Communication Studies is a department with an innovative curriculum grounded in rhetoric, media studies, and cultural studies. Beyond these broad areas of study, each member of the faculty has more specific areas of expertise. 
Explore faculty research areas:
Dr. Melissa A Click
Popular culture, digital and social media, television, gender and feminism, media fans and audiences
Dr. Heather Crandall
Rhetoric of social change, techno-ecofeminist activism, communication pedagogy
Dr. Rebecca Donaway
Political communication, partisan messaging, political & civic engagement, affect, digital news and social media
Dr. Jeremiah Favara
Gender and feminism, sexuality and queer theory, intersectionality, and militarization and media
Dr. Joseph Flores
Social media and political communication, propaganda and conspiracy theories, digital circulation studies
Dr. Glen Frappier
Argument and debate
Dr. Jeremy G. Gordon
Environmental communication, environmental justice, critical-animal studies, sound studies
Dr. Juliane Mora
Critical pedagogy & education for social justice, communication across the curriculum, communication & instruction
Dr. Kristina Morehouse
Journalism and democracy, identity and grief online, equity-minded pedagogy
Dr. Karen Petruska
Television studies, media industry studies, digital culture