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Bartesaghi, Mariaelena Associate Professor Authority, Institutionalization, Communication Theory

Office: CIS 3037

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Basu, Ambar Professor and Department Chair Health Communication, Culture, Postcolonial & Subaltern Studies

Office: CIS 3054

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Bell, Carole V. Adjunct Professor Media culture and society, Political communication, Political psychology, Media, politics, and social identity

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Berry, Keith

Professor 

Relational Communication, Culture, Identity, Bullying, LGBTQ, Autoethnography, Reflexivity

Office: CIS 3046

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Brower, Jay Adjunct Professor  

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Buzzanell, Patrice Distinguished University Professor Organizational Communication, career, work-life policy, resilience, gender, and design

Office: CIS 3040

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Dean Kruzel, Marleah Associate Professor Health communication, Interpersonal communication, and Applied communication

Office: CIS 3043

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Durham, Aisha Professor and Affiliated Associate Professor Departments of Humanities & Cultural Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, and Africana Studies Cultural Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Black feminist thought, Performance auto/ethnography

Office: CIS 3050

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Eisenberg, Eric

Senior Vice President for University-Community Partnerships

  Office: CPR 107
Fine, Zoe Adjunct Professor   Email
Friedman, Laurel Associate Professor of Instruction Critical Health Communication, Qualitative Methods,
Visual Culture

Office: CIS 3038

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Huber, Aubrey Associate Professor Pedagogy, performance, and intercultural communication

Office: CIS 3031

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Hughes - Kirchubel, Linda

Visiting Assistant Professor of Instruction

Organizational Communication, online interactions and disenfranchised grief

Office: CIS 3011

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Ivancic, Sonia R. Assistant Professor Organizational Communication, Health Communication, discourses about the body, identity, and work.

Office: CIS 3047

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James, Navita Cummings Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Media studies, Gender and Culture, Narrative

Office: CIS 3039

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Klein, Ellen Adjunct Professor  

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Leon-Boys, Diana

Assistant Professor and Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department Women's & Gender Studies and The Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean Critical/Cultural Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Latina/o/x Studies, Digital Media, Audience Studies, Disney

Office: CIS 3033

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Li, Jianing

Assistant Professor Mis/ Disinformation, Contentious Politics, Social Inequality, Computational Methods, Quantitative Methods, Mixed-Methods

Office: CIS 3030

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McElearney, Patrick

Assistant Professor of Instruction Performance Studies, Narrative Studies, Critical Culture, Health Communication,(Auto)Ethnography

Office: CIS 3019

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McRae, Chris Associate Professor

Performance Studies and Critical Communication Pedagogy

Office: CIS 3028

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Pal, Mahuya Associate Professor Organizational Communication, Globalization, postcolonial studies

Office: CIS 3036

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Pollino, Madison Assistant Professor of Instruction & Director of Public Speaking

Critical Communication Pedagogy, Relational Communication, Gender, Identity, and Culture  

Office: CIS 3044

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Poole, Mary   Adjunct Professor  

Office: CIS 3032

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Scacco, Joshua Associate Professor and Associate Chair Political Communication, media content and effects, and quantitative research methods

Office: CIS 3041

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Spinka, Ronald   Adjunct Professor  

Office: CIS 3032

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Wilson, Steven

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Interpersonal Communication, Difficult Conversations, Military and Veteran Families, Conflict and Negotiation, Resilience

Office: CIS 3048

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RETIRED FACULTY

Name Title Research Areas Contact
Bochner, Arthur Distinguished Professor Emeritus Autoethnography, Narrative inquiry, Interpretive research, Close relationships

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Cissna, Kenneth Professor Emeritus Applied Communication, Dialogue, Interpersonal Communication

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Ellis, Carolyn Distinguished Professor Emerita Qualitative Methods, Emotions, Autoethnography, Holocaust Studies

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Jorgenson, Jane Professor Emerita Work-life precarity,  Technologically-mediated work arrangements, Research relationships, Narrative interviewing

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Payne, A. David Retired Faculty Rhetorical Theory and Criticism Email
Pettegrew, Loyd Professor Emeritus Health Communication, Organizational Communication, Marketing Communication Email
Roscoe, Lori A. Professor
Emerita
Health Communication,
End of Life, Ethics, Aging
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Steier, Frederick Professor Emeritus Design Thinking, Systems Thinking and Practice, The World Café Email

Affiliate Faculty

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Janelle Applequist Associate Professor Mass Communications

Office: CIS 3099

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Deborah Cragun Assistant Professor and
Director of Genetic Counseling
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Sara Green Professor and
Department Chair
Sociology

Office: CPR 208 A

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Nathan Johnson Associate Professor English

Office: CPR 384

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Nancy Romero-Daza Professor Anthropology

Office: SOC 134

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David Rubin Associate Professor Women's and Gender Studies

Office: CMC202J

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W. Travis Thompson IT Manager USF Information Technology

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Phil Wagner Regional Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Communications

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