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Communication Studies

Kristina Horn Sheeler (Chair)

Campus Address: CA 309-D
Phone: (317)278-3161
Fax: (317)278-1025
Email: ksheeler@iupui.edu
Appointments: Department of Communication Studies Chair, and Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Political communication, gender, and public identity, studying the ways in which political identity is rhetorically constructed and contested in popular media.
Teaching: Political Communication
Persuasion
Gender and Communication

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Robin L. Waldron (Assistant to the Chair)

Campus Address: CA 309B
Phone: (317)274-2095
Fax: (317)278-1025
Email: rlwaldro@iupui.edu
Appointments: Assistant to the Chair, Department of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Personal History, Writing, and Editing

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Kristine Brunovska Karnick (Director of Undergraduate Programs)

Campus Address: CA 309E
Phone: (317)278-3141
Fax: (317)278-1025
Email: kkarnick@iupui.edu
Appointments: Department of Communication Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Adjunct Associate Professor of Informatics
Academic Interests: mass media and society, film and television history, film and television aesthetics and criticism, media humor and comedy, film comedy, and early television history

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Nancy Rhodes (Director of Graduate Programs)

Campus Address: CA 307C
Phone: (317)278-3760
Fax: (317)278-1025
Email: rhodesn@iupui.edu
Appointments: Department of Communication Studies Graduate Program Director, Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Persuasion and social influence as they are applied to health communication, for example, smokers' processing of anti-smoking messages, the role of social influence in teen risky driving, and norms for drinking and driving among college students.

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Jill Annette Cobb (Graduate Program Assistant)

Campus Address: CA309A
Phone: (317)274-0572
Fax: (317)278-1025
Email: jiacobb@iupui.edu
Appointments: Graduate Program Assistant, Departmental Web Editor, Senior Administrative Assistant
Academic Interests: Information Science in Medical Subject Area. Also,interested in Genealogy, Archives, and Grassroots Website Development.

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Jennifer Sue Cochrane (Director for Online Teaching and Learning)

Campus Address: CA 307J
Phone: (317)274-2799
Fax: (317)278-1025
Email: cochrane@iupui.edu
Appointments: Director, Online Teaching and Learning, Department of Communication Studies
Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Vocal mechanics (articulation, voice) and public speaking skills, online pedagogy

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Jaime Hamilton (Director of Forensics)

Campus Address: CA 001E5
Phone: (765)455-9558
Email: jlhami@iupui.edu
Appointments: Lecturer in Communication Studies
Director, IUPUI Forensics Program

Academic Interests: Public Speaking

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Stephen Le Beau, Jr. (Director for R110: Fundamentals of Speech Communication)

Campus Address: CA003D
Phone: (317)274-7110
Email: salebeau@iupui.edu
Appointments: Department of Communication Studies Director of Public Speaking, and Lecturer in Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Public Speaking, English as a Second Language, Instructional Technology

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Charles R. Bantz

Campus Address: AO 104
Phone: (317) 274-4417
Email: cbantz@iupui.edu
Appointments: Chancellor, IUPUI
Vice President for Long-Range Planning, IU
Professor of Communication Studies
Professor of Management
Academic Interests: Communication in collectives such as organizations and cultures; international higher education; technology and higher education; news in cross-cultural contexts

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Linda G. Bell

Campus Address: Cavanaugh 307-D and SON 426
Phone: (317)274-0299
Email: lgbell@iupui.edu
Appointments: Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Liberal Arts and
Professor of Family Health in the School of Nursing

Professor Emerita of Psychology and Family Therapy, University of Houston - Clear Lake

Licensed Psychologist; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
ABPP, Family Psychology
AAMFT Approved Supervisor

1985-1987 Visiting Researcher, Japanese National Institute of Mental Health, Ichikawa, Japan. Dr. Bell also provided supervision and training in family therapy to many Japanese therapists through various Japanese clinics, hospitals and universities at a time when family therapy was just starting to grow as a profession in Japan.

1976-1991 Professor of Behavioral Sciences, and Director of Training in Family Therapy ('82-'85), University of Houston - Clear Lake. Dr. Bell initiated and helped develop a nationally accredited training program in family therapy. In 1986 the program was selected as a model program in the state of Texas.
Website: http://www.familylegacies.net
Academic Interests: The relationships between family communication and family system processes and the health and wellbeing of family members, particularly adolescents.

Dr. Bell is involved in a 40-year cross-cultural longitudinal study of marriage and family; samples from the U.S. and Japan. The study involves structured home interviews and 25-year follow-ups. More information about this research can be found at www.familylegacies.net.
Teaching: Dr. Bell teaches in the areas of interpersonal, restorative, health and family communitation (School of Liberal Arts) and family health (School of Nursing). She also supervises and trains in family therapy.

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Jennifer Bute

Campus Address: Cavanaugh Hall 307G
Phone: (317)274-2090
Fax: 317-278-1025
Email: jjbute@iupui.edu
Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Communication about health in interpersonal relationships, public discourse about women's health, qualitative research methods
Teaching: I teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in interpersonal communication, health communication and gender and communication

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Charmayne 'Charli' Champion-Shaw

Campus Address: CA325
Phone: (317)274-8356
Email: cchampio@iupui.edu
Appointments: Visiting Lecturer in Communication Studies and Office of American Indian Programs
Academic Interests: Identity & Community, Social Justice, Media Studies, Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication
Teaching: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication Introduction to Social Justice Mass Media & Contemporary Society Native American Culture & Communication Native American Course & Curriculum Development

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Jan De Wester

Campus Address: Office:Taylor Hall 2141. Administrative (Mailbox):CA 309
Phone: (317)274-2615
Email: jdeweste@iupui.edu
Appointments: Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies
Co-Director of the Summer Bridge Academy
Learning Community Coordinator for University College, Co-Coordinator for the Summer Success Academy
Academic Interests: Public speaking, theater, freshman first year seminars and summer preparatory programs

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Aron Elizabeth Dibacco

Campus Address: CA 141
Phone: (317)274-8674
Email: adibacco@iupui.edu
Appointments: Social Science Research Specialist
Academic Interests: Interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, diversity

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Catherine A. Dobris

Campus Address: CA 307A
Phone: (317)278-3110
Email: cdobris@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Adjunct Professor of English, Adjunct Professor Women's Studies
Academic Interests: Contemporary rhetorical theory and public address, Women's Studies, intersections of race, class, culture, ethnicity and gender from a rhetorical perspective

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Elizabeth Goering

Campus Address: CA 307F
Phone: (317) 278-3136
Email: bgoering@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: organizational communication, intercultural communication, small-group communication, communication in conflictsituations, communication apprehension and shyness, the relationship between culture and communication, and narratives/storytelling in organizations

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Julie A. Goldsmith, Ph.D.

Campus Address: CA001E5
Phone: (317)278-0112
Email: jgoldsm@iupui.edu
Appointments: Visiting Associate Professor of Liberal Arts

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Sumana Naomi Jogi

Campus Address: CA 003F
Phone: (317) 278-3146
Email: sjogi@iupui.edu
Appointments: Lecturer in Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Public speaking; Interpersonal communication; Intercultural communication

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Michael R. Maitzen

Campus Address: CA 446
Phone: (317)274-0568
Fax: (317)278-2525
Email: mmaitzen@iupui.edu
Appointments: Teleproduction Supervisor
Coordinator, Communication Techonology Laboratory, Visual Language Lab, Speakers Lab
Academic Interests: Video, Audio, Graphics, Photography, 3D Modeling and Animation, Interactive Multimedia

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John Parrish-Sprowl

Campus Address: CA 126
Phone: (317)278-3145
Fax: 278-1025
Email: johparri@iupui.edu
Appointments: Professor of Communication Studies
Co-Director, Global Health Communication Center
Adjunct Professor, Informatics
Russian & Eastern European Institute University College
Academic Interests: relational, organizational, and cultural transformation and change; global health issues
Teaching: Global Health Advanced Communication Theory Organizational Communication Intercultural Communication Study abroad

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Sandra Petronio

Campus Address: AO 101
Phone: (317)274-8655
Fax: (317) 255-4324
Email: petronio@iupui.edu
Appointments: Professor of Communication Studies,
IU School of Medicine,Senior Affiliate Faculty, Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, Adjunct Professor in the IU School of Nursing and School of Informatics
Academic Interests: Privacy, disclosure, confidentiality, health communication, family communication, interpersonal relationships, on-line social media, Communication Privacy Management Theory
Teaching: ethics, disclosure, confidentiality, and privacy management, health communication, family communication.

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Mike Polites

Campus Address: CA 001E3
Phone: (317) 278-7718
Email: mpolites@iupui.edu
Appointments: Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Interviewing research focus on humor
Teaching: R110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking C180 Interpersonal Communication C325 Principles and Practices of Interviewing

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T. G. Potts

Campus Address: 003E
Phone: (317)278-3146
Email: freethoughtcommunications@YAHOO.COM
Appointments: Faculty, Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Media and society, legal communication (First Ammendment issues), social movements, political/social impact of new media technologies

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Charles Reyes

Campus Address: CA 001E4
Phone: (317) 278-3102
Email: chreyes@iupui.edu
Appointments: Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies Department, IUPUI
Academic Interests: Course instruction at IUPUI includes Interpersonal Communication (C180) The Art of Public Speaking (R110)

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Jonathan Paul Rossing

Campus Address: CA 307-H
Phone: (317)278-5192
Email: jrossing@iupui.edu
Appointments: Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Critical Race Theory; Comedy as a source for social justice education; Racial controversies and constructions of racial knowledge
Teaching: Introduction to Media Studies (COMM M150) Introduction to Communication Theory (COMM G201) Media and Social Movements (COMM G391)

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Ronald M. Sandwina

Campus Address: CA 307E
Phone: (317) 278-3158
Email: rsandwin@iupui.edu
Appointments: Sr. Lecturer of Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Research interests involve examining information management strategies among bargainers and developing communication-centered approaches to achieving student persistence and success.
Teaching: Courses taught include, among others, Communication and Conflict, Research Methods, and Organizational Communication.

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Ian Sheeler

Campus Address: CA 001E2
Phone: (317)278-3143
Email: isheeler@iupui.edu
Appointments: Lecturer in Communication Studies
Academic Interests: communication pedagogy, law and rhetoric
Teaching: Teaching public speaking, interpersonal communication, business communication, argumentation and debate and communication theory.

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Kate Thedwall

Campus Address: Taylor Hall B05B
Phone: 278-6480
Email: kthedwal@iupui.edu
Appointments: Director of the Gateway to Graduation Program, University College Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies
Appointed Associate Faculty in University College
Website: gateway.iupui.edu
Academic Interests: Rhetoric, Mass Communication, Shared Teaching with Russian Universities, Gateway endeavors at IUPUI.

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Gail Gráinne Whitchurch

Campus Address: CA 309
Phone: (317) 278-3197
Fax: 317-278-1025
Email: 555@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Professor of Communication Studies;
Associate Professor, International Studies;
Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Sociology.
Academic Interests: Applied family communication research. Socio-historical research on the famine-era Achill Mission, Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.

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Kim White-Mills

Campus Address: CA 307G
Phone: (317)278-3199
Email: kwhitemi@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Professor
Academic Interests: organizational communication, group communication, research methodology, and communication styles and strategies of women

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Associate Faculty ( Communication Studies )

Anthony Scott Allanson

Campus Address: CA313
Email: aallanso@iupui.edu

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Janice Elizabeth Bankert-Countryman

Campus Address: CA309
Email: jbanco@iupui.edu
Appointments: Communication R-110 Associate Faculty.
Academic Interests: Autoethnography, ethnography, rhetoric, feminist theory, critical theory, Coordinated Management of Meaning
Teaching: R-110

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Catherine Marie Cardwell

Campus Address: 334 N. Senate Ave GL-B, Indianapolis, 46204
Phone: (317)385-6392
Email: cbeechle@iupui.edu
Appointments: Comm Studies
Teaching: Associate Faculty teaching T100

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Lawrence Nickolas Cistrelli

Campus Address: CA313
Email: lcistrel@iupui.edu

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Gregory Cook

Campus Address: CA 313
Email: grdcook@iupui.edu

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Rachel D. Copley

Campus Address: CA313
Email: rdcopley@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Faculty, Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory; Women's Studies
Teaching: R110, Public Speaking

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Moffett L Craig

Campus Address: CA 313
Phone: (317)773-5595
Email: molcraig@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Faculty, Communication Studies
Academic Interests: Oratory, Theatre,
Teaching: R110, Public Speaking

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Dina David

Campus Address: CA313
Email: ddavid@iupui.edu

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Bryan D Fonseca

Campus Address: CA313
Email: bfonseca@phoenixtheatre.org

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Christopher A. Fox

Campus Address: CA313
Email: chrisfox@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Faculty, Communication Studies
Teaching: R110, Public Speaking

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Michael Joseph Harvey

Campus Address: CA313
Email: mharvey@iupui.edu
Appointments: Comm Studies
Academic Interests: Contemporary rhetorical theory, Group Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Conflict Resolution
Teaching: R110 / Public Speaking

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Krista Hoffmann-Longtin

Campus Address: FS 6200
Phone: (317)278-2608
Email: klongtin@iupui.edu
Appointments: Comm 180 Online Instructor
Academic Interests: Mass media and culture
Women's Studies
Communication Pedagogy

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Kate Johnson

Campus Address: EF 250
Phone: (317)274-3178
Email: katlnich@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Faculty, Department of Communication Studies Program Manager, Indiana Public Health Training Center, IUSM Department of Public Health
Academic Interests: Health communication, health education, chronic disease education, public health, public speaking
Teaching: P650: Readings in Public Health: Public Health Communication R110: Fundamentals of Public Speaking R110: Fundamentals of Public Speaking, TLC: So, You Want to Be a Nurse?

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Rodger Dale Johnson, MA

Campus Address: CA313
Email: rodjohns@iupui.edu

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Michael Alan Kaplan

Campus Address: CA313
Email: makworx@gmail.com

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Andrew T Kerr

Campus Address: CA313
Email: atkerr@iupui.edu

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Spencer Philip King

Campus Address: CA313
Email: sppking@iupui.edu
Appointments: Communication R-110 Associate Faculty
Academic Interests: Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM), Interpersonal Neurobiology, Pragmatics, Conflict Resolution, Communication surrounding weight management
Teaching: R-110

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Jennifer Rice Medcalfe

Campus Address: CA313
Phone: (317)414-8505
Email: jmedcalfe@yahoo.com
Appointments: Comm Studies
Teaching: Associate Faculty for R110 Public Speaking

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Steven Overbey

Campus Address: CA313
Phone: (317)294-8255
Email: soverbey@iupui.edu
Teaching: Communication Studies

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Emily Jean Paladin

Campus Address: CA313
Email: epaladin@iupui.edu

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Kelly R. Schutz

Campus Address: CA313
Email: kschutz@iupui.edu

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Angela Sisson

Campus Address: CA 313
Phone: (317)731-0060
Email: ajsisson@iupui.edu

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Thomas Stuckey

Campus Address: CA 313
Phone: (317)435-9461
Email: tstuckey@iupui.edu

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Teresa G. Tackett

Campus Address: CA313
Email: ttackett@iupui.edu

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Kara Terrell-Curtis

Campus Address: CA313 Cube P
Phone: (317)563-1529
Email: terrelkb@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Faculty, Communication Studies
Teaching: R110- Fundamentals of Speech Communication

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Susan (Sue) Lynn Wheeler

Campus Address: UL1170
Phone: (317)274-1861
Email: sulwheel@iupui.edu
Appointments: Associate Faculty, Department of Communication Studies, Graduate Non-Degree Coordinator, IUPUI Graduate Office
Teaching: R110, Public Speaking

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Keith Alden Young

Campus Address: CA313
Email: keiyoung@iupui.edu

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