Juliane Mora, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication Studies

Juliane Mora has taught communication across the curriculum in the humanities, sciences, engineering, and business for 15 years at four different institutions, from California to Florida. Her research interests are in communication pedagogy at the college...

Portrait of Juliane Mora, Ph.D.

Contact Information

  • Office Hours Spring 2024

    Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 1:30pm - 3:00pm

  • (509) 313-4758

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Communication, University of Utah

M.A., Communication Studies, California State University-Sacramento

B.A., Communication Studies, California State University-Sacramento

Courses Taught

COMM 100: Communication & Speech

COMM 193: FYS: Intergroup Dialogue

COMM 320: Resistance, Struggle & Power

COMM 420: Critical/Cultural Communication

COMM 490: Crafting Professional Identity


Juliane Mora has taught communication across the curriculum in the humanities, sciences, engineering, and business for 15 years at four different institutions, from California to Florida. Her research interests are in communication pedagogy at the college level, particularly the practices educators use to work for social justice through classroom instruction. She is passionate about creative approaches to teaching and strives to use innovative pedagogical practices in every class she teaches.

In addition to research and teaching, she enjoys working with students outside the classroom, through student organization events, professional development workshops, alternative break service trips, volunteering, and as a faculty advisor.

Mora, J. (2016). Socially constructing learning space: Communication theory and pedagogy for social justice. Review of Communication, 16 (2&3), 176-191.

Mora, J. (2008). The politics of praxis. Rocky Mountain Communication Review, 5, 70-74.

Leah Vande Berg and Nick Trujillo (with Kimo Ah Yun, Janis Andersen, Sylvia Fox, Rona Halualani, Janellen Hill, Thom McCain, Juliane Mora, Carol Pagelson, Laurie St. Aubin, Jillian Tullis Owen, Morrie Vande Berg, and David Zuckerman), (2008). Cancer and Death: A Love Story in Many Voices. In Norman K. Denzin and Michael D. Giardina (Eds.) Qualitative Inquiry and the Politics of Evidence. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, pp. 288-308.

Tullis Owen, J., Jones, T., Mora, J., & Vohryzek-Bolden, M. (September, 2004). California Youth Authority Basic Academy #149 Evaluation: Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Vohryzek-Bolden, M., Mora, J., Jones, T., & Gustafson, S. (June, 2003). CDC Basic Correctional Officer Academy Evaluation: Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Jones, T., Mora, J., Vohryzek-Bolden, M., & Gustafson, S. (February, 2003). CDC Parole Agent Academy Evaluation: Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Vohryzek-Bolden, M., Farmer, Y., Vizzard, W., Capron, T., Cote, S., Castillon, V., Jones, T., Mora, J., Monroy, S., & Kobrin, B. (July, 2003). Evaluation of Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Forces in California: California Office of Criminal Justice Planning. 

  • Organizational Communication/Business and Professional
  • Communication Across the Curriculum
  • Instructional Communication, Critical Pedagogy & Social Justice
  • Rhetoric & Critical/ Cultural studies