• Faculty
  • Dr. Katherine L. Adams
  • Dr. Kevin J. Ayotte
  • Dr. Diane M. Blair
  • Dr. John A. Cagle
  • Dr. Connie J. Conlee
  • Dr. Craig Fowler
  • Dr. Douglas Fraleigh
  • Dr. Scott D. Moore
  • Dr. Shane Moreman
  • Dr. Marnel Niles
  • Dr. Robert Powell
  • Dr. Erin Rand
  • Dr. Devendra Sharma
  • Dr. Sally Cahill Tannenbaum
  • Dr. W. Richard Ullmann
• Part-Time Faculty, Lecturers and Teaching Associates
• Research Activities
• Faculty Resource Links

Faculty

Our faculty represents the finest combination of teaching and research.  The faculty has amassed numerous awards and recognitions both on our campus and across our discipline.  Our faculty includes some of the most respected academicians within the field of communication. Our scholars have produced a prolific amount of research, with many books, journal articles, book chapters and convention papers.  They sit on editorial boards and actively hold leadership positions throughout our discipline. 

Review faculty accomplishments on our research activities page and on our news page.

Emeriti Faculty

R. Gene Anderson, Ph.D. University of Colorado
Communication Education / Instructional Communication / Verbal Interaction Analysis / Questioning Strategies / Classroom Discipline
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Hal Bochin, Ph.D. University of Indiana
History of American Public Address / Rhetorical Criticism / Argumentation & Debate / Group Discussion

Melanie Bloom, Ph.D. Ohio University
Culture & Learning Styles / Intercultural Communication / Male-female Communication / Instructional Communication / Interpersonal Communication

Carl W. Carmichael, Ph.D. University of Iowa
Communication Aspects of Aging / Social Linguistics / Persuasion

George E. Diestel, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Rhetorical & Communication Theory / Humanities / Computer Applications, Statistics, & Research Methods / Freedom of Speech / Silence / Leadership / Holocaust Studies

L. Ralph Hennings, Ph.D. University of Oregon
Humanities / Post Modernism / Rhetorical Theory / Rhetorical Criticism / Political Communication / British Studies / Philosophy

David Natharius, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Interpersonal & Group Communication / Gender Communication / Experiential Learning / Conflict Management / The Humanities

David Quadro, Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles
Argumentation / American Public Address / Rhetorical Theory

Emeriti Faculty (Deceased)

Vincent L. Bloom, Ph.D. Ohio University
Family Communication / Interpersonal Communication / Communication Theory / Communication Apprehension / Philosophy of Communication

Howard J. Campbell, Ed.D. University of California at Berkeley
Interpersonal Communication / Instructional Communication / General Semantics / Intercultural Communication

Gail Sorensen, Ed.D. West Virginia University
Instructional Communication

Charles Taylor, Ed.D. University of California at Los Angeles
Oral Communication / General Semantics / Instructional Communication / Intercultural Communication