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Faculty & Staff

Any faculty member marked with an asterisk (*) denotes involvement in the communication department's graduate program.

 

 

Faculty

Jane Banks * Associate Professor Syllabi: COM 325-02, COM 422-01, COM 527-01 Office: Neff 230J Phone: 481-6548 Email: banksj@ipfw.edu	Emily Bermes Continuing Lecturer, Basic Course Director Syllabi: COM 308-01, COM 502-01 Office: Neff 228 Phone: 481-5425 Email: bermese@ipfw.edu
Steve Carr * Associate Professor, Graduate Director Syllabi: Steve Carr's IPFW Homepage Office: Neff 230H Phone: 481-6545 Email: carr@ipfw.edu	Dacia Charlesworth* Associate Professor Syllabi: Are available on BlackBoard only Office: Neff 230N Phone: 481-6546 Email: charlesd@ipfw.edu
Ann Colbert Journalism Director Syllabi: Ann Colbert's IPFW Homepage Office: Neff 343 Phone: 481-6685 Email: colbert@ipfw.edu	Sheila Cuffy Visiting Lecturer Syllabi: COM 303-03I, COM 303-04I, COM 303D-05I, COM 410D-01I Office: Neff 230K Phone: 481-6864 Email: cuffys@ipfw.edu
Mary Daniel Visiting Instructor Syllabi: COM 250-01, COM 332-01, COM 333-01 Office: Neff 230M Phone: Email: danielm@ipfw.edu	Adam Dircksen Continuing Lecturer Syllabi: Are available on BlackBoard only Office: Neff 230C Phone: 481-6543 Email: dircksea@ipfw.edu
Marcia Dixson* Associate Professor, Chair Syllabi: Marcia Dixson's IPFW Homepage Office: Neff 230B Phone: 481-6558 Email: dixson@ipfw.edu	Deborah Godwin-Starks Continuing Lecturer Syllabi: COM 114-26, COM 114-59L, COM 323-02, COM 323-03 Office: Neff 230K Phone: 481-6540 Email: starksd@ipfw.edu
Carrie Kennedy-Lightsey Assistant Professor Syllabi: Are available on BlackBoard only Office: Neff 230D Phone: 481-0275 Email: kennedyc@ipfw.edu	Kitty Wei Luo* Assistant Professor Syllabi: COM 303-01, COM 303-02, COM 597-01 Office: Neff 230G Phone: 481-5793 Email: luow@ipfw.edu
Irwin Mallin* Associate Professor Syllabi: Irwin Mallin's IPFW Homepage On Sabbatical Office: Neff 230E Phone: 481-6553 Email: mallini@ipfw.edu	Jonathan Tankel* Associate Professor Syllabi: Jonathan Tankel's IPFW Homepage Office: Neff 230F Phone: 481-5789 Email: tankel@ipfw.edu

Staff

Rocky McCoy Office: Neff 230 Phone: 481-6935 Email:mccoyr@ipfw.edu

Judi Tennison Office: Neff 230 Phone: 481-6825 Email: tennison@ipfw.edu

Associate Faculty

If you need to contact any of the following faculty please call

481-6825 for assistance

Cathryn Chase Syllabi: COM 114-07, COM 114-55W, COM 320-01 Office: Neff 230A Email: chasec@ipfw.edu	Richard Conklin Syllabi: COM 114-53C Email: dicc@aol.com@po.ipfw.edu
Larry Dearing Syllabi: COM 114-23, COM 114-25 Office: Neff 230A Email: dearingl@ipfw.edu	Melissa Dietrich Syllabi: COM 114-57W, COM 212-02, COM 410-02I, COM 410-02X Office: Neff 230A Email: dietmr01@ipfw.edu
Patricia Edwards-Holbert Syllabi: COM 114-21, COM 114-22 Office: Neff 230A Email: edwardsp@ipfw.edu	Megan Fetters Syllabi: COM 114-45, COM 114-63 Office: Neff 230A Email: fettersm@ipfw.edu
Terry Foss Syllabi: COM 332-02 Office: Neff 230A Email: fosst@ipfw.edu	Rebecca Gallagher Syllabi: COM 250-07I, COM 250-07X, COM 253-03I, COM 253-03X COM 253D-02I Office: Neff 230A Email: gallaghr@ipfw.edu
Cheryl Gardiner Syllabi: COM 114-29L, COM 114-38L, COM 114-41L Office: Neff 230A Email: gardinec@ipfw.edu	Ganit Gray Syllabi: Ganit Gershenson's IPFW Homepage Office: Neff 230A Email: gersga01@ipfw.edu
Robin Grissom Syllabi: COM 114-12, COM 114-16 Office: Neff 230A Email: grissomr@ipfw.edu	Sheila Hamilton-Taylor Syllabi: COM 253-04 Email: shmilton-taylor@comcast.net
Thomas Hofrichter Syllabi: COM 114-17, COM 114-19 Office:Neff 230A Email: hofricht@ipfw.edu	MaryAnn James Syllabi: COM 114-24 Office: Neff 230A Email: jamesm@ipfw.edu
Kate LaPierre Syllabi: COM 114-51C, COM 114-54C, COM 114-68C Email: burkkster@gmail.com	Jessica Mankey Syllabi: Jessica Mankey's IPFW Homepage Office: Neff 230A Email: mankj01@ipfw.edu
Steve Miller Syllabi: COM 323-04, COM 323-05W, COM 323-06W Office: Neff 230A Email: millers@ipfw.edu	Julia Mull Syllabi: COM 114-47 Office: Neff 230A Email: mullj@ipfw.edu
Kimberly Myers Syllabi: COM 114-58W Office: Neff 230A Email: myersk@ipfw.edu	Roy Nevil Syllabi: COM 114-28L, COM 114-31L, COM 114-35 Office: Neff 230A Email: nevilr@ipfw.edu
Mark Osbun Syllabi: COM 323-01, COM 324-01, COM 324-02W Office: Neff 230A Email: osbunm@ipfw.edu	Lori Patane Syllabi: COM 114-08, COM 114-13, COM 114-67 Office: Neff 230A Email: patanel@ipfw.edu
Lincoln Record Syllabi: COM 114-46, COM 114-49, COM 114-01H Office: Neff 230A Email: record@ipfw.edu	Amber Reiff Syllabi: COM 114-64, COM 114-65, COM 114-66 Office: Neff 230A Email: reiffa@ipfw.edu
Gail Ruble-Crawford Syllabi: COM 248-01, COM 248-03, COM 250-10 Office: Neff 230A Email: rubleg@ipfw.edu	Mariam Schmitz Syllabi: COM 114-27, COM 114-32, COM 114-34 Office: Neff 230A Email: schmitzm@ipfw.edu
Julie Schrader Syllabi: COM 114-48, COM 114-50 Office: Neff 230a Email: schradej@ipfw.edu	Kevin Stoller Syllabi: COM 114-52M, COM 120-01, COM 120-02, COM 212-03, COM 212-07I Office: Neff 230a Email: stollerk@ipfw.edu
Diana Updike Syllabi: COM 114-04L, COM 114-11L, COM 114-62 Office: Neff 230A Email: updike@ipfw.edu	Eric Vitz Syllabi: COM 318-04 Office: KT 139D Email: vitze@ipfw.edu
Scott Vitz Syllabi: Are available on BlackBoard only Office: KT 205A Email: vitzs@ipfw.edu	Rebecca White Syllabi: COM 212-04C, COM 212-04D Office: Neff 230A Email: bwhite@kch.com
Mariah Yager Syllabi: COM 114-30, COM 114-33 Office: Neff 230A Email: yagerm@ipfw.edu

Graduate Teaching Assistants

Christa Dillman Syllabi: Are available on BlackBoard only Office: Neff 230P Email: dillmanc@ipfw.edu	Bernadette Gleeson Syllabi: Bernadette Gleeson'sIPFW Homepage Office: Neff 230P Email: gleeba01@ipfw.edu
Samm Johnson Syllabi: COM 114-60, COM 114-61 Office: Neff 230P Email: johnsl02@ipfw.edu	Thomas Landis Syllabi: COM 114-02, COM 114-06 Office: Neff 230P Email: landt01@ipfw.edu
Eric Mishler Syllabi: COM 114-39, COM 114-42 Office: Neff 230P Email: mishet01@ipfw.edu	Brandy Reincke Syllabi: COM 114-40, COM 114-43 Office: Neff 230P Email: reinbd01@ipfw.edu
Lara Hillenberg Syllabi: COM 114-05, COM 114-09 Office: Neff 230P Email: smitll01@ipfw.edu	Marcus Trice Syllabi: COM 114-44 Office: Neff 230P Email: tricma02@ipfw.edu
Victoria Xie Syllabi: COM 114-01, COM 114-03 Office: Neff 230P Email: xiec01@ipfw.edu

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