Departmental News
Department Welcomes New Faculty
The Department of Communication welcomes three new faculty members who join us in the Fall of 2007: Dr. Dale Hample, Dr. Sahar Mohamed Khamis, and Dr. Kristy Maddux.
Dr. Dale Hample (Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1975) will be an associate professor beginning in the fall of 2007. His primary research areas are argumentation and interpersonal communication. Hample comes to the department from Western Illinois University. Dr. Hample is also the Editor-Select of the journal Argumentation & Advocacy, sponsored by the American Forensic Association.
Dr. Sahar Mohamed Khamis (Ph.D., University of Manchester, UK, 2000), joins the department as an assistant professor in Middle Eastern media. Her research and teaching specializations are focused on Middle Eastern media and its impact on female publics, specifically government campaigns' effects on women and health.
Dr. Kristy Maddux (Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2007) will be an assistant professor beginning in the fall of 2007. Her primary research and teaching areas include the rhetorics of feminism and religion in both contemporary and historical American contexts.
