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Instructional Faculty and Staff

Linda Aldoory

Associate Professor
Public Relations, Health Communication, Feminist Scholarship

Ph.D., Syracuse University

Email: laldoory@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2124

Phone: 301-405-6528

     

Mary C. Bell

Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Services

Email: mcbell@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2101C;

Phone: 301-405-6519

     

Shannon A. Bowen

Assistant Professor
Public Relations, Ethics, Issues Management

Ph.D., University of Maryland

Email: sabowen@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2108

Phone: 301-405-0872

     

Deborah A. Cai

Associate Professor
Intercultural Communication, Persuasion, Negotiation & Conflict

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Email: debcai@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2110

Phone: 301-405-6524

     

Daniel A. Cronin

Lecturer
Organizational Communication

M.B.A., University of Maryland

Email: dcronin@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2103

Phone: 301-405-7447

     

Edward L. Fink

Professor
Communication Theory, Research Methods, Cognition & Persuasion

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Email: elf@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2102

Phone: 301-405-6523

     

Robert N. Gaines

Professor
History of Rhetoric, Textual Criticism

Ph.D., University of Iowa

Email: gaines@arsrhetorica.net
Office: Skinner 2106

Phone: 301-405-6526

Web: http://www.arsrhetorica.net/gaines/

     

Julie Gowin

Outreach Coordinator
Experiential Learning

M.A., North Dakota State University

Email: gowin@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2101A

Phone: 301-405-7323

     

Caroline Harper

Coordinator

Email: shadyme@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2108 & Shady Grove II, Room 4062;

Phone: 301-405-0872

     

Kathleen E. Kendall

Research Professor
Political Campaign Communication

Ph.D., Indiana University

Email: kkendall@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2103

Phone: 301-405-7447

     

James F. Klumpp

Professor
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory & Criticism, Social Change

Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Email: jklumpp@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2122

Phone: 301-405-6520

Web: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jklumpp/home.htm

     

Mark S. Kuhn

Coordinator of Web Development and Web Services
Office of Undergraduate Studies, University of Maryland

Ed.D., Harvard University

Email: mskuhn@umd.edu
Office: Mitchell Building 2130B

Phone: 301-405-9353

Web: http://www.ugst.umd.edu/ugststaff/mkuhn.html

     

Meina Liu

Assistant Professor
Intercultural Communication, Organizational Communication, Negotiation & Conflict

Ph.D., Purdue University

Email: liu@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2116

Phone: 301-405-8988

Web: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~liu

     

Nneka Ifeoma Ofulue

Visiting Assistant Professor
Feminist & Rhetorical Criticism, Religious Communication

Ph.D., University of Georgia

Email: niofulue@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2112

Phone: 301-405-6532

     

Shawn J. Parry-Giles

Professor
Political Communication, Rhetorical, Feminist & Media Criticism

Ph.D., Indiana University

Email: spg@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2126

Phone: 301-405-6527

     

Trevor Parry-Giles

Associate Professor
Rhetoric & Political Culture, Legal Communication

Ph.D., Indiana University

Email: tpg@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2105

Phone: 301-405-8947

Web: http://www.com.umd.edu/faculty/tpg

     

Torsten Reimer

Assistant Professor
Persuasion and Social Influence

Ph.D., Free University Berlin

Email: treimer@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2114

Phone: 301-405-0873

Skype: torsten.reimer

     

Judith Tenney

Lecturer
Organizational, Interpersonal, & Nonverbal Communication

M.A., University of Maryland

Email: jtenney@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2100

Phone: 301-405-7447

     

Mari Boor Tonn

Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Feminist & Rhetorical Criticism, Political Communication, Public Address

Ph.D., University of Kansas

Email: mtonn@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2103A

Phone: 301-405-0871

     

Elizabeth L. Toth

Professor & Chair
Public Relations, Feminist Scholarship

Ph.D., Purdue University

Email: eltoth@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2104

Phone: 301-405-8077

     

Richard J. Toth

Lecturer
Public Relations

M.A., University of Missouri

Email: rtoth2@umd.edu
Office:
Skinner 2103

Phone: 301-405-7447

     

Monique Mitchell Turner

Associate Professor
Social Influence, Persuasion, Compliance Gaining

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Email: mmturner@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2105A

Phone: 301-405-6517

     

Leah Waks

Senior Lecturer & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Mediation, Group Dynamics, Conflict Management in Organizations

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Email: leahwaks@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2101B

Phone: 301-405-6529

     

Andrew D. Wolvin

Professor
Listening, Communication Management, Communication Education

Ph.D., Purdue University

Email: awolvin@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2111

Phone: 301-405-6521

Web: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~awolvin

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Emeritus Faculty

James E. Grunig

Professor Emeritus
Public Relations, Organizational Communication

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Email: jgrunig@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2112

Phone: 301-405-6525

     

Larissa A. Grunig

Professor Emerita
Public Relations, Activism, Feminist Theory, Communication Theory

Ph.D., University of Maryland

Email: lgrunig@umd.edu
Office: Skinner 2112

Phone: 301-405-6525

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Affiliate Faculty

Jeanne Fahnestock

Professor, Department of English

Ph.D. University of London

Email: fahnestj@umd.edu
     

Michele Gelfand

Professor, Department of Psychology

Ph.D. University of Illinois

Email: mgelfand@psyc.umd.edu
     

Michael Gurevitch

Professor, College of Journalism

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Email: mgurevitch@jmail.umd.edu
     

Arie Kruglanski

Professor, Department of Psychology

Ph.D. UCLA

Email: arie@psyc.umd.edu
     

Stephen McDaniel

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesology

Ph.D. Florida State University

Email: smcdanie@umd.edu
     

Deborah Rosenfelt

Professor, Department of Women's Studies

Ph.D. UCLA

Email: dr49@umd.edu

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Research Associates

Leslie Dinauer

Research Associate
Persuasion & Attitude Change

Ph.D., University of Maryland

Email: dinauer@hotmail.com
     

Susan Hubbard

Research Associate
Persuasion & Attitude Change, Health Communication, Communication Theory

Ph.D., University of Maryland

Email: shubbard@jbs1.com
     

Michael Meffert

Research Associate
Persuasion & Attitude Change, Media Effects, Political Communication

Ph.D., SUNY--Stony Brook

Email: meffert@sfb504.uni-mannheim.de

Web: http://www.michaelmeffert.net


 

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