Moody College of Communication Experts
Cassandre Alvarado
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Moody College of Communication
cassandre.alvarado@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3997
Expertise: Focuses research on student success and graduation initiatives, including innovative college readiness assignments, student success programs and understanding the completion agenda.
Miguel Alvarez
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
migalvarez@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Production; screenwriting; digital media; narrative filmmaking; documentary filmmaking; directing; editing/post-production
Rosental Alves
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
rosental.alves@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6851
Expertise: journalist; foreign correspondent; international reporting; journalism in Latin America; online journalism
Lucy Atkinson
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lucyatkinson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6665
Expertise: communication in the context of sustainability and the environment; focusing on the ways message components (like visual elements, argument frames, source factors) in environmental communication campaigns influence environmental attitudes; beliefs and behaviors; environmental communication; sustainability; advertising; immersive media (virtual reality and augmented reality); AI-generated messaging
Dawna Ballard
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
diballard@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251
Expertise: chronemics: the study of time as its bound to human communication; time; teams; work; time management; work-life balance; slow movement; speed, mindfulness; overload; availability; 24-7 culture; convenience; scheduling; punctuality; deadlines; children's advocacy centers; secondary/vicarious trauma
Brendon Bankey
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
brendon.bankey@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: The role of Clint Eastwood and his films in the Nixon administration's re-election efforts and the New Right conservative movement
Benjamin L Bays
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
benjamin.bays@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Animation, comics, cartoons, video games, visual effects, digital media
Mary Beltran
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0021, +1 608 320 9041
Expertise: U.S. Latina/o media studies; U.S. television and film history; mixed race and media culture; feminist media studies.
Charles E Berg
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
charles.ramirezberg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9925
Expertise: Latinos in US films; film history; narratology; Mexican cinema
Mary Bock
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
mary.bock@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0673
Expertise: photo and video journalism; citizen journalism and cop-watching; visual journalism and the criminal justice system, perp walks, mug shots; gender and social inequality in media
Katie Bradford
Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
katie.bradford@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Video-based data, integrating technology into their face-to-face conversations
Laura Bright
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
laurabright@utexas.edu
+1 512 699 8218
Expertise: social media effects, social media fatigue, big data, advertising personalization, digital wellness
Laura E Brown
Director, Semester in New York Program, Moody College of Communication
laura.brown@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: DEI; difficult conversations; communication strategies
Michael Butterworth
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
michael.butterworth@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1931
Expertise: sports and politics; sports culture; nationalism and militarism in sports; sports and public memory
Courtney T Byrd
Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
courtney.byrd@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9426
Expertise: Communication disorder; causes and therapies of childhood stuttering; adulthood stuttering; linguistic processing; motor planning; fluency disorders; voice disorders; speech disfluencies; speech-language contributions to childhood stuttering; innovative treatment; bilingualism and multiculturalism in speech-language pathology; accessible clinical training tools
Julia Campbell
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
julia.campbell@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Central auditory and visual processing in children and adults. Cortical plasticity, or the ability of the brain to adapt to incoming information.
Gina Chen
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
gina.masullo@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6323
Expertise: Online incivility, online engagement, news trust, political polarization
Wenhong Chen
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: digital media; global media; entrepreneurship; social capital; social networks; China; US-China relation
E. Ciszek
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
eciszek@utexas.edu
Expertise: advocacy and social change; public relations as activism; activism and strategic communication; LGBT, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer AND strategic communication; cultural studies, qualitative research, corporate activism, activism, advocacy and social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion
Renita Coleman
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
renita.coleman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1969
Expertise: visual communication; ethics; agenda setting; journalism and public relations; stereotyping in the media; media; photojournalism; photography
Martin Cox
Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
mrcox@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1957
Expertise: Speech
Isabella Cunningham
Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
isabella.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1101, +1 512 471 8126
Expertise: legal and ethical aspects of advertising; media effectiveness and messaging appeals; trademarks and intellectual property; deceptive advertising; brand placement and brand equity
Joe Cutbirth
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
jcutbirth@utexas.edu
Expertise: How public narratives develop ad their effects on civic participation and communication leadership; civic participation; behavioral ethics; journalism
Rene Dailey
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
rdailey@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4867, +1 512 471 5251
Expertise: family communication; dating relationships
James Dalthorp
Assistant Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
james.dalthorp@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: NIL; sports communication; strategic branding
John Daly
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
daly@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251
Expertise: communication effectiveness; customer service and loyalty; advocacy (persuasion and influence); presentation skills; leadership and teamwork; crisis communication; interpersonal communication; practical ways to improve communication skills; idea advocacy; virtual and dispersed teamwork
Katherine Dawson
Professor of Practice, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
katedawson@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6111
Expertise: journalism; news; television news; broadcast journalism; news production; documentary film; broadcast news writing; radio reporting; television producing
Donna De Cesare
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
donna.decesare@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1980
Expertise: Documentary photography; video storytelling; Latin American studies; human rights and visual documentary; journalism and trauma; children at risk; child soldiers; youth gangs; visual storytelling for NGOs and non-profit sector.
Natalie Devlin
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
nataliebdevlin@utexas.edu
Expertise: crisis communication; digital media in sports; big data; digital advertising; data/privacy;
Lisa Dobias
Associate Professor of Instruction, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
dobias@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1101
Expertise: social media; branding
Erin Donovan
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
erindonovan@utexas.edu
Expertise: How people reveal and conceal illness, such as cancer or HIV/AIDS, among friends and family, the ways people manage information about their illness, topic avoidance as a cancer coping mechanism, health communication and psychology. Interpersonal health communication; how people communicatively cope with illness, stress, and uncertainty
Minette Drumwright
Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
mdrum@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1101, +1 512 471 2367
Expertise: ethics; leadership; corporate social responsibility; communication for nonprofits
Mirasol Enriquez
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
mirasol.enriquez@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: U.S.-based Latina filmmakers; media production culture; Chicana/o film; representations of race and gender in media
Marina Fontolan
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
marina.fontolan@utexas.edu
Expertise: Videogame localization, game studies, De- and postcolonial game studies, history of games and gaming, and science and technology studies
Caroline Frick
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
cfrick@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: film/media preservation; digital libraries; media history; moving image archiving; online streaming platforms
Kathryn Fuller
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
kathy.fullerseeley@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: silent film history; radio history; US cultural history; 1960s history; comedy and humor
Shiv Ganesh
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
shiv.ganesh@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: collective organizing; globalization and digital technologies; transparency; environmental communication
Celestine Gonzalez De Bustamante
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
celestegdb@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Historical and contemporary issues related to media in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Mexico, and other parts of Latin America
Lalitha Gopalan
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
lalitha.gopalan@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4071
Expertise: Film theory; feminist film theory; contemporary world cinemas; Indian cinema; genre films; experimental film and video
Stephanie Grasso
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
smgrasso@utexas.edu
Expertise: Speech-language pathology, bilingualism and aphasia, neurologically-based communication disorders
Joshua Gunn
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
josh_gunn@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3933, +1 512 471 5251
Expertise: Ineffable communication; signs and symbols; Marxism; psychoanalysis; critical theory
Liberty Hamilton
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
liberty.hamilton@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1929
Roderick Hart
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
rod.hart@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1956
Expertise: media and politics; civic participation; political campaigns; presidential rhetoric
Elin Hartelius
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
j.hartelius@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: rhetorical theory and criticism; digital rhetoric and culture; rhetoric of expertise
Kelsey Hatton
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
kelsey.hatton@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2015
Terry Hemeyer
Associate Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
hemeyer@austin.utexas.edu
+1 713 819 1322, +1 713 819 1671
Expertise: Crisis management; public, employee, community, government and investor relations; advertising; marketing; consumer segmentation; human resources; communicating corporate layoffs, and corporate security.
Maya Henry
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
maya.henry@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: nature and treatment of aphasia
Madeleine Holland
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
mholland@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: professional communication; teamwork; college success; first-year students; stigma; identity; social identity; stereotypes; relational communication; interpersonal communication; romantic relationships
Noah Isenberg
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
noah.isenberg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6680, +1 917 689 6453
Expertise: media studies; industry/history/criticism; identity and representation; classical Hollywood; independent cinema; Weimar cinema; Émigrés in Hollywood
Sharon Jarvis
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
sjarvis@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1961, +1 512 471 5251
Expertise: political persuasion, communication, research methods
Thomas Johnson
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
tom.johnson@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Media in elections; new media
Corinne Jones
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
corinne.jones@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: motor control and motor learning of swallowing behaviors; neuromodulatory approaches to dysphagia; pharyngeal high-resolution manometry; swallowing; swallowing disorders (dysphagia); swallowing evaluation and rehabilitation; Parkinsons disease; Multiple sclerosis
David Junker
Professor of Instruction, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
junker@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9466
Expertise: Public relations and strategic communications; Black Music and the media; race relations; and popular music.
Lee Ann Kahlor
Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
kahlor@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 791 5726
Expertise: public relations health and environmental risk communication; science communication; information seeking; cultural and racial norms related to health behaviors' message processing; science communication; environmental communication; health communication
Octavio Kano-Galvan
Assistant Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
octavio.kanogalvan@austin.utexas.edu
+1 240 426 1762
Expertise: creative; art director; photography; 3D video production; web/mobile interactive media; motion graphics; 3D modeling and cinematography
Stuart Kelban
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
skelban@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6037
Expertise: screenwriting; television; film industry
Deena Kemp
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
dkemp@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: persuasion; emotion; behavioral economics in decision-making; health communication
Yeonsoo Kim
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
yeonsoo.kim@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: PR issues with actors athletes and influencers; strategic communication; corporate social responsibilty; reputation and crisis management
Rajinder Koul
Department Chair, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
rajinder.koul@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Understanding the symbol, referent, and instructional variables that influence graphic symbol learning in people with severe communication impairments as a consequence of developmental or acquired disabilities.
Shanti Kumar
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
shanti.kumar@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3498
Expertise: Global media; cultural studies
Amy Lasser
Director, Semester in Los Angeles Program, Moody College of Communication
amy.lasser@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Screenwriting, film production
Wei-Na Lee
F. J. Heyne Centennial Professor Emerita in Communication, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
weina@utexas.edu
Expertise: advertising, education; practice; communication process; how culture influences consumer response to communication; personal factors; message design; psychological response); communicating philanthropy and corporate social responsibility (CSR); overcoming skepticism
Jihye Lee
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
jihye.lee@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Computational inequality, AI, government, public benefits, advertising, financial constraints, digital inequality, media psychology
Rosemary Lester-Smith
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
rosemary.lester-smith@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2690
Expertise: Diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders; vocal tremor; voice therapy, neurological voice disorders
Richard Lewis
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
rmlewis@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6849
Expertise: Writer; producer; director; screenwriter
Anne Lewis
Professor of Practice, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
alewis615@utexas.edu
+1 512 656 0507
Expertise: Documentary filmmaking
Chang Liu
Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
changliu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4128
Expertise: Speech production and processing in native and non-native listeners; non-speech complex sounds
Brad Love
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lovebrad@utexas.edu
Expertise: persuasive capabilities of mass media; public health
Josephine Lukito
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
jlukito@utexas.edu
Expertise: Intersection of computational sociolinguistics and global political communication; power and the role of systems in societies, especially political and economic systems; AI
Joel Lulla
Lecturer, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
joel.lulla@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: NIL; sports communication; sports media; intercollegiate athletics; sports business; sports law
Michael S Mackert
Director of the Center for Health Communication, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
mackert@utexas.edu
+1 512 348 8490
Expertise: telemedicine; health communication; health literacy and online communities; health communication; communicating about complex health issues; audience targeting; tailoring messages; media campaigns; translating research into practice; social media; tobacco cessation; opioid overdose prevention; men's role in prenatal health
Madhavi Mallapragada
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
madhavim@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9239
Expertise: Media; race and media; immigration; Asian Americans; digital culture; virtual identities; South Asian diaspora
Cynthia Mccreery
Department Chair, Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
cindy.mccreery@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0013
Expertise: Screenwriting
Kathleen McElroy
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
kathleen.mcelroy@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: longtime newspaper editor; racial discourse; collective memory; sports media; obituaries
Matthew S McGlone
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
matthew_mcglone@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1920
Expertise: Cognition, persuasion and prejudice in interpersonal communication, stereotypes and stereotype threats, spatial performance, identity and sex differences. Social influence, persuasion and deception and the key role of language
Roselia Mendez Murillo
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
roselia.mendezmurillo@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: conducting qualitative work; particularly conducting interviews with Latina/o/x/e families; stress, resilience, thriving of Latinx families within the context of language brokering; undocumented status; living separated due to migration reasons
Srikanta Mishra
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
srikanta.mishra@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Audiology, peripheral auditory mechanics, hearing development, efferent system and otoacoustic emissions
John H Murphy
Professor Emeritus, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
jhmurphy@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Advertising and marketing communication management; current; issues in advertising practice; ethical issues in marketing; media management issues; advertising agency issues; business, integrated brand promotion, campaign planning and media management
Dhiraj Murthy
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
dhiraj.murthy@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Social media; digital research methods; race/ethnicity; qualitative/mixed methods; big data quantitative analysis; virtual organizations
Curran J Nault
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
cnault@utexas.edu
Expertise: grassroots queer transmedia
Jeeyun Oh
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
jeeyunoh@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8134
Expertise: User interaction with new media interface and AI (artificial intelligence) technology; the impact of interactive/smart/social media interfaces on health/environmental/advertising message processing and persuasion.
Nik Palomares
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
nik@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Mental health; how communication effects psychological wellbeing; cyberbullying; how people respond to fact-checking of information and misinformation online
Korey A Pereira
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
korey.pereira@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7829
Expertise: Film sound; post-production sound; sound mixing; audio for video games
Alisa H Perren
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
aperren@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1524
Expertise: business of Hollywood; TV and film production; distribution and exhibition; talent management/representation; streaming services; American comic book industry; history/contemporary indie film sector
Paula M Poindexter
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
paula.poindexter@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 695 6879
Expertise: Newspaper and television journalism, including audience, coverage content, and leadership and management in the industry; the relationship African-Americans, women and youth have with the news; ethics in research methodologies in the media; media framing; polling, specifically the validity and interpretation of election polls; news coverage of presidential elections; women and young voters; millennials; social media
Kathrynn Pounders
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
kate.pounders@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: emotion and identity in communication effectiveness; health communication; emotional appeals; advertising and consumer wellbeing; advertising and gender
PJ Raval
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
pjraval@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4071
Expertise: filmmaker; subcultures and identities
Stephen D Reese
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
steve.reese@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1845, +1 512 471 1966
Expertise: journalism; media; media framing; press performance; news; news media; press critique; media critique; blogs; terrorism; war; sports journalism; media framing of public issues; globalization of journalism
Erin Reilly
Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
ebreilly@utexas.edu
Expertise: Audience motivation and emotion, immersive and interactive storytelling, Web3, blockchain, AI, emerging technologies, immersive and interactive storytelling, extended reality technologies (AI, IoT, AR, VR, MR, Virtual Worlds)
Joel D Rollins
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
jd.rollins@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1918
Expertise: Dr. Rollins is a senior lecturer in the Moody College of Communication in the Department of Communication Studies. He teaches courses in the undergraduate level which focus on argumentation theory and practice and the way in which rhetorical movements affect social change. His current research projects include investigating the role of rhetoric in pedagogy as well as writing a textbook for high school debaters.
David Ryfe
Director, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
david.ryfe@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: history and sociology of news; American political communication; public deliberation
Amy K Sanders
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
amy.sanders@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: social media; privacy; internet governance; AI
Nancy Schiesari
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
nancy.schiesari@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6678
Expertise: production; narrative filmmaking; documentary filmmaking; cinematography; producing
Mary Beth Schmitt Schmitt
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
marybeth.schmitt@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Language and literacy outcomes for children with developmental language disorders, including the effects of behavior regulation, optimal treatment intensity and peers
Lawrence P Schooler
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
larry.schooler@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: conflict resolution; mediation; consensus building; civic/community/public engagement (involving the public in decisions that affect them) (sometimes also called deliberative democracy); digital engagement (using technology innovatively to involve the public in decision making); restorative justice; transitional justice; memory/memorials and historic preservation; accessibility; public policy and public administration; urban affairs/urban planning
John R Schwartz
Professor of Practice, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
john.schwartz@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Environmental journalism, science journalism, climate change
Craig R Scott
Department Chair, Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
craig.scott@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Dr. Craig R. Scott is the incoming Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching are primarily focused on organizational communication, where he examines issues of anonymity and identity/identification in various organizational settings. His current interests center around hidden organizations, which are found when an organization and/or its members conceal key aspects of their identity from various audiences.
Suzanne Scott
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
suzanne.scott@utexas.edu
Expertise: fan culture (emphasis on fan/industry relations, gender and fan identities); digital and participatory cultures; transmedia storytelling and franchising; comic book culture; fan convention;
Adrien P Sebro
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
asebro@utexas.edu
Expertise: media studies; identity & representation; industry/history/criticism
Andrew Shea
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
andrew.shea@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5303
Expertise: director; screenwriter; producer; documentary filmmaker
Samantha Shorey
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
sshorey@utexas.edu
Expertise: artificial intelligence; labor; technology design; technology hype; AI ethics; technology in the workplace
Ya'Ke Smith
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
yake@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: social cinema; independent cinema; storytelling; television writing and directing; directing actors
Spencer Smith
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
spencer.smith@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Speech perception in noise; neural processes from inner ear to cortex
Iliana Sosa
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
iliana.sosa@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Filmmaking; documentary filmmaking
Stacey K Sowards
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
stacey.sowards@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: racial, gendered, language, and classed politics of marginalization; standing in various communities, states, and nations; Latina/o/x communities in the United States and South America.
Janet Staiger
Professor Emeritus, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
jstaiger@utexas.edu
Expertise: Theoretician and historian of American film and television
Keri K Stephens
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
keristephens@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0554
Expertise: disaster communication; flood awareness; emergency communication; infrastructure; humans and AI; using technology in the workplace
Mark Strama
Director, Organized Research Unit, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, Moody College of Communication
strama@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Texas politics; Political campaigns; Political polarization; Voting technology and systems; Redistricting; ranked choice voting and alternative voting methodologies; Civic participation and civic engagement; Civics education
Joseph Straubhaar
Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
jdstraubhaar@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Global media; digital media; digital divide
Jurgen Streeck
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
jstreeck@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1955
Expertise: Human interaction in everyday life; language and the body
Natalie J Stroud
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
tstroud@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1934
Expertise: Political behavior, partisan media use, political communication, public opinion, political research.
Scott R Stroud
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
sstroud@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251, +1 512 471 6561
Expertise: Comparative rhetoric, narrative theory, communication ethics and philosophy. Communication and culture, rhetoric and philosophy; rhetorical experience and political activity.
Sharon Strover
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
sharon.strover@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6652
Expertise: The Information Society; telecommunications policy, including telephone cable and satellite systems; international cultural policy with respect to film and television; and the digital divide.
George E Sylvie
Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
g.sylvie@utexas.edu
Expertise: Media management; Internet newspaper economics; motivation and satisfaction in the newsroom; change and newspapers; newspaper organizational cooperation; technology''s role in media management; black press economics; mass media and minorities; newspaper reporting and editing; communication; journalism
Mallary Tarpley
Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
mallary.tenore@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1990
Expertise: journalism; writing; eating disorders; nonprofit management; memoir; narrative nonfiction
Natalie T Tindall
Department Chair, Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
natalie.tindall@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Organizational composition, the situational theory of publics; intersectionality in public relations; NIL; athlete branding; PR issues with actors, athletes and influencers
Sean J Upshaw
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
sean.upshaw@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: culture-centered health communication; visual communication; health and culture; health message design; health promotion messaging; health information messages; health communication; media messaging; communication education
Anita L Vangelisti
Interim Dean, Moody College of Communication, Moody College of Communication
vangelisti@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251
Expertise: communication and emotion; family communication; communication in romantic relationships; secrecy; hurt feelings; social pain
Anita Varma
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
anita.varma@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Role of solidarity in U.S. journalism
Jun Wang
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
jun.wang@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: assistive speech technologies; neurogenic motor speech disorders; speech brain-computer interfaces
Craig Watkins
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
craig.watkins@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4071, +1 512 471 6676
Expertise: Race and pop culture; youth culture; digital media and social media; hip-hop culture and music; video games; the history of Black American cinema and the films of Spike Lee; digital media; young people and behaviors with social and online media.
Gary B Wilcox
Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
burl@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0917
Expertise: Alcohol advertising; cigarette advertising; interactive communication social media; unstructured data analysis and media mix marketing models.
Kristopher Wilson
Journalism Affiliate, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
drkris5.kw@gmail.com
Expertise: Environmental Journalism, Climate Change, Global Warming, Weather, Broadcast News, Media Convergence