Department Administration
Executive Committee
Leandra Hernandez, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
2519 LNCO
leandra.hernandez@utah.edu
Undergraduate Emphasis Coordinators
Natasha Seegert, Ph.D.
Communication Studies Coordinator
2524 LNCO | (801) 581-6888
n.seegert@utah.edu
Mark Bergstrom Areas of Specialization:
- Interpersonal communication
- Communication and aging
- Health communication
- Research methods and statistics
Suhi Choi Areas of Specialization:
- Social Memory
- Critical/Cultural Studies
- Grief Communication
- Journalism and Media Studies
Kevin Coe Areas of Specialization:
- Political communication
- News media
- Public opinion
- Presidential discourse
- Religion and American politics
Ashley Cordes Areas of Specialization:
- Indigenous Communication
- Media Studies
- Critical/Cultural Studies
- Emerging Technology/Digital Cultures
- Journalism and Decolonial Participatory Action Research (DPAR)
Ann L. Darling Areas of Specialization:
- Instructional communication
- Communication education
Kevin M. DeLuca Areas of Specialization:
- Environmental communication
- Environmental activism
- China's emerging public sphere
- Visual rhetoric
- Social Movements
Danielle Endres Areas of Specialization:
- Rhetoric
- Environmental communication
- Social movements
- Science communication
- Indigenous communication
Glen M. Feighery Areas of Specialization:
- Applied ethics in media
- Journalism history
- Environmental journalism
- News coverage of religion
Rachel Alicia Griffin Areas of Specialization:
- Critical race theory
- Black feminist thought
- Popular culture
- Sexual violence
Avery Holton Areas of Specialization:
- Digital and social media
- Journalism
- Health and disabilities communication
Chris Ingraham Areas of Specialization:
- Rhetorical Theory and History
- Creative and Curatorial Culture
- Digital Media
- Environmental Communication
- Affect Theory
Jakob D. Jensen Areas of Specialization:
- Health communication
- Strategic health communication
- Cancer communication
- Mass communication
Robin E. Jensen Areas of Specialization:
- Rhetorical history, theory, and criticism
- Health communication
- Qualitative research methods
- Gender, race, sexuality, and class
Kimberley Kaphingst Areas of Specialization:
- Health literacy
- Cancer communication
- Public health genomics
Sean T. Lawson Areas of Specialization:
- Science and technology studies
- Critical military, war, and security studies
- Cybersecurity
Tae Kyoung Lee Areas of Specialization:
- Health communication
- Persuasion
Benjamin Lyons Areas of Specialization:
- Science Communication
- Political Communication
- Public Opinion
- Misinformation
Kimberley Magnun Areas of Specialization:
- Journalism
- Advocacy journalism
- Women and minorities in communication
- African-American press
Michael Middleton Areas of Specialization:
- Argumentation
- Public discourse
- Debate
- Political advocacy
- Social movements
Kent Alan Ono Areas of Specialization:
- Rhetoric
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Critical/cultural studies and Ethnic Studies
- Asian American Studies
Helene Shugart Areas of Specialization:
- Rhetoric
- Media and cultural studies
- Health communication
David J. Vergobbi Areas of Specialization:
- Mass communication law
- Freedom of expression
- Media ethics
- Journalism history
Sara K. Yeo Areas of Specialization:
- Science communication
- Risk communication
Jason Jordan Areas of Specialization:
- Communication Pedagogy
- Ruralism
- Cultural Studies
- Rhetoric
- Argumentation
Natasha Seegert Areas of Specialization:
- Visual Rhetoric
- Environmental Communication
- Human-Animal Relationships
- Media and Popular Culture
Jeffrey Hedrick Areas of Specialization:
- Digital Journalism/Technology
- Scholastic Journalism
- Fake News Issues
- Public Relations
- Constitutional Law
Jaehyeon Jeong Areas of Specialization:
- Critical Cultural Studies
- Media Industry Studies
- Global Communication
- Visual Communication
- Nationalism/National Identity
C.H. Kim Areas of Specialization:
- Marketing Communication
- Advertising
- Brand Management
- Consumer Psychology
Sejin Kim Areas of Specialization:
- Strategic Communication
- Strategic Message Design
- Information Processing
- Public Campaigns
- New Technology
Donald MacAngus Areas of Specialization:
- Media Law and Ethics
- Native American History
- Social Work
- Writing and Rhetoric
- Mediation and Problem Solving
Craig Wirth Areas of Specialization:
- Video Production
- TV Journalism
Yomna Elsayed Areas of Specialization:
- Technology
- Digital Humanities
- Cultural Studies
- Media Studies
- Social Movements
Helen Lillie Areas of Specialization:
- Health Communication
- Communication & Emotion
- Resilience
- Narrative Persuasion
