CHAIR
Michael Mehler
Professor of Theatre
Scenic and lighting design; management; sustainable design and production
FACULTY
Courtney Bailey
Associate Professor of Communication & Media
Rhetorical studies; media studies; Feminist/Queer Theory
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Vesta Silva
Professor of Communication & Media
Rhetoric and speech studies; rhetoric of health & medicine; controversies over autism in the U.S.; speech pedagogy
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Ishita Sinha Roy
Professor of Communication & Media
Media studies
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Joe Tompkins
Assistant Professor of Communication & Media
Media studies; political economy
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Jon Wiebel
Assistant Professor of Communication & Media; Director of Speaking
Rhetoric; political communication
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