Research Fellows
 T. Barton Carter, J.D., Chair of Department of Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations and Professor of Communication
Research areas: First amendment, communication law, new communication technologies |
 Edward Downes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Relations
Research areas: Congressional and political communication, nonprofit PR, social effects of media |
 Michael Elasmar, Ph.D., Director of CRC and Associate Professor of Communication
Research areas: Belief systems, media impact, intergroup perceptions, international communication, intercultural communication, public diplomacy |
 Roy Grundmann, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Film Studies
Research areas: Film and media in modernist and postmodernist contexts, history of narrative cinema, art cinema, avant-garde film and experimental media |
 Deborah Jaramillo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Film and Television
Research areas: Television studies, television history, political economy of communication, media industries, television news |
 James E. Katz, Ph.D., Feld Professor of Emerging Media and Director of Division of Emerging Media Studies
Research areas: Uses and social consequences of emerging communication technologies |
 Cheryl Ann Lambert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Relations
Research areas: Public relations framing, health public relations, health messages, health information seeking |
 Hyun-Yeul Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication
Research areas: Design research, storied objects, interactive cinema, storied visualizations |
 William McKeen, Ph.D., Chair of Department of Journalism and Professor of Journalism
Research areas: Journalism, literary journalism |
 Patrice Oppliger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication
Research areas: Persuasion theories, media effects, influence of the media and popular culture on adolescents |
 James Shanahan, Ph.D., Associate Dean of College of Communication and Professor of Communication and Acting Director of CRC
Research areas: Cultivation and cultural indicators, media effects, environmental and science communication |
 Dustin Supa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Relations
Research areas: Public relations history, media relations, contemporary critical theory |
 Rhonda Trust, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication
Research areas: Health communication, media representations of reproductive health issues |
 Mina Tsay-Vogel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication
Research areas: Media effects, enjoyment and appreciation of entertainment media, social media use and influence |
 Tammy Vigil, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication
Research areas: Political communication, rhetoric, popular culture, political debates and media effects |
 Donald Wright, Ph.D., Professor of Public Relations
Research areas: Communication ethics, employee communication and social media |
 H. Denis Wu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication
Research areas: Political communication, media effects, international communication |
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