| *Alan Rubin, Ph.D. University of
Illinois, 1976 |
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Professor, Interim Director
Research Interests: Media Uses and Effects; Audience Research; Personal and
Mediated Communication; Media News and Entertainment; Political Communication;
Newer Communication Technologies
Current Research Projects: Communication Motivation and Audience
Involvement with Media; Uses and Effects of Radio and Television Talk Shows;
Aggression and
Popular Music; Media and Parasocial Interaction; Using the Internet.
Teaching Interests: Media Uses and Effects;
Political Communication; Quantitative Research Methods; Communication in an
Information Society; Measurement
and Analysis |
| Rozell Duncan, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996 |
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Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Organizational Culture; Organizational Diversity;
Superior/Subordinate Relationships; Immediacy in the Superior/subordinate Relationship;
The use of Power in the Superior/Subordinate Relationship; Uncertainty in the Workplace.
Teaching Interests: Organizational Communication; Nonverbal
Communication; Business and Professional Speaking; Interracial Communication;
Interpersonal Communication; Managerial Communication; Organizational Culture/Diversity;
Rhetorical Criticism; Argumentation; Group Discussion.
Current Research Project: Immediacy in the Superior/Subordinate
Relationship; Boyer's Tenure Considerations; Power in the Superior/Subordinate
Relationship.
Recent Publications: Currently working on a project with other KSU full
and part-time faculty. |
| *Jerry Feezel, Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin, 1971 |
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Professor
Research Interests: Communication in Teaching and Learning: Teaching Assistant
Development; Semantic Analyses of Language; Language and Culture.
Current Research Projects: Language and Reflective Teaching; Verbal
Probability and Uncertainty; Social Acceptability of Language; Teaching Assistant
Development; Verbal/Nonverbal Codes; Communication Terms in Cultures.
Teaching Interests: College Teaching of Communication; Secondary Methods
of Teaching Speech; Language and Meaning; Interpersonal Communication. |
| *Nichole
Egbert, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2000 |
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Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Health Communication; Social
Support Processes; Emotion, Attitude and Persuasion; Relational and
Interpersonal Communication
Current Research Projects: Uncertainty in the Provision of Social
Support by Hospice volunteers; Mood and social support Quality; Health Talk
in Social Networks
Teaching Interests: Health Communication; Organizational
Communication; Training and Development; Nonverbal Communication; Theory;
Quantitative Methods; Relational Communication |
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| *Paul
Haridakis, Ph.D., Kent State
University, 2000 |
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Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Media Uses and
Effects; New Communication Technologies; Media Policy and Regulation;
Freedom of Expression; Media Ethics
Current Research Projects: Uses and Effects of Television Violence;
Regulation of Television Content; The First Amendment and the Internet;
Media Coverage of Judicial Processes.
Teaching Interests: Speech in a Free Society; Communication
Process; Research Methods; Senior Seminar. |
| *Janet Meyer, Ph.D., University
of Michigan, 1989 |
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Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Communication and cognitive
processes, Cognitive
editing, Message production, Persuasion, Interpersonal
Communication, Communication theory
Current Research Projects: Regretted messages,
Cognitive representation of request situations, Cognitive editing, Secondary
goals in message production
Teaching Interests: Communication Theory,
Persuasion, Communication Research Methods, Interpersonal Communication |
Nancy Mitchell, Ph.D., University of Iowa
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Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, College of Fine & Professional Arts
Teaching Interests: Criticism of Public
Discourse, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism |
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| *Robyn
Parker, Ph.D., Wayne State University,
2001 |
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Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Telework; New communication technologies; Impact of
distributed patterns of work on organizational structures; Communication
Channel Selection and Effects; Organizational Identification.
Current Research Projects: Managerial patterns of influence in
telecommuting success; Qualitative assessment of organizational
identification; Examining the effects of merger and acquisition on employee
levels of organizational connection; Channel selection model testing.
Teaching Interests: Organizational Communication; Training & Development;
Computer Mediated Communication; Managerial Communication & Team Building;
Qualitative Research Methods. |
| David Powers, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996 |
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| Assistant Professor |
| Bruce Riddle, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994 |
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| Assistant Professor |
| *Rebecca Rubin, Ph.D.,
University of Illinois, 1975 |
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Professor
Research Interests: Interpersonal Communication; Personal and Mediated
Communication; Communication Competence; Impression Formation and Relationship
Development; Interpersonal Communication Motives; Instructional Communication.
Current Research Projects: Interpersonal Motives, Media Use, and New
Technologies; Interpersonal Communication Competence; Communication Measurement;
Communication Cognition; Communication Situations and Contexts.
Teaching Interests: Interpersonal Communication; Quantitative Research
Methods; Communication Competence; Measurement and Analysis; Theories of Communication;
Communication Inquiry |
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| FULL TIME
FACULTY REGIONAL
FACULTY PART TIME FACULTY |
| Regional Campus Faculty |
| *Carole Barbato, Ph.D., Kent
State University, 1994 |
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Associate Professor
Research Interests: Small Group Decision-Making; Argumentativeness; Interpersonal
Communication Motives; Communication and Aging
Current Research Projects: Interpersonal Communication Motive between
Parents and Children; Argumentativeness in the Decision and Communication Outcomes of
Small Groups; Argumentativeness of Children and their Parents.
Teaching Interests: Interpersonal Communication; Small Group
Communication and Team building; Foundations of communication Inquiry. |
| Jeffrey A. Nelson, Ph.D.,
University of Michigan, 1973 |
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Associate Professor
Research Interests: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Media Criticism.
Current Research Projects: Social Movements; Rhetoric of Religion.
|Teaching Interests: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism |
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Part
Time Faculty |
| Mary Anne Higgins, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1992 |
|
| Instructor |
| Lorie Hopp, M.A., Kent State University, 1984 |
|
| Instructor |
| Carole Kane, B.A., Kent State University, 1962 |
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| Instructor |
| Bruce Landis, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1988 |
|
| Instructor |
| David Trebing, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1990 |
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Instructor
Research Interests: History and Criticism of Public Address; The Rhetoric's of
Art, Music and Popular Culture; Movement Studies; Rhetorical Epistemology
Current Research Projects: The Rhetoric of the Motorcyclists' Rights
Movement; "From 'On the Beach' to 'The Day After': The Nuclear Holocaust Genre";
"Something Warm and Fuzzy in Your Inbox: ePhilosophy on the Net"
Teaching Interests: Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Theory, Political
Rhetoric, American Popular Culture, Public Speaking |
| Marie Whaley, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982 |
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| Instructor |
Emeriti Faculty |
| William I. Gorden, Ph.D.,
Purdue University, 1958 |
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Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Research Interests: Organizational Culture and Member Rights, Commitment,
Freedom of Speech, Values, Ethics and Relationships, Quality in Organizations.
Current Research Projects: Superior-Subordinate Communication; Employee
Rights; Organizational Citizenship; Socialization in Society and at Work; Teamwork. |
| *D. Ray Heisey, Ph.D.,
Northwestern University, 1964 |
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Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus of
Communication Studies
Research Interests: Rhetoric of National Leaders; Conflict and
Revolutionary Movements; International and Intercultural Communication.
Current Research Projects: Rhetoric of Scandinavia, China and the
Middle East; International Crises and the Rhetoric of National Leaders; Apologia. |
| Dominic A. Infante, Ph.D.,
Kent State University, 1971 |
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Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies
Research Interests: Argumentativeness; Verbal Aggressiveness; Personality
and Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Family Violence; Spousal Abuse.
Current Research Projects: Verbal Aggression; Nonverbal Communication and
Aggressiveness; Aggressive Communication and Corporal Punishment. |
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*Graduate Faculty
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