Communication Studies

Our Faculty

    • NAME

      Valerie Renegar

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Chair

    • Specialty

      Rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist movements, third wave feminism, environmental rhetoric, Kenneth Burke.

    • NAME

      Lamiyah (LB) Bahrainwala

    • TITLE

      Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

    • Specialty

      Whiteness; anti-Muslim sentiment and disability; sports and terrorism discourse; surveillance

    • NAME

      Bob Bednar

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Communication Studies

    • Specialty

      Visual Culture, Visual Communication, Cultural Studies of Mass Media & Everyday Life, Public Memory, Trauma Studies, Automobility, Affect Theory, Material Culture, Tourism, Landscape & Built Environment, Design & Culture, Film Theory/Practice, Environmental Studies, American Studies, Contemporary U.S. Cultural History

    • NAME

      Katie Bradford

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Communciation Studies

    • Specialty

      Conversation Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Professional Communication Skills (written and spoken), Qualitative Research Methods

    • NAME

      Lindsey Fox

    • TITLE

      Part-Time Instructor of Communication Studies

    • NAME

      David Olson

    • TITLE

      Director of Communication Studies Internships