Dr. Jenna Abetz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. She teaches courses in interpersonal communication, narrative, and identity. At the graduate level, she teaches identity and impression management, focusing on how individuals, groups, and organizations attempt to manage the ways they are perceived by others. Her research focuses on communication within and…
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Graduate Faculty Feature: Dr. Michael Lee
Dr. Michael Lee is an associate professor and the director of graduate studies for the Department of Communication. He teaches courses in political communication, rhetoric, media, composition, argumentation, and the history of the field of communication. His research focuses on political identity and language in the U.S., and he has won 12 awards for scholarship…
Graduate Faculty Feature: Dr. David Parisi
Dr. David Parisi is an associate professor of emerging media in the Department of Communication who frequently teaches graduate courses including: Social Media; Videogames and Visual Culture; and Media, Communication, and Technocultures. He has given presentations on his work at conferences across the world including the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Germany, Italy, Australia, Japan, and Canada…
Faculty Spotlight-Q&A with Dr. Jenna Abetz
Dr. Jenna Abetz grew up about an hour south of Washington DC, near Fredericksburg VA. She earned her BA in History from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA, and her MA in Women’s Studies from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA. To complete her Ph.D. in Communication Studies, she attended the University of…
Faculty Spotlight- Q&A with Dr. Doug Ferguson
Dr. Douglas Ferguson originally hails from Lima, Ohio. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Ohio State University and his PhD from Bowling Green State in Bowling Green, Ohio, about 30 minutes south of Toledo. Dr. Ferguson is the founding director of the MCOM program, and…
Faculty Spotlight-Q&A with Dr. Beth Sundstrom
Dr. Beth Sundstrom, originally from Massachusetts, is a graduate faculty member for the University of Charleston, South Carolina. She teaches COMM 514: Social Media, COMM 520: Communication Campaigns, and COMM 580: Special Topics in Social Marketing. She is also a member of the Public Health faculty, an associate professor with the Department of Communication, and…