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Faculty members in the UIS Communication Department have diverse backgrounds in teaching and professional experience. Their specialties include interpersonal, organizational, and family communication; mass media and journalism; new media technologies, and video and radio production.


Michael Cavanagh
Assistant ProfessorProf. Michael Cavanagh

M.S.  Journalism – New Media, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism

Areas of Specialization:  Journalism, new media, media law, Web design and interactive multimedia.

Email: mcava2@uis.edu
Office:  UHB 3021
Phone: (217) 206-8511


Michael CheneyMichael Cheney
Professor

Ph.D. Communication, The Ohio State University

Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award at UIS, 2011

Areas of Specialization: political economy of communications, media and politics, popular music and society

Email: mchen1@uis.edu
Office: UHB 4078
Phone: (217) 206-8271


Jim Grubbs

Associate ProfessorJIm Grubbs

Ph.D. Communication and Culture, Indiana University

Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award at UIS, 2009

Areas of Specialization: new communication technologies, broadcasting and mass media systems

Faculty Web Page
Email: jgrub1@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3020
Phone: (217) 206-7365


Kathy Petitte JamisonKathy Jamison

Associate Professor and Chair

Ph.D. Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UIS China Faculty Exchange Lecturer, 2008

Areas of Specialization: global media studies, media criticism, advertising and consumer culture, philosophy and ethics of communicaiton, global film and culture, media writing, feature writing, research methods

Email: kjamison@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3024
Phone: (217) 206-8032


Amie Kincaid

Assistant ProfessorAmie Kincaid

Ph.D. Intercultural Communication, University of New Mexico

Areas of Specialization: intercultural, interpersonal, and organizational communication; race and critical theory; public relations; and oral communication

Email: akinc2@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3021
Phone: (217) 206-8415


Ric Perez
Instructor

M.A. Communication, Central Michigan University

Area of Specialization: Oral Communication

Email: rpere2@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3011
Phone: (217) 206-7582


Elizabeth Ribarksy

Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Ribarsky

Ph.D. Communication, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

NCA Rookie Advisor of the Year for Lambda Pi Eta 2011
Student Organization Faculty Advisor of the Year, University of Illinois Springfield (2010)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007

Areas of Specialization: dating and sexual communication, constructing individual and relational identities through interpersonal communication

Email: eriba2@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3016
Phone: (217) 206-8416

Professor Ribarsky on dating and sexual communication


Hazel RozemaHazel Rozema
Associate Professor

Ph.D. Communication, University of Kansas

Pearson Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at UIS, 2001

Areas of Specialization: interpersonal/organizational communication, public relations, family and interracial communication

Email: hroze1@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3022
Phone: (217) 206-7297


Ann StrahleAnn Strahle
Assistant Professor

M.A. Journalism, Indiana University School of Journalism

Areas of Specialization: mass media, broadcast journalism, interviewing, public relations

Email: astra2@uis.edu
Office: UHB 3012
Phone: (217) 206-7421

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