RIT | Department of Communication

Faculty & Staff

The Department's professional staff facilitate the work, creativity and academic activities of the faculty and students.

Faculty

Most Department of Communication faculty hold the highest degree in their field, many have won awards for teaching and all have published within their area of expertise. You’ll be on a first-name basis with your faculty, so feel free to seek their advice on just about anything that concerns you.

Helen Adamson

Staff Assistant

Office: 01-3006
Phone: 585-475-2639
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: hnagla@rit.edu

Bruce Austin

Chairman and Professor

Office: 01-3002
Phone: 585-475-2879
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: baagll@rit.edu

BA, Rider College; MS, Illinois State University; Ph.D., Temple University

Keri Barone

Lecturer in Communication

Office: 01-3145
Phone: 585-475-5262
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: klbgpt@rit.edu

AS, Monroe Community College; BA, SUNY Brockport; MA, SUNY Brockport

Melinda Beyerlein

Staff Assistant

Office: 01-3006
Phone: 585-475-6649
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: msbgpt@rit.edu

Grant Cos

Coordinator for Minor, Concentration and Service Courses and Associate Professor

Office: 01-3224
Phone: 585-475-6646
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: gccgpt@rit.edu

BA, University of Massachusetts; MA Emerson College; Ph.D., Kent State University

Robert D. Croog

Visiting Associate Professor

Office: 01-3170
Phone: 585-475-7614
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: rdcgla@rit.edu

A.B., Harvard University; J.D., Columbia University

Andrea A. Hickerson

Assistant Professor

Office: 01-2142
Phone: 585-475-6129
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: aahgpt@rit.edu

BA, Syracuse University; MA, University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Washington

Diane Hope

Kern Professor in Communications

Office: 01-3014
Phone: 585-475-6053
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: dshgpt@rit.edu

BS, State University of New York College at Brockport; MS, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo.

Keith Jenkins

Associate Professor

Office: 01-3182
Phone: 585-475-6347
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: kbjgpt@rit.edu

BA, University of Arkansas; MA, Ph.D., Florida State University

Mike Johansson

Visiting Lecturer

Office: 01-3155
Phone: 585-475-4413
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: mojgpt@rit.edu

M.A., Syracuse University

Wilma R. King

Associate Professor

Office: 01-3200
Phone: 585-475-5627
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: wrkgpt@rit.edu

BA, University of South Carolina; MA, Texas Southern University

Ki-Young Lee

Assistant Professor

Office: 01-3206
Phone: 585-475-4619
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: kxlgpt@rit.edu

BA, Hanyang University; MA, Northwestern University; Ph.D., Michigan State University

David Neumann

Professor

Office: 01-3020
Phone: 585-475-2452
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: drn@mail.rit.edu

BA, Ithaca College; MA, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Rudy Pugliese

Coordinator for Graduate Programs and Professor

Office: 01-3008
Phone: 585-475-5925
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: rrpgsl@rit.edu

BA, State University of New York College at Oneonta; MA, State University of New York College at Brockport; Ph.D., Temple University

Elizabeth Reeves O'Connor

Lecturer in Communication

Office: 01-3157
Phone: 585-475-6016
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: eargpt@rit.edu

B.S., RIT; M.S., RIT

Patrick Scanlon

Coordinator for Undergraduate Programs and Professor

Office: 01-3012
Phone: 585-475-2449
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: pmsgsl@rit.edu

BA, State University of New York Albany; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

Susan J. Widrick

Lecturer in Communication

Office: 01-3157
Phone: 585-475-6016
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: sjwbbu@rit.edu

B.S., SUNY Albany; M.S., SUNY Albany

Tracy R. Worrell

Assistant Professor

Office: 01-3266
Phone: 585-475-2298
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: tracy.worrell@rit.edu

BA, Otterbein College; MA, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., Michigan State University