Faculty
Faculty
Full Time Faculty
*Jeffrey T. Child, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
North Dakota State University, 2007
Research Interests: Impact of New Communication Technologies; Interpersonal and Family Communication; Privacy Management and Technology; Information Seeking and Technology; and Communication Education and Technology.
Current Projects: Blogging and Privacy Management in the Home; Technology Use and Monitoring within the Home; Romantic Rituals Scale Development; Emerging Technologies within the Home and Health Issues.
Teaching Interests: Quantitative Research Methods; New Communication Technologies; Interpersonal Communication; Family Communication; Small Group Communication; Communication Education.
Rebecca Cline, Ph.D., Professor
The Pennsylvania State University, 1975
Research Interests: Health Communication
Teaching Interests: Health Communication
Current Research Projects:
Rozell Duncan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies
Kent State University, 1996
Research Interests: Organizational Culture; Organizational Diversity; Superior/Subordinate Relationships; The Use of Power in the Superior/Subordinate Relationship; Uncertainty in the Workplace; Workplace Socialization, and Gender
Teaching Interests: Organizational Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Business and Professional Speaking; Gender Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Managerial Communication; Organizational Culture/Diversity; Group Discussion
Current Research Projects: The impact of new technologies on the communication between superiors and subordinates; and the impact of residence hall occupancy on the socialization of freshman as new organizational members; currently working on a research grant with other Kent State full-time faculty
*Nichole Egbert, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies
University of Georgia, 2000
Research Interests: Health Communication campaigns; Social Support Processes; Emotion, Attitude and Persuasion; Relational and Interpersonal Communication, Family Caregiving and Chronic Illness, and Spirituality/religiosity in Helping Relationships.
Current Research Projects: Emotional Support for Caregivers of Stroke Survivors; Social Support in Communities of Faith; Health Information Seeking, Health Literacy
Teaching Interests: Health Communication; Relational Communication; Organizational Nonverbal Communication; Theory; Quantitative Methods; Foundations of Communication
Catherine Goodall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University, 2009
Research Interests: Health Communication, mass communication, message processing.
Current Research Projects: Processing of news content about alcohol-related crimes, accidents and injuries (Subcontractor on NIH R01), automatic orientation processes and alcohol advertising, news coverage of Influenza A (H1N1), processing of H1N1 messages.
Teaching Interests:Health communication, mass media, persuasion, and research methods
*Paul Haridakis, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Kent State University, 2000
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
Barbara Hugenberg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Basic Course
Bowling Green State University, 2002
Research Interests: Organizational Communication, Organizational Cultures and Climate, Communication Pedagogy, and Popular Culture
Current Projects: Organizational studies of NASCAR and its stakeholders (fans). A project discussing online education and student learning objectives. Building a distance learning site for the basic communication course (COMM 15000). Preparing the eleventh volume of Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course. Co-editing a manual exploring best practices in training instructors for teaching the basic communication course. A study of Cleveland's baseball curse (the curse of Rocky Colivato). A gender study of Indy car driver Danica Patrick.
Teaching Interests: Organizational Communication, Organizational Cultures, Popular Culture, Public Communication, High Impact Professional Speaking, Working in Teams, Gender Communication
*Junghyun Frannie Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Michigan State University, 2006
Research Interests: Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), Social and Psychological Effects of New Media Technologies, Internet User Habit and Addiction
Current Research Projects: Group identity and conformity behavior in computer-mediated group decision making, the role of virtual self-representation (i.e. avatars) in perpetuating or challenging negative stereotypes among different socio-categorical groups, the formation and breaking of unhealthy Internet use habits, the relationship between children's heavy computer/Internet use and obesity
Teaching Interests: Quantitative Communication Research Methods, Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media Effects, Communication Theory
*Mei-Chen Lin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
The University of Kansas, 2003
Research Interests: Communication and Aging Across Cultures, Age Identity, Intergenerational Communication, Family Communication, Communication Schemas, Marginalized Group Communication
Current Research Projects: intergenerational conflict styles and responses, intergenerational communication schemas and accommodation behaviors, Chinese values in Asia, communication accommodation theory in the family context, Older adults’ and online communication
Teaching Interests: Communication and Aging, Intercultural Communication, Group Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication
*Janet Meyer Ph.D., Associate Professor
University of Michigan, 1989
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
*Robyn Parker Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Wayne State University, 2001
Research Interests: Organizational Identification; New Communication Technology in Work & Educational Contexts; Organizational Diversity
Current Research Projects: Exploring factors influencing employee identification processes in complex organizations; Approaching organizational diversity instruction from an information literacy perspective; Leader Member Exchange in alternate work and classroom settings.
Teaching Interests: Organizational Communication; Organizational Analysis & Communication Consulting; Interviewing; Managerial Communication & Collaboration; Qualitative Research Methods.
David Trebing Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Kent State University, 1990
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
Wendy Robinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
*Stan Wearden, Ph.D., Professor and Dean
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987
Research Interests: Web Credibility, Audience Perceptions and Uses of Digital Media, Television News Accuracy, Media Images of Women, Mass Media Ethics
Current Research Projects: e-credibility, News source perceptions of local-market television news accuracy, Ethics in prime-time television
Teaching Interests: Research Methods, Mass Communication Theory, Mass Media Ethics, Precision Journalism, News Writing and Reporting
*Graduate Faculty
Regional Campus Faculty
*Carole Barbato Ph.D., EAST LIVERPOOL CAMPUS, Associate Professor
Kent State University, 1994
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
Laurie Bentley M.A., ASHTABULA CAMPUS, Instructor
Kent State University, 1996
Bei Cai Ph.D., STARK CAMPUS, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 2002
Alice Crume Ph.D., STARK CAMPUS, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University, 1995
Erin Hollenbaugh Ph.D., STARK CAMPUS, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH 2008
Interests: Interpersonal communication, specifically relationship development and cross-sex friendships
Teaching experience: Basic communication course, communication theory, interpersonal communication
Jeffrey A. Nelson Ph.D., TRUMBULL CAMPUS, Associate Professor
University of Michigan, 1973
Research Interests: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Media Criticism
Current Research Projects: Social Movements; Rhetoric of Religion
Teaching Interests: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
Lisa Waite M.A., STARK CAMPUS, Instructor
University of Akron, 1985
*Graduate Faculty
Part Time Faculty
Esther Agyeman-Budu, Instructor
M.A. in Computer Information Science, Rutgers University, 2006
B.A. in Computer Science, Concordia College, 2003
Interests: Tech Media
Jim Belcher , Instructor
M.A. in Communication Studies, Kent State University, 2004
B.A. in Rhetoric & Communication, Kent State University, 2000
Jeffrey Bolt, Instructor
M.A. in communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2004
B.A. in communication, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2002
Certificate in Public Relations, Millard Fillmore College, Buffalo NY, 2002
Interests: Media effects, Mood regulation, Framing in Print Media, Quantitative Methods
Teaching Experience: Theory and Practice of Oral Discourse, Communication Theory, and Research Methods.
Linda Duff, Instructor
M.A. in Organizational Management, University of Phoenix, 2003
Terry DuVall, Instructor
Margaret Garmon, Instructor
M.A. in Media Management, Kent State University, 2000
M.A. in Journalism and Mass Comm: Media Management, Kent State University, Ohio, 2000 Margaret Garmon has almost 35 years of combined experience in news reporting for the Record-Courier newspaper in Portage County, Ohio, and in media relations and public relations for Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. She writes a twice monthly column for the Record-Courier. Margaret was an adjunct faculty member in KentState’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication from 1998 to 2003. A Kent State alumna, Margaret earned her bachelor’s degree in 1971 with a major in broadcasting and a minor in journalism and her master’s degree in 2000 in journalism and mass communication with a concentration on media management. She is now enrolled in the doctoral program in the School of Communication Studies at Kent State. Her research interests are crisis communications and mass media.
William I Gorden
B.A., Manchester College
M.A., Purdue University
Ph.D., Purdue University Postdoctoral, Northwestern University and Florida State University
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.
Lisa Henderson, Instructor
M.A., in Theater Arts, University of Akron, 2006
Lorie Hopp, Instructor
M.A., Kent State University, 1984
Evin Kleinman, Instructor
M.Ed. in Counseling, Kent State University, 2005
Bruce Landis, Instructor
Ph.D., Kent State University, 1988
Carolyn Offutt, Instructor
M.A. in Speech Communication, Kent State University, 1987
Ph.D in Speech Communication, Kent State University, 1990
Rekha Sharma, Instructor
M.S. in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management
M.A. in Journalism, 2004
B.S. in Newspaper Journalism, 2002
Carrie Tomko, Instructor
Kathy Worcester, Instructor
Beth Zbasnik, Instructor
M.A. University of Akron, 1996