The Graduate Program in Communication: About Us, Faculty

The Graduate Program in Communication: Faculty

Download a list of Graduate Faculty: Faculty List (PDF) 2008-2009 Graduate Committee Membership
Full Primary Members
CHIKE M. ANYAEGBUNAM Associate Professor; B.A. 1975, University of Nigeria; M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1994, University of Iowa. Special areas: Communication and international rural development, integrated strategic communication, rural health communication, participatory communication research and people empowerment.
MICHAEL IRVIN ARRINGTON Assistant Professor; B.A. 1993, University of Southern Mississippi; M.A. 1995, Ph.D. 2002, University of South Florida. Special areas: health communication, social support, narrative inquiry; interpersonal and family communication, African American Studies.
BETH E. BARNES Professor; B.A. 1980, College of William & Mary; M.S.A. 1981, Northwestern University; Ph.D. 1990, Northwestern University. Special areas: Advertising, integrated marketing communication, media research, media audience issues.
DOUGLAS A. BOYD Professor; B.F.A. 1962, University of Texas- Austin; M.A. 1970, University of Maryland; Ph.D. 1972, University of Minnesota. Special areas: Comparative systems of broadcasting, international broadcasting, broadcasting and national development, new media technology.
DONALD O. CASE Professor; B.A. 1976, The Evergreen State College (WA); M.L.S. 1977, Syracuse University; Ph.D. 1984, Stanford University. Special areas: Information-seeking behavior, information technologies, telecommunications policy, social uses and effects of computers.
ALAN D. DeSANTIS Associate Professor; B.A. 1986, James Madison University: M.A. 1988, University of Alabama; Ph.D. 1993, Indiana University. Special areas: Gender, critical studies, qualitative methodology.
NANCY GRANT HARRINGTON Professor; B.A. 1986, M.A. 1987, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D. 1992, University of Kentucky. Special areas: Health communication, persuasive message design in a health behavior change contexts, substance abuse prevention, tailored messaging using computer technology. CURRICULUM VITAE
JAMES K. HERTOG Associate Professor; B.A. 1979, University of Minnesota; M.A. 1981, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D. 1990, University of Minnesota. Special areas: Political communication, social protest and the mass media, political economy of the mass media, text analysis.
J. DAVID JOHNSON Professor; B.S. 1971, M.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1978, Michigan State University. Special areas: information seeking, health communication, innovation, network analysis and organizational communication. CURRICULUM VITAE
RICHARD LABUNSKI Professor; B.A. 1975, University of California-Berkeley; M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1979, University of California-Santa Barbara; J.D. 1994, Seattle University School of Law. Special areas: Media law, new media technology and the First Amendment.
DEREK R. LANE Associate Professor; A.A. 1983, Eastern Wyoming College; B.S. Ed. 1986, Chadron State College; M.A. 1992, University of Nebraska-Kearney; Ph.D. 1996, University of Oklahoma. Special areas: Message reception; instructional communication, interpersonal communication, group communication. CURRICULUM VITAE
THOMAS R. LINDLOF Professor; B.A. 1973, University of Florida; M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1980, University of Texas. Special areas: Social uses and effects of media, audience research, cultural studies of communication, qualitative research methods.
SETH M. NOAR Associate Professor; B.S., 1995, M.A., 1998, Ph.D., 2001, University of Rhode Island. Special areas: Health communication, mass and interactive media, health behavior theory, HIV/STD prevention, meta-analysis.
PHILIP PALMGREEN Professor; B.A. 1967, M.A. 1969, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. 1975, University of Michigan. Special areas: Health communication campaigns, drug abuse and HIV prevention, audience uses of mass communications. CURRICULUM VITAE
DEANNA D. SELLNOW Professor; B.S. 1984, North Dakota State University; M.M. 1987, Wayne State University; Ph.D. 1991, University of North Dakota. Special areas: Instructional communication; educational assessment; popular culture rhetoric (particularly popular music); gender communication.
TIMOTHY L. SELLNOW Professor; B.A. 1982, St. Cloud State University; M.A. 1984, North Dakota State University; Ph.D. 1987 Wayne State University. Special areas: Risk and crisis communication, bioterrorism , global pandemic preparedness planning, food safety, organizational communication.
LAURA STAFFORD Professor; B.A. 1980, Southwest Missouri State University; M.A. 1982, University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D. 1985, University of Texas at Austin. Special areas: Communication theory, interpersonal communication, family communication, gender communication, relational communication in romantic and family relationships in both computer mediated or face-to-face contexts.
RICK S. ZIMMERMAN Professor; B.A. 1978, Stanford University; M.A. 1980, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1983, University of Wisconsin. Special areas: Health communication, social psychology of health, HIV prevention, substance use and abuse.
Associate Primary Members
DEBORAH S. CHUNG Assistant Professor; B.J. 1996, University of Missouri-Columbia; M.S. 1998, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign; Ph.D. 2004, Indiana University at Bloomington. Special areas: Online journalism, participatory communication, interactivity, and new communication technologies.
ELISIA L. COHEN Assistant Professor; B.A., 1997, University of Louisville; M.A., 1999, Wake Forest University; Ph.D., 2003, University of Southern California,. Special areas: Mass communication and culture; health and risk communication; public argument; textual analysis.
PHILLIP HUTCHISON Assistant Professor; B.A. 1979, Drake University; M.S. 1988, University of Utah; Ph.D. 2005, University of Utah. Special Areas: Public Relations; media history; media, culture, and society; historical research methods; critical research methods.
LISA G. O’CONNOR Assistant Professor; B.A., 1986, M.L.I.S., 1995, University of South Carolina; Ph.D., 2006, Kent State University Special areas: Information literacy, educational technologies, business information.
CAROLINE T. RANKIN Assistant Professor; B.A. 1997, The Ohio State University; M.A. 2000, The Ohio State University; Ph.D. 2005, University of Texas at Austin. Special areas: Interpersonal communication, relational communication, interpersonal perception, health communication. CURRICULUM VITAE
KEVIN REAL Assistant Professor; B.A. 1996, University of Akron; M.A. 1998, Ph.D. 2002, Texas A&M University. Special areas: Organizational communication, health communication, group communication, research methods.
MARK STUHLFAUT Assistant Professor; B.A. 1971, University of Minnesota; Ph.D. 2006, Michigan State University. Special areas: Advertising, creativity theory, and creativity training.
ZIXUE TAI Assistant Professor; M.A., 1992, International Journalism, Shanghai International Studies University; M.S.S, 2001, The University of St. Thomas (Minnesota); Ph.D., 2004, The University of Minnesota. Special areas: International/global communication, comparative research in global media systems, new media research, network analysis.
MINA TSAY Assistant Professor; B.A. 2002, University of Michigan, Ph.D. 2007, Pennsylvania State University. Special areas: Psychological and social effects of media, enjoyment of entertainment media, cognitive and emotional mediated responses, appeal of reality-based programming.
CHAN YUN YOO Assistant Professor; B.A. 1998, Hanyang University; M.A. 2000, Ph.D. 2005, University of Texas at Austin. Special areas: New media advertising, consumer behavior, advertising media planning, web interactivity. CURRICULUM VITAE
Full Secondary Members
MICHAEL A. ANDRYKOWSKI Professor; Ph.D. 1984, University of Illinois. Special Areas: Behavioral oncology and cancer control. Impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment upon cancer patients and care givers. Behavioral factors associated with cancer prevention, detection, and diagnosis.
WILLIAM FORTUNE Professor; B.A. 1961, LLB 1964, University of Kentucky. Special Areas: Criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, professional responsibility, civil procedure, litigation skills, remedies, property, state constitutional law.
CARL G. LEUKEFELD Professor; B.S. 1965, Missouri Valley College; M.S.W. 1967, University of Michigan; D.S.W. 1975 Catholic University of America. Special Areas: Health, behavioral change, interventions, and drug abuse.
NANCY E. SCHOENBERG Associate Professor; B.A. 1985, Franklin & Marshall College; M.A. 1987, University of Texas; Ph.D. 1994, University of Florida. Special areas: Cross-cultural health, chronic disease prevention and management, qualitative and complementary methods, populations: rural, African-American and female older adults.
Associate Secondary Members
CHARLES H. GRIFFITH Associate Professor of Medicine; B.A. 1984, Vanderbilt University; M.D. 1988, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; residency, internal medicine-pediatrics, University of Kentucky, 1988-1992; M.S.P.H., University of Kentucky, 1994. Special areas: Environmental influences on doctorpatient communication; the outcomes of teaching and of medical education, including learner outcomes and patient outcomes (such as patient satisfaction).
STEPHEN W. WYATT Professor; D.M.D. 1980, University of Kentucky; Dean, College of Public Health. Special areas: Cancer communication campaigns for skin cancer prevention, tobacco use prevention, screening technologies for breast, cervical colorectal, and prostate cancers, focusing on information decision-making.
Emeriti Members
JAMES L. APPLEGATE Professor; B.A. 1973, Georgetown College (KY); M.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1978, University of Illinois. Special areas: Interpersonal communication, communication theory, discourse processes, psychological and cultural antecedents to communication development, individual differences in communication ability.
JOHN R. BASEHEART Associate Professor; B.A. 1961, M.A. 1963, University of Montana; Ph.D. 1969, Michigan State University. Special areas: Persuasion and attitude change, communication theory.
ROBERT BOSTROM Professor; A.B. 1955, Morningside College; A.M. 1958, Ph.D. 1961, University of Iowa. Special areas: Communication competence, listening, persuasion (communication, attitude and behavior change), interpersonal communication, research methodology, statistics, philosophy of communication, computer programming and modeling.
LEWIS DONOHEW Professor; A.B. 1951, M.A. 1961, University of Kentucky; Ph.D. 1965, University of Iowa. Special areas: Communication and affect, theory construction, communication strategies in decision-making, public communication campaigns.
ROY L. MOORE, Professor; B.A. 1969, Berea College; M.A. 1970, University of Kentucky; Ph.D. 1974, University of Wisconsin-Madison; J.D. 1986, Georgia State University. Special areas: Communication law, consumer behavior, mass media effects, communication theory and methodology.
RAMONA R. RUSH Professor; A.A. 1957, Hutchinson (Kansas) Junior College; B.S. 1959, M.S. 1963, University of Kansas; Ph.D. 1969, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Special areas: Global ecocommunications, international/intercultural communication,communication and conflict resolution, communication technology, minorities and women, mass communication and society, future of mass media.
G. NORMAN VAN TUBERGEN Associate Professor; B.S. 1963, University of New Mexico; M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1968, University of Iowa. Special areas: Q-Methodology, multivariate research methods, mass communication, mass culture, market research.