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Communication Faculty

General Information

Faculty

Course Descriptions

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Graduate Degree Requirements

 

Michael Beatty, Professor*; Chairperson
Ph.D., Ohio State University

Thomas McPhail, Professor*
Ph.D., Purdue University

Michael Murray, Curators'Distinguished Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Donald Shields, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Rita Csapo-Sweet, Associate Professor
Ed.D., Harvard University

James Fay, Associate Professor*
M.F.A., Tulane University

Elizabeth Kizer, Associate Professor Emerita
Ph.D., Purdue University

Alice E. Hall, Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,University of Pennsylvania

Alan D. Heisel, Assistant Professor
Ed.D., West Virginia University

Betty H. LaFrance,  Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University

C. Thomas Preston,  Associate Professor*
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Leighanne Heisel, Lecturer
M.A., West Virginia University

Clark McMillion, Lecturer
M.A., State University College of  New York at Brockport

Sidney Savan, Lecturer
B.S., Washington University

*members of Graduate Faculty

The faculty represents many fields within the discipline of communication including  interpersonal communication, organizational communication, mass communication, and rhetoric in addition to related disciplines such as film and media history, media production, and public relations.  Most faculty members contribute to the continued growth of the knowledge base, publishing the results of their research in scholarly journals and presenting papers at national and international professional conferences.  Other faculty members engage in creative activities.  By integrating theory, research, and practice, the faculty is able to offer a comprehensive approach to contemporary communication problems.