisis communication. Research interests are public relations, campaigns, international public relations, crisis management

Cynthia King
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Teaching and research areas are public relations, entertainment, and communication theory and research, with particular focus on quantitative and empirical analyses of the content, appeal, uses and effects of entertainment, integrated and social media. Topical interests include humor, health, tourism/hospitality and entertainment genres.

Mark Latonero
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Teaching and research interests center around social and cultural implications of entertainment media and communication technologies.

Paul Lester
Ph.D., Indiana University
Teaching and research interests center around photo journalism and new photography, digital technology, communication ethics, and visual persuasion.

Gail Love
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Teaching and research interests include public relations trends and health communication campaigns, particularly the use of entertainment/education strategies to disseminate health messages to underserved populations.

Coral Ohl
Ph.D., Florida State University
Teaching specialties are entertainment, tourism, script writing, and public relations.

Henry Puente
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Teaching and research interests focus on media diversity issues, film distribution and marketing, and the U.S. Latino market.

Rick Pullen, Dean, College of Communications
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Teaching specialties are ethics, media law, and history. Research areas include freedom of information laws and student press law.

Tony Rimmer
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Teaching and research interests are mass comm, history, theory and research methodologies, professional practices of broadcast journalism, and mass media and politics.

Shay Sayre
Ed.D., University of San Diego
Teaching specialties include entertainment, travel and tourism, advertising and marketing communications. Research interests focus on using qualitative methods to investigate global communication, audience behavior, tourism, entertainment, and media cultures.

Andi Stein
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Teaching and research interests are in journalism, public relations, academic integrity, media management, and change management.

Laura Triplett
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Teaching specialties include theory, research methods, mass media effects, persuasion, social psychology, body aesthetics, and entertainment public relations. Research interests include the social implications of physical appearance, the effects of mass media on women, specifically the social impact of media depictions of women, stereotyping, and social stigma.

Ed Trotter
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Acting Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Programs and away from the Department 2008-2009 Academic Year.

Robert Wheeler
E.D.M., Case Western Reserve University
Research interests are advertising and marketing of small business and nonprofit organizations, spokesperson selection, alternative media, database marketing and direct marketing, and communication and marketing education.

Diane F. Witmer, APR, Fellow PRSA
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Areas of specialty include public relations strategies and management, communication research, and pedagogy.

Mark Wu
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Research interests are primarily in Internet/interactive advertising and online consumer behavior. Teaching areas include advertising, with a special interest in interactive advertising/communications.

Fred Zandpour
Ph.D., University of Washington
Teaching and research focuses on international advertising, persuasive communications, and integrated marketing communications campaigns.