Faculty & Staff
- Department Head
- Faculty
- Courtesy Faculty Appointments
- Lecturers
- Staff
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Ph.D. Students
- M.A. Students
- Visiting Scholars
Department Head
John Gastil
- Head and Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-5232
Faculty
Thomas W. Benson
- Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Rhetoric
(814) 865-4201
Stephen H. Browne
- Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1028
James P. Dillard
- Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-7088
Rosa A. Eberly
- Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, and English
(814) 863-0867
Jeremy Engels
- Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-0760
John Gastil
- Head and Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-5232
Dennis S. Gouran
- Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Labor Studies and Employment Relations
(814) 863-8966
Michael L. Hecht
- Distiguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-0945
J. Michael Hogan
- Liberal Arts Research Professor and Co-Director, Center for Democratic Deliberation
(814) 865-1003
Christopher L. Johnstone
- Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1948
Michele Kennerly
- Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-3826
Jon F. Nussbaum
- Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences & Human Development and Family Studies
(814) 863-3619
Roxanne L. Parrott
- Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-6255
Rachel A. Smith
- Associate Professor: Communication Arts & Sciences
- and Human Development & Family Studies
- Investigator: Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- (Huck Institute) and the Methodology Center (HHD)
(814) 867-4651
Denise Haunani Solomon
- Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
- Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
(814) 865-1439
Kirt H. Wilson
- Associate Professor of Rhetoric in the Communication Arts and Sciences Department
- Director of Graduate Studies
(814) 865-1985
Courtesy Faculty Appointments
Debra Hawhee
- Professor of English and Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-9583
Mary Beth Oliver
- Co-Director of Media Effects Research Laboratory/Distinguished Professor, Media Studies
(814) 863-5552
S. Shyam Sundar
- Distinguished Professor/Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory, Advertising/Public Relations, Media Studies
(814) 865-2173
Lecturers
J. Scott Andrews
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
Lori Bedell
- Senior Lecturer, Schreyer Scholar Adviser
(814) 865-0974
Kurt Braddock
- Lecturer- Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
- Project Manager- International Center for the Study of Terrorism
Elizabeth Brady
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1607
Mia E. Briceño
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
Alison Brzenchek
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-3361
David Dzikowski
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1736
Lyn J. Freymiller
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-8332
Eric Fuchs
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 864-3461
Amanda Goodwin
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1607
Benjamin E. Henderson
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-3969
Lisa Shawn Hogan
- Senior Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences and Women's Studies
(814) 865-1003
Amber Walker Jackson
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-3361
Mark Kohler
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-3969
Robin Kramer
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1684
Taylor Lake
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-3545
Matthew D. Lamb
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-7986
Melissa Marshall
- Senior Lecturer, Communication Arts & Sciences
- Advisor, Penn State Engineering Ambassador Program
- Advisor, TEDxPSU
(814) 863-6288
Ines Meyer-Hoess
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-3461
Margaret Michels
- Senior Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1917
Elizabeth Mills
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
Peter Miraldi
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Internship and Teaching/Research Assistantship Coordinator
(814) 633-1080
Adam Perry
- Ph.D. Candidate
- ABD, Center for Democratic Deliberation Fellow
- Graduate Assistant
Karen M. Peters, PhD
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-1684
Veena Raman
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-3601
Joseph Rhodes
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 865-7751
Lori Schneider
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-3461
Ellen Taricani, PhD
- Senior Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
- Advisor for ISSA and IST minors
(814) 863-9317
David J. Weinert
- Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
(814) 863-3545
Staff
Claudia G Horner
- Receptionist/Staff Assistant
(814) 865-3461
Matt Lahrman
- Administrative Support Assistant
(814) 865-5558
Kendra Rackovan
- Administrative Support Coordinator
(814) 863-7035
Natashia Richardson
- Administrative Support Assistant
(814) 865-3462
Sandi Rockwell
- Administrative Support Coordinator
(814) 865-5554
Visiting Scholars
Anne-Kerstin Tschammer
- Visiting Research Scholar
(484) 905-1020
