2009-10 University Catalog

Faculty - School of Journalism and Mass Communication

School faculty members have major-market experience in TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, and advertising. Among the faculty are leading researchers on communication policy; technology and social change; media, religion and culture; marketing and visual communication; international media development; audience behavior; and mass media law.

PAUL S. VOAKES, dean; professor. BA, University of California, Davis; MJ, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

LEN ACKLAND, associate professor. BA, University of Colorado; MA, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

JOANNE EASLEY ARNOLD, professor emerita.

SHU-LING C. BERGGREEN, associate professor. BA, Fu-Zen University; MS, Southern Illinois University; PhD, University of Tennessee.

P. DELBERT BRINKMAN, dean emeritus and professor emeritus.

ANDREW CALABRESE, associate dean; professor. BA, Denison University; MA, PhD, Ohio State University.

DESERAI CROW, assistant professor. BS, University of Colorado at Boulder; MPA, University of Colorado Denver; PhD, Duke University.

MELINDA KIGER CHEVAL, senior instructor. BS, West Virginia University School of Journalism.

PAUL DAUGHERTY, instructor. BA, MA, University of Colorado at Boulder.

THOMAS R. DUNCAN, professor emeritus.

NABIL ECHCHAIBI, assistant professor. BA, Mohammed V University, Morocco; MA, PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington.

SANDRA FISH, instructor. BS, MA, Iowa State University.

KENDRA L. GALE, assistant professor. BA, St. Olaf College; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

LEONA HOOD, assistant professor. BJ, University of Missouri; MA, PhD, University of Colorado.

STEWART HOOVER, professor. BA, McPherson College; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania.

STEPHEN B. JONES, assistant dean; senior instructor. BA, MA, West Virginia University; PhD, University of Utah.

FRANK L. KAPLAN, professor emeritus.

HUN SHIK KIM, assistant professor. BA, Chung-Ang University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri.

SAM KUCZUN, professor emeritus.

MICHAEL J. McDEVITT, associate professor. AB, University of California, Berkeley; MA, San Jose State University; PhD, Stanford University.

POLLY E. McLEAN, associate professor. BA, Richmond College, City University of New York; MS, Columbia University; PhD, University of Texas.

BELLA MODY, James de Castro Chair in Global Media Studies; professor. BA, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi University, India; MA Communication, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Gujarat University, India.

SANDRA E. MORIARTY, professor emerita.

MARGUERITE J. MORITZ, UNESCO chair; professor. BS, MS, PhD, Northwestern University.

MAURA TROESTER NUNEZ, assistant professor. BA, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Diplome de Langue Francaise (Troisieme Degree), Alliance Francaise, Paris; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

JANICE A. PECK, associate professor. BA, University of Utah; MA, University of Washington; PhD, Simon Fraser University.

PATRICIA RAYBON, professor emerita.

ROBERT B. RHODE, professor emeritus.

BRETT ROBBS, associate professor. BA, Rhodes College; MA, PhD, Vanderbilt University.

WILLARD D. ROWLAND, JR., dean emeritus and professor emeritus.

JAMES SHEELER, scholar-in-residence. BA, Colorado State University. MA, University of Colorado at Boulder.

ELIZABETH A. SKEWES, assistant professor. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MA, Ohio State University; PhD, Syracuse University.

DAVID SLAYDEN, associate professor. BA, Southern Illinois University; MA, University of Chicago; PhD, Indiana University.

RICK STEVENS, assistant professor. BS, Abilene Christian University; PhD, University of Texas.

MICHAEL TRACEY, professor. BA, University of Exeter; PhD, University of Leicester.

ROBERT TRAGER, professor. BA, San Francisco State College; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota; JD, Stanford University.

JAN WHITT, associate professor. BA, MA, Baylor University; PhD, University of Denver.

THOMAS YULSMAN, associate professor. BA, Harpur College, State University of New York at Binghamton; MS, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.