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Juanita Anderson
Assistant Professor
519 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-4145

Juanita Anderson (M.A. University of Michigan) is an Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Studies and a veteran producer, director and executive producer....
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Colin R Baker
Assistant Professor
541 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-0492

Colin Baker (PhD., Michigan State University, 2007) is in his third year as a faculty member in the Communication Studies Area in the Department of Communication....
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Benjamin Burns
Professor
193 Manoogian
Phone: 313-577-4572

Ben Burns ( M.A. Michigan State University) is a Professor and Director of the Journalism Program; Media Management. ...
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Jackie Byars
Associate Professor
527 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-4166

Courses taught recently:COM 2010 - Introduction to Film introduces students to the techniques and methods of sophisticated film criticism. The course examines how filmmakers deploy...
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Jane Fitzgibbon
Lecturer
517 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-6297

Dr. Jane Fitzgibbon (Ph.D., Wayne State University) is a Lecturer and the Director of the Business Communication Course....
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Mary Garrett
Associate Professor
542 Manoogian
Phone: 313-577-9610

Mary Garrett (Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley ) is an Associate Professor of Rhetorical Theory and Criticism. ...
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Donyale Griffin
Assistant Professor -- Diversity, Culture & Communication
515 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-3544
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Loraleigh Keashly
Associate Professor
585 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-3221

Dr. Loraleigh Keashly (Ph.D. University of Saskatchewan) is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution.Dr. Keashlyhas developed and taught ...
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Terry Kinney
Associate Professor
523 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-5493

Terry A. Kinney (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1996) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication....
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Jack Lessenberry
Lecturer
189 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-993-4083

Jack Lessenberry (M.A., University of Michigan ) is a Lecturer of Reporting and Feature Writing. ...
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Alicia Nails
Lecturer
Phone: 313-577-6304

Alicia Nails is the Director of the Journalism Institute for Minorities....
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Michele Najor
Lecturer
538 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-1556

Michele Najor (Ph.D., Wayne State University ) is a Lecturer of Public Relations....
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Julie M. Novak
Assistant Professor
529 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-2950

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 Swartz (1997) by defining ...
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Hayg Oshagan
Associate Professor
585 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-2945

Hayg Oshagan (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison ) is the Department of Communication's Director of Media Arts and Studies and an Associate Professor of Mass Media Effects an...
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Sandy Pensoneau-Conway
Assistant Professor, Introductory Course Director
521 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-6295

I am the Introductory Course Director and an assistant professor in the Department of Communication. I primarily teach courses in communication pedagogy. This semester, I'm happy t...
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Kimmerly S. Piper-Aiken
Assistant Professor
565 Manoogian
Phone: 313-577-0538
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Matthew Seeger
Professor and Chair
591 Manoogian Hall
Phone: (313) 577-6299

Matthew W. Seeger (Ph.D., Indiana University 1982) is currently Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication. His teaching and research are in communication ethics, crisi...
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Joel Silvers
Lecturer
511 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-2948

Joel Silvers (M.A., Wayne State University ) is a Lecturer in the Media Arts & Studies area....
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Ronald Stevenson
Senior Lecturer
537 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-2951

Ron Stevenson is the Associate Director of Forensics and a Lecturer in the Department of Communication....
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William Trapani
Assistant Professor
539 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-0794

Bill Trapani (PH.D., University of Iowa ) is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Communication....
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Ganga Vadhavkar
Lecturer
195 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-0716

Ganga Vadhavkar (Ph.D., Wayne State University) is a Lecturer for the Journalism program. She teaches computer technology courses pertaining to publishing on the Internet, print an...
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Fred Vultee
Assistant professor
197 Manoogian
Phone: (313) 577-6302

Fred Vultee (PhD, University of Missouri, 2007) is an assistant professor in the journalism program. Before getting his degree, he spent 25 years as an editor at newspapers, includ...
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William Warters
Assistant Professor
3255 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-993-7482

Dr. Bill Warters is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution Program.  Dr. Warters teaches the Roots of Social Conflict and Concepts & Processes of Di...
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Kelly M. Young
Assistant Professor and Director of Forensics
536 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-2953

Dr. Kelly Young (Ph.D. Wayne State University) is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Forensics. He teaches courses in argumentative theory, debate and rhetoric. Kelly's res...
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George W. Ziegelmueller
Distinguished Professor
529 Manoogian Hall
Phone: 313-577-2950

George Ziegelmueller (Ph.D., Northwestern University) is a Distinguished Professor and was the Director of Forensics at Wayne State for over 45 years....
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