The Department of Communication Graduate Faculty
Rhetorical Studies Graduate Faculty
Jeff D. Bass, Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph. D., University of Iowa)
Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, History and Criticism of American and British Public Address
Richard E. Edwards, Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph. D., University of Iowa)
Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Argumentation and Public Policy
William B. English, Division Head, Communication Studies & Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph. D., University of Oklahoma)
Persuasion, History and Criticism of American and British Public Address
Matthew G. Gerber, Director of Debate & Associate Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph.D., University of Kansas)
Rhetoric, Media & Culture; Public Discourse and Foreign Policy
Leslie A. Hahner, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph.D., University of Iowa)
Visual Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory, Feminist Criticism
Karla K. Leeper, Chief of Staff to the University President & Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph. D., University of Kansas)
Argument in a Public Sphere, Rhetorical Criticism, Feminist Criticism
Martin J. Medhurst, Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication
(Ph.D., Penn State University)
Presidential Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Religious Communication
Scott J. Varda, Associate Director of Debate & Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph.D., University of Iowa)
Rhetorical Criticism & Theory, Foreign Policy, Political Rhetoric
Film & Digital Media Studies Graduate Faculty
Corey P. Carbonara, Director of Digital Communication Technologies Project & Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph. D., University of Texas)
Management of digital media technologies, Diffusion of Innovations, and high definition video and digital cinema production
Christopher J. Hansen, Division Head, Film and Digital Media & Associate Professor of Communication Studies
(M.F.A., Regent University)
Narrative and documentary film production and aesthetics, screenwriting, the film industry
James M. Kendrick, Associate Professor Communication Studies
(Ph.D., Indiana University)
Film History and Theory, Violence in the Media, Horror Films
Joseph G. Kickasola, Director, Baylor Communication in New York & Associate Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph.D., Regent University)
Film theory, Film Production, Communication and Culture, Media and Religion
Michael F. Korpi, Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph. D., University of Iowa)
Film and Digital Media Production, Media and Film Aesthetics, and Media Technologies
Interpersonal/Organizational Studies Graduate Faculty
Lacy McNamee, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin)
Organizational Studies
Mark T. Morman, Director of Graduate Studies & Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph.D., University of Kansas)
Interpersonal and Family Communication, Health Communication
David W. Schlueter, Department Chair & Professor of Communication Studies
(Ph. D., University of Missouri-Columbia)
Organizational Studies
