Faculty and Staff

Zhuo Ban, 

Associate Professor of Communication Graduate Director, Communication

Omotayo O Banjo, 

Professor

Megan G Boyd, 

Asst Professor

Dana L Cloud, 

Professor, Director of the School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies

Gail T. Fairhurst, 

Professor

Michael R Gott, 

Professor of French & Department Head (RALL) and Professor of Film & Media Studies (SCFMS)

Abel Thomas Gustafson, 

Assistant Professor

Stephen M Haas, 

Professor of Communication

Delaney Grace Harness, 

Asst Professor

Todd Herzog, 

Professor in the School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies and the Department of Asian, East European, and German Studies. Director of the Niehoff Center for Film and Media Studies and the Digital Media Collaborative.

Eric Scott Jenkins, 

Assistant Professor

Nancy A Jennings, 

Professor, and Director of the Children's Education and Entertainment Research (CHEER) Lab;

Nina Maria Lozano, 

Assoc Professor

John A. Lynch, 

Professor

Kelly Merrill Jr, 

Asst Professor

Shaunak Sastry, 

Professor of Communication and Provostal Fellow (2024-2025)

Evan Torner, 

Associate Professor of German Studies and Film / Media Studies; Undergraduate Director of German Studies; Director, UC Game Lab

Gary Weissman, 

Undergraduate Director of Film and Media Studies • School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies

Heather M. Zoller, 

Professor

Suzanne Boys, 

Professor

Michelle Lindsay Colpean, 

Asst Professor - Educator

Cassidy D. Ellis, 

Asst Professor - Educator

Steven J. Fuller, 

Educator Professor; Communication Undergraduate Director

Amber K Gee, 

Educator Associate Professor

Jessica Graves-Rack, 

Assoc Professor - Educator

Evan R. Griffin, 

Educator Professor

James R Knippling, 

Educator Associate Professor

Lisamarie Luccioni, 

Professor Educator

Molly B. Mayer, 

Educator Professor, Internship Director, Business Communication Coordinator

Autumn Leigh Miller, 

Associate Professor Educator

Michael J. Woeste, 

Associate Professor

Mike Lawrence Gasaway, 

Assistant Professor - Practice

Marty P Schiff, 

Asst Professor - Practice

Marthe C Alexander, 

Annual Adjunct Instructor

James Amatulli, 

Adjunct Instructor

William Craig Anderson, 

Instructor - Adj

Keeyana Marlynn Avery, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Nicholas Belperio, 

Instructor - Adj

Eliane Bettocchi, 

Asst Professor - Adj

Erica Lee Bock, 

Asst Professor - Adj Ann

Melanie Elizabeth Booher, 

Instructor - Adj

Tyler James Bourdeau, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Asha Skye Bradford Brogan, 

Instructor - Adj

Eric Allen Camper, 

Digital Futures Lab Technician 1

Evan T Carroll, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Diana Michelle Casteel, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Miguel Elias Castillo, 

Asst Professor - Adj Ann

Johnny Joseph Catalano, 

Instructor - Adj

Amber Marie Conley, 

Asst Dir/Program Dir

Steve Paul Depoe, 

Professor - Adj Ann

Nathan Duffin DeWitt, 

Asst Professor - Adj Ann

Juergen Mathias Dorl, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Mariam Ahmed Zakyeldin Elgafy, 

Instructor - Adj

Kristina Tabor Galyen, 

Professor

Thomas Hewitt Gilmore, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Marc Daniel Governanti, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Dani Daniela Granja Nunez, 

Instructor - Adj

Alicia Lynn Grega, 

Instructor - Adj

Andrew Karl Hunt, 

Instructor - Adj

Mark Jorgensen, 

Adjunct Associate Professor

Mary Leonard, 

Professor - Adj

Jesse Brose Maiman, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Kent G Meloy, 

Instructor - Adj Ann

Richard Charles Metzger, 

Asst Professor - Adj Ann

Matthew C Nelson

Petersen Williams Niehoff, 

Asst Professor - Adj

Frank OFarrell, 

Asst Professor - Adj

Marissa Marlene Pauly, 

Instructor - Adj

Nancy Lee Schulte, 

Assistant Professor - Adjunct Ann

Michael J. Sharp, 

Assoc Professor - Educator

Marlene Shmalo, 

Assistant Professor - Adjunct Ann

Shelby Renae Singh, 

Instructor - Adj

Tyler Jeffrey Smith, 

Asst Professor - Adj Ann

Simón D. Sotelo, 

Director of Recording Production; Adjunct Instructor of Digital Audio

Maggie Dylan Spataro, 

Instructor - Adjunct Ann

Loki E Williams, 

Instructor - Adj

Jeff W Winkelman, 

Instructor - Adjunct

Cindy L. Berryman-Fink, 

Professor Emerita

James Crocker-lakness, 

Professor Emeritus

Steve Paul Depoe, 

Professor - Adj Ann

Kristina Tabor Galyen, 

Professor

Maribeth S. Metzler, 

Professor

Kurt J. Neuwirth, 

Associate Professor

Lisa H. Newman, 

Educator Professor, Department of Communication

Michael S Porte, 

Professor Emeritus

Teresa Sabourin

Kirsten Kaylor Hudson, 

Work Study Student

Madeline Yelle Jentsch, 

Program Coordinator

Ekaterina Katzarova , 

Program Manager

Kristin Nicole Rice, 

Financial Administrator 1

Ousmane Sow, 

Work Study Student

Maddie Suzanne Sullivan, 

Student Worker

Usman Bah, 

Graduate Assistant

Hayley Rene Clark, 

Graduate Assistant

Ruth Emmanuel, 

Graduate Assistant

Emma C Gerding, 

Graduate Assistant

Spencer Garrett Hall, 

Graduate Assistant

Leah Lyn Hayes, 

Graduate Assistant

Fuseini Tia Iddrisu, 

Graduate Assistant

Caylor M Jarvis, 

Graduate Assistant

Jean Marcel Lagreca, 

Graduate Assistant

Gabrielle Alyse Nichols, 

Program Manager

Joanna Oreoluwa Oyeleke

Shobha Pai, 

Graduate Assistant

Yixuan Qi, 

Graduate Assistant

Balkisa Muhammed Sissy, 

Graduate Assistant

Richard Tarantino

Chip William Verst, 

Instructor - Adj

Levina Marie Antonia Vilardo, 

Instructor - Adj

Jo Withrow, 

Graduate Assistant

Sherifatu Zakari