Graduate Studies

Graduate Faculty

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Laurence B. Alexander, Ph.D., J.D.
Florida State University (Ph.D.)
Tulane University (J.D.)
First Amendment, Free Speech, Media Law and Policy, Journalist's Privilege, Media Ethics.

Cory L. Armstrong, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Effects of news coverage, media/source credibility, micro and macro influences on news content, gender representations in media coverage, and media coverage of obesity.

James Babanikos, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
Encoding practices of video and film production, media writing, and documentary theory and practice.

Clay Calvert, Ph.D., J.D.
Stanford University (Ph.D.)
University of the Pacific (J.D.)
Communications Law, First Amendment Law, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Mass Media Law.

Sandra F. Chance, J.D.
University of Florida
First Amendment/media law issue and access to government information, including courts, records and meetings.

Sylvia M. Chan-Olmsted, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
Telecommunication management and economics, strategic competition and new media.

Johanna Cleary, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Editorial integrity and process, media management, newsroom diversity, and broadcast history.

Amy Jo Coffey, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Media and audience economics, management, foreign language programming.

Julie E. Dodd, Ed.D.
University of Kentucky
New technology applications (blogging, multimedia reporting), pedagogy, high school media (including media law), sports media.

Lisa Duke Cornell, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Advertising creativity, gender and media, reception analysis.

Troy Elias, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Social influence in new media environments.

Mary Ann T. Ferguson, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin - Madison

John Freeman, M.A.
Wichita State University

J. Robyn Goodman, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
Gender Issues in Mass Media. Cosmetic Surgery/Eating Disorders and Media, Beauty Types in Advertising,  Health Communication.

Linda Childers Hon, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
Public relations--gender, measurement, and relationship managment.

John Kaplan, M.A.
Ohio University
Photojournalism, international journalism, civil rights, journalism history, internet content development and design, and international coverage of indigenous ethnic minorities.

Kathleen S. Kelly, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA
University of Maryland
Public relations management, fund raising, philanthropy, nonprofit management, communication processes.

Hyojin Kim, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin

Sora Kim, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee

Spiro K. Kiousis, Ph.D., APR
University of Texas
Political communication, political public relations, new media, agenda building/setting, online public relations, framing, and persuasion.

Moon Lee, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Development and evaluation of new communication technologies, health communication campaigns and information processing and decision-making process of individuals.

Michael Leslie, Ph.D.
University of Washington - Seattle
Communications/information technologies and learning, images of women and minorities in media, international/ intercultural communication.

Norman Lewis, Ph.D.
University of Maryland

Belio A. Martinez, Jr., Ph.D.
University of Florida

Melinda McAdams, M.A.
New School for Social Research (New York)
New communication technologies -- online journalism, multimedia journalism -- digital reporting, newsgathering, editing and production -- interactivity, Internet -- the changes in societies that are related to the adoption and diffusion of new communication technologies.

Juan-Carlos Molleda, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina
Global corporate public relations management, including transnational crises, and public relations practices, regulations, and social roles in Latin America.

Jon D. Morris, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Mass communication and learning, creativity in advertising, advertising effectiveness.

Cynthia R. Morton, Ph.D., M.B.A., A.B.J.
University of Texas at Austin
Advertising persuasion, issue-related advertising, media and message effects, consumer behavior,and social marketing.

David H. Ostroff, Ph.D.
Ohio University
Domestic and international media policy, applications of new media technologies in public and private environments, technology history.

Churchill Roberts, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Documentary film, international telecommunication, and social impact of the mass media.

Judy L. Robinson, Ph.D.
University of Florida

Ronald Rodgers, Ph.D.
Ohio University
Media history, especially the formation of normative standards and media ethics, and, concomitantly, the agents of influence on media content and their effect on democracy and the marketplace of ideas.

Ted Spiker, M.S.
Columbia University

John C. Sutherland, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
Advertising, audience segmentation, self-concept, campaign planning.

Debbie M. Treise, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee
Health/science communication, public service advertising and medical marketing, advertising education.

Bernell Tripp, Ph.D.
University of Alabama
Journalism, mass media history, historical research methodology, 19th-century press history, abolitionist press history, black press history, legal history, and sports history.

Kim B. Walsh-Childers, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Journalism ethics, news coverage of health, media effects on adolescent sexual attitudes and behavior, use of the Internet for health information and health communication.

Wayne Wanta, Ph.D.
University of Texas
Media effects, political communication, sports journalism, visual communication, Internet use and effects, negative political advertising.

Michael F. Weigold, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Advertising and impression management, information seeking, political communication.

Edward G. Weston, Ph.D.
Florida State University
Journalism, mass media, corporate structure, technology, public affairs, media influence on political attitudes and behavior.

John W. Wright, II, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Audience utilization of news messages, telecommunication regulation, media law.

Amy Zerba, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
The young adult news audience, news avoidances, uses and gratifications, online journalism and multimedia. Her research methods include, but are not limited to, experiments, online surveys, content analyses, secondary data analyses, in-depth interviews and focus groups.

Lu Zheng, Ph.D.
University of Alabama
Construction of persuasion model, persuasion via narrative advertising, cross-cultural advertising, media planning, health communication.

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