Moody College of Communication Faculty
The following faculty list represents those appointed in the 2018 spring semester.
Michael D Akel, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BS, Missouri State University, 1996
Wiley Akins, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BFA, University of North Texas, 1976
Miguel A Alvarez, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Rosental C Alves, Professor
Knight Chair in Journalism
Journalism
BA, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1976
Henry A Anderson, Associate Professor Emeritus
Journalism
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1975
Joan M Balash, Specialist
Communication Sciences and Disorders
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1987
Dawna Ballard, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2002
Micah R Barber, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Joshua Ben Barbour, Assistant Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
Benjamin L Bays, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BA, University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Lisa M Bedore, Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Purdue University Main Campus, 1998
Mary C Beltran, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2002
Charles E Berg, Professor
Joe M. Dealey, Sr. Professorship in Media Studies
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1987
Jay Michael Bernhardt, Professor
Walter Cronkite Regents Chair in Communication, DeWitt C. Reddick Regents Chair in Communication
Communication Studies
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999
Karen Bernstein, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
HS/GED, , 1979
Mark E Bernstein, Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
EdD, Boston University, 1980
Mary A Bock, Assistant Professor
Communication Studies
Journalism
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
Casey A Boyle, Assistant Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of South Carolina - Columbia, 2011
Paul Brady, Lecturer
BSPR, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Robert B Brenner, Professor
G. B. Dealey Regents Professorship in Journalism
Journalism
BA, Oberlin College, 1983
Larry D Browning, Professor Emeritus
Communication Studies
PhD, Ohio State U Main Campus, 1973
Barry Brummett, Professor
Charles Sapp Centennial Professorship in Communication
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1978
Gene A Burd, Associate Professor Emeritus
Journalism
PhD, Northwestern University, 1964
Michael Butterworth, Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Indiana University at Bloomington, 2006
Courtney T Byrd, Associate Professor
William David Blunk Memorial Professorship
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2003
Julia Campbell, Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2015
Angela A Carey, Clinical Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
AuD, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, 2009
Craig A Champlin, Professor
Lillie Hage Jamail Centennial Professorship
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Kansas Main Campus, 1987
Bharath Chandrasekaran, Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Purdue University Main Campus, 2008
Andrew D Chavez, Lecturer
Journalism
MS, Texas Christian University, 2010
Karma Ruth Chavez, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Arizona State University Main, 2007
Gina Chen, Assistant Professor
Journalism
PhD, Syracuse University Main Campus, 2012
Wenhong Chen, Associate Professor
Journalism
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Toronto, 2007
Richard A Cherwitz, Professor
Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professorship in Communication
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Iowa, 1978
Deepak J Chetty, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Hsiang I Chyi, Associate Professor
Journalism
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Renita B Coleman, Professor
Journalism
PhD, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2001
James B Colson, Professor Emeritus
Journalism
MA, University of California-Los Angeles, 1961
Martin R Cox, Senior Lecturer
Communication Studies
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
Isabella C Cunningham, Professor
Stan Richards Chair in Advertising and Public Relations Strategy
PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1972
Joe H Cutbirth, Lecturer
Communication Studies
PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2011
Tracy S Dahlby, Professor
Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Chair in Journalism
Journalism
AM, Harvard University, 1976
Rene M Dailey, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2005
Rodger M Dalston, Professor Emeritus
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Northwestern University, 1972
John A Daly, Professor
Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Centennial Professorship in Business Communication, Frank A. Liddell, Sr. Centennial Professorship in Communication
Communication Studies
PhD, Purdue University Main Campus, 1977
Dennis C Darling, Professor
Journalism
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973
Barbara L Davis, Professor Emeritus
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1986
D D Davis, Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, 1995
Katherine Winkler Dawson, Senior Lecturer
Journalism
MS, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2003
Donna De Cesare, Associate Professor
Journalism
MPhil, University of Essex, 1979
Eileen Flynn Delao, Lecturer
Journalism
BA, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 1998
Lisa Z Dobias
BSAdv, University of Texas at Austin, 1989
David H Donaldson, Lecturer
Journalism
JD, University of Texas at Austin, 1976
Erin Eileen Donovan, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
Anthony David Dudo, Associate Professor
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
Catherine T Eaton, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Maryland College Park, 2014
Drew Ferrante, Lecturer
BA, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1990
John F Fiege, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
James A Fino, Lecturer
BS, University of Texas at Austin, 1988
Jessica Franco, Clinical Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Caroline J Frick, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Kathryn Fuller, Professor
William P. Hobby Centennial Professorship in Communication
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1992
Walter R Garcia-Buckalew, Lecturer
Journalism
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1993
Andrew S Garrison, Professor
Radio-Television-Film
BA, Antioch University, 1974
Mikala J Gibson, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BA, University of the Incarnate Word, 2000
Lalitha Gopalan, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Rochester, 1993
Amanda B Gotera, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Paul H Gray, Professor Emeritus
Communication Studies
PhD, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1966
Zenzi M Griffin, Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
Joshua G Gunn, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2002
Liberty Hamilton, Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2013
Sharon E Jarvis, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Roderick P Hart, Professor
Allan Shivers Centennial Chair in Communication
Communication Studies
PhD, Pennsylvania State University Park, 1970
David Libby Hays, Senior Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Southern California, 1987
Felicia D Henderson, Assistant Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of California-Los Angeles, 2004
Sarah Hennigan, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Maya L Henry, Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Arizona, 2009
Nickole Ann Hines Staples, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
MA, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 2006
Donald W Howard, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1988
Michelle Hsieh Pho, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Dina D Inman Ramgolam, Lecturer
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Robert W Jensen, Professor
E. M. "Ted" Dealey Professorship in the Business of Journalism
Journalism
PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1992
Thomas Jerrold Johnson, Professor
Amon G. Carter, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Communication
Journalism
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 1989
Jennifer L Jones Barbour, Lecturer
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
Sangeeta C Kamdar, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
AuD, University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Stuart D Kelban, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Virginia, 1989
Diana Kerew-Shaw, Lecturer
BFA, Boston University, 1964
Mark L Knapp, Professor Emeritus
Communication Studies
PhD, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, 1966
Karen J Kocher, Senior Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
William E Korbus, Professor Emeritus
Journalism
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974
Rajinder Koul, Professor
Houston Harte Centennial Professorship in Communication
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Purdue University Main Campus, 1994
Shanti Kumar, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, Indiana University at Bloomington, 1987
Sean R Labounty, Lecturer
BSAdv, University of Texas at Austin, 1997
Tamar Laddy, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Southern California, 2003
Wei-Na Lee, Professor
F. J. Heyne Centennial Professorship in Communication
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
Rosemary Lester-Smith, Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Arizona, 2014
Anne Lewis, Senior Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BFA, School of Visual Arts, 2001
Deborah E Lewis, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Richard M Lewis, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
Jeffrey T Linwood, Lecturer
Journalism
SM, University of Texas at Austin, 2007
Chang Liu, Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Indiana University at Bloomington, 2002
Mark G Longaker, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, 2003
Mirza Jeannette Lugo-Neris, Clinical Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Joel Lulla, Lecturer
JD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982
Madhavi Mallapragada, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
Thomas P Marquardt, Professor
Ben F. Love Regents Professorship in Communication
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 1973
Frederick N Martin, Professor Emeritus
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, City University of New York Brooklyn College, 1968
Madeline M Maxwell, Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Arizona, 1980
Jennifer McClearen, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 2017
Maxwell E McCombs, Professor Emeritus
Journalism
PhD, Stanford University, 1966
Cynthia Ann McCreery, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
BA, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2000
Christian C McDonald, Lecturer
Journalism
BJ, University of Texas at Austin, 1989
Kathleen Oveta McElroy
G. B. Dealey Regents Professorship in Journalism
Journalism
Journalism
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Matthew S McGlone, Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Princeton University, 1994
Stephanie McMillen, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, The University of Memphis, 2017
Cydney M Medford, Communication Sciences and Disorders Specialist
Communication Sciences and Disorders
MS, Baylor University, 1980
Stephen J Mims, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1987
William D Minutaglio, Other University Affiliate
Journalism
MS, Columbia University in the City of New York, 1978
Dhiraj Murthy, Associate Professor
Journalism
PhD, University of Cambridge, 2008
Roland L Myers, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BFA, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Daniel R Nast, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
AuD, University of Florida, 2014
Curran J Nault, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Philip P Nemy, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, 1983
Susan Turner Nold, Senior Lecturer
Communication Studies
JD, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
Susan M O'connor, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BA, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
Elizabeth D Pena, Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Temple University, 1993
Korey A Pereira, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
BS, University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Maya C Perez, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Alisa H Perren, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
Paula M Poindexter, Professor
Journalism
PhD, Syracuse University Main Campus, 1980
Stuart G Pollok, Lecturer
MFA, University of Southern California, 1993
Charles P Quarterman, Lecturer
Journalism
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Robert J Quigley, Senior Lecturer
Journalism
BA, Stephen F Austin State University, 1996
David G Quinto-Pozos, Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2002
Paul J Raval, Assistant Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
Ellis Clifford Reed, Clinical Professor
Journalism
AA, Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art, 1969
Stephen D Reese, Professor
Jesse H. Jones Professorship in Journalism
Journalism
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982
Scott F Rice, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Mary Magdalen Rivas-Rodriguez, Professor
Journalism
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
Kevin Daniel Robbins, Senior Lecturer
Journalism
MS, Ohio University Main Campus, 1995
Joel D Rollins, Senior Lecturer
Communication Studies
PhD, University of North Texas, 1996
Ryan Romero, Lecturer
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
John Savage, Lecturer
Journalism
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2017
Thomas G Schatz, Professor
Mrs. Mary Gibbs Jones Centennial Chair in Communication
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Iowa, 1976
Nancy Schiesari, Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MA, Royal College of Art, 1978
Mary Schmitt, Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, Ohio State U Main Campus, 2013
David A Schneider, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MA, Temple University, 2014
Suzanne Scott, Assistant Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Southern California, 2011
Andrew B Shea, Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MA, California Institute of the Arts, 1985
Prarthana Shivabasappa, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, All India Institute of Speech, 2016
Rajka Smiljanic, Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
Dwain Y Smith, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Erna R Smith, Lecturer
Journalism
PhD, San Francisco State University, 1993
Spencer Smith, Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Arizona, 2017
Ellen R Spiro, Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991
Janet Staiger, Professor Emeritus
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981
Paul J Stekler, Professor
Wofford Denius Chair in Entertainment Studies
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, Harvard University, 1983
Keri K Stephens, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Allucquere Sandy Stone, Associate Professor Emeritus
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1993
Patricia A Stout, Professor
Isabella Cunningham Chair in Advertising
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985
Joseph Straubhaar, Professor
Amon G. Carter Centennial Professorship in Communication
Journalism
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, Tufts University, 1981
Jurgen K Streeck, Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Free University of Berlin, 1981
Natalie J Stroud, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
Journalism
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Scott R Stroud, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Temple University, 2006
Sharon L Strover, Professor
Philip G. Warner Regents Professorship in Communication
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, Stanford University, 1982
Madhu Sundarrajan, Clinical Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2015
Harvey M Sussman, Professor
R. P. Doherty, Sr. Centennial Professorship in Communication
Communication Sciences and Disorders
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1970
Joel L Swerdlow, Adjunct Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Cornell University, 1974
George Sylvie, Associate Professor
Journalism
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1988
Todd M Thompson, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Thomas Thoren, Lecturer
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
Beau M Thorne, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Russell G Todd, Professor
Journalism
PhD, Stanford University, 1982
Jeffrey Treem, Assistant Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, Northwestern University, 2012
Jeffrey K Tulis, Associate Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Chicago, 1982
Kathleen R Tyner, Associate Professor
Radio-Television-Film
MA, San Francisco State University, 1986
Rima N Vallbona, Lecturer
Journalism
BJ, University of Texas at Austin, 1979
Anita L Vangelisti, Professor
Jesse H. Jones Centennial Professorship in Communication
Communication Studies
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1989
Jeffrey Walker, Professor
Communication Studies
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1985
Samuel C Watkins, Professor
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1994
Katharine E West, Lecturer
Journalism
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Gary B Wilcox, Professor
John A. Beck Centennial Professorship in Communication
PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1982
Karin G Wilkins, Professor
John P. McGovern Regents Professorship in Health and Medical Science Communication
Radio-Television-Film
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1991
Thomas J Willett, Lecturer
Radio-Television-Film
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Kristopher Wilson, Senior Lecturer
Journalism
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1993
Susan G Wrenn, Lecturer
BS, California State University-Northridge, 1984
Amanda Zappler, Clinical Assistant Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
AuD, A T Still University of Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, 2006
Rebecca A Zarate, Lecturer
Communication Sciences and Disorders
MA, University of Texas - Pan American, 2010