Faculty
- Juanita Anderson
- Associate Professor (Teaching) and Area Head, Media Arts and Studies
- 519 Manoogian Hall
- jbanderson@wayne.edu
- Juanita Anderson is a veteran producer, documentary filmmaker and still photographer who was born and raised in Detroit. Her multi-faceted career...
- Shannon Cassilo
- Assistant Professor of Teaching
565 Manoogian Hall
- scassilo@wayne.edu
- Shannon Cassilo is an award-winning television anchor and multimedia journalist. She has over a decade of experience both in the classroom and in the field...
- Paul Echeverria
- Assistant Professor of Digital and Emerging Media
521 Manoogian Hall
- paulecheverria@wayne.edu
- Paul Echeverria is a filmmaker and digital artist. His research and creative practice examine the formative dynamics between childhood, parenthood and the...
- Stine Eckert
- Associate Professor
- 571 Manoogian
- fq0936@wayne.edu
- Stine Eckert, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University in Detroit. After studying journalism studies and...
- Colleen Ezzeddine
- Lecturer
- Colleen Ezzeddine is joining us full time as a full-time lecturer in Communication, specifically teaching Com 1010, Intro to Oral Communication. She is an...
- Perry Farrell
- Internship Coordinator
- gl2760@wayne.edu
- Perry is a 38-year veteran of the newspaper industry. He grew up in Saginaw and attended Buena Vista, where he was class president his junior and senior...
- Jane Fitzgibbon
- Senior Lecturer
- 517 Manoogian Hall
- janefitzgibbon@wayne.edu
- Dr. Jane Fitzgibbon (Ph.D., Wayne State University) is a Senior Lecturer and is director of the Business Communication (COM 3300) course. She is a member of...
- Darryl Frazier
MANO 509
- darryl.frazier@wayne.edu
- Darryl Frazier is a full-time lecturer in Communication, primarily teaching Com 1010 - Intro to Oral communication. Prior to his current position, Darryl...
- Michael Fuhlhage
- Associate Professor
575 Manoogian
- fr1136@wayne.edu
- Michael Fuhlhage (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A. University of Missouri School of Journalism) joined the Wayne State journalism...
- Rosie Jahng
- Associate Professor
- 525 Manoogian Hall
- jahng@wayne.edu
- Rosie Jahng (PhD, University of Missouri) studies digital media, crisis management in public relations, media effects, and science communication. She...
- Loraleigh Keashly
- Professor, Communication; Wayne State University Distinguished Service Professor
577 Manoogian Hall
- l.keashly@wayne.edu
- Loraleigh Keashly (Ph.D. U of Saskatchewan, Canada) is Professor in the Department of Communication and Wayne State University Distinguished Service...
- Anna Lindner
- Assistant Professor (Teaching)
555 Manoogian Hall
- gk7101@wayne.edu
- Anna (Ph.D., Communication) is a critical/cultural communication historian. Her dissertation, titled Crying Conspiracy: White Discourses on Black Rebellion...
- Katheryn Maguire
- Professor
585 Manoogian Hall
- kmaguire@wayne.edu
- Katheryn C. Maguire is Professor in the Department of Communication here at Wayne State University. She served as Department Chair from 2018-2023. Her...
- Patricia McCormick
- Associate Professor
- 513 Manoogian Hall
- dz7089@wayne.edu
- Patricia K. McCormick (Ph.D., Michigan State University) views the telecommunication and space sectors as integrated within a broader economic and...
- Karen McDevitt
- Senior Lecturer
- 573 Manoogian / 906 W. Warren / Detroit 48201
- aa6545@wayne.edu
- Dr. Karen McDevitt teaches New Media Practices (COM 5280) and New Media Theory (COM 6270), which are the two core courses for the Graduate Certificate in...
- Rahul Mitra
- Associate Professor, Interim Head - Communication Studies Area, & Interim Director of Business & Professional Communication Program
541 Manoogian Hall
- rahul.mitra@wayne.edu
- Rahul Mitra (PhD, Purdue University) is an Associate Professor of organizational communication. His scholarship focuses on environmental organizing,...
- Anita Mixon
- Assistant Professor and Basic Course Director COM 1010
- 539 Manoogian Hall
- anita.mixon@wayne.edu
- Dr. Anita Mixon received her doctoral degree in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she specialized in Rhetoric and...
- Jessica Moorman
- Assistant Professor of Communication
- jdmoorman@wayne.edu
- Dr. Jessica D. Moorman is a fourth generation Detroiter who researches how media shape health and development over the life course. In her primary area of...
- Alicia Nails
- Lecturer
- 559 Manoogian
- ANails@wayne.edu
- Alicia Nails directs the Journalism Institute for Media Diversity. She is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and freelance writer, including appearing in the...
- Michele Najor
- Associate Professor of Teaching, Director of Undergraduate Public Relations Program
- m.a.najor@wayne.edu
- Shelly Najor is an associate professor of teaching at Wayne State University in Detroit. She directs the undergraduate public relations program and...
- Julie Novak
- Associate Professor
- 529 Manoogian Hall
- jmnovak@wayne.edu
- My approach to learning and research takes theory and infuses it with praxis or praxis and infuses it with theory to mediate a better world. I agree with...
- Hayg Oshagan
- Associate Professor
- 509 Manoogian Hall
- h.oshagan@wayne.edu
- Hayg Oshagan (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison ) is an Associate Professor of Communication. Oshagan is Associate Professor and former...
- Donyale Padgett
- Associate Professor -- Diversity, Culture & Communication
- 515 Manoogian Hall
- drpadge@wayne.edu
- Professor Padgett has been a faculty member in the Department of Communication at Wayne since the fall of 2002 and on the tenure-track since 2006. Her...
- Sydney Pasquinelli
- Assistant Professor of Teaching
537 Manoogian Hall
- aw0957@wayne.edu
- Dr. Sydney Pasquinelli has been teaching in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University since 2019. She teaches classes in two...
- Matthew Seeger
- Distinguished Professor
- 5104 Gullen Mall - The Linsell House
- matthew.seeger@wayne.edu
- Matthew W. Seeger, (Ph.D., 1982, Indiana University) has been a faculty member and administrator at Wayne State University for more than 30 years. Prior to...
- Pradeep Sopory
- Professor and Interim Chair
523/ 585 Manoogian Hall
- dz3594@wayne.edu
- Pradeep Sopory (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) conducts research on health, risk, and science communication. He investigates message design and...
- Ronald Stevenson
- Senior Lecturer and Director of Debate
- 537 Manoogian Hall
- stevenson.ron@gmail.com
- Dr. Stevenson grew up in Michigan and was recruited by his mentor, Distinguished Professor George Ziegelmueller, to attend Wayne State University and...
- Elizabeth Stoycheff
- Associate Professor
- 563 Manoogian Hall
- elizabeth.stoycheff@wayne.edu
- Dr. Elizabeth Stoycheff teaches journalism, new media, international communication, and quantitative methods. She was named a Promising Professor by the...
- Stephanie Tong
- Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies (Interim)
- 569 Manoogian Hall
- stephanie.tong@wayne.edu
- Stephanie Tong is an Associate Professor in the communication studies area and the Director of Graduate Studies (Interim). She currently serving as a...
- Fred Vultee
- Associate professor
567 Manoogian
- vulteef@wayne.edu
- Fred Vultee (PhD, University of Missouri) is an associate professor in the journalism area of the Department of Communication. He teaches news editing,...
- Julia Yezbick
- Assistant Professor
- jyezbick@wayne.edu
- Julia Yezbick (she/her) is a filmmaker, artist, and anthropologist. She received her PhD in Media Anthropology and Critical Media Practice from Harvard...
- Kelly Young
- Associate Dean, College of Fine Performing and Communication Arts, Associate Professor of Communication
Linsell House, 5104 Gullen Mall
313-577-2953
- kelly.young@wayne.edu
- Dr. Kelly Michael Young is an Associate Professor of Communication and the Associate Dean of the College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts. He...