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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

Helen Adamson

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

Bruce Austin

Bruce Austin

Professor
Office: 13-1332
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

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

Melinda Beyerlein

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

Grant Cos

Grant Cos

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

Andrea A. Hickerson

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

Diane Hope

Professor Emerita
Office: -
Phone: --
Fax: --
Email: dshgpt@rit.edu

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

Selma (Sebby) Jacobson

Selma (Sebby) Jacobson

Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: 01-3176
Phone: 585-475-5608
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: swjgpt@rit.edu

BA, Skidmore College; MA, State University of New York at Brockport

Keith Jenkins

Keith Jenkins

Coordinator for Undergraduate Programs and 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
Office: 01-3155
Phone: 585-475-4413
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: mojgpt@rit.edu

M.A., Syracuse University

Ki-Young Lee

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

Hinda Mandell

Hinda Mandell

Assistant Professor
Office: 01-3272
Phone: --
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: hbmgpt@rit.edu

B.A. in Judaic and Islamic studies, Brandeis University, M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Ph.D. in mass communications, Syracuse University.

David Neumann

David Neumann

Coordinator for Minor, Concentration and Service Courses and 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

Kelly Norris Martin

Kelly Norris Martin

Assistant Professor
Office: 01-3200
Phone: --
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: knmgpt@rit.edu

B.A. in English, John Carroll University, M.S. in Communication, North Carolina State University, Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media, North Carolina State University

Rudy Pugliese

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

Andrew Quagliata

Andrew Quagliata

Lecturer in Communication
Office: 01-3155
Phone: 585-475-7719
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: abqpro@rit.edu

BS, Rochester Institute of Technology; MBA, Rochester Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Reeves O'Connor

Elizabeth Reeves O'Connor

Senior 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

Patrick Scanlon

Chair and Professor
Office: 01-3002
Phone: 585-475-2449
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: pmsgsl@rit.edu

BA, University at Albany
M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

Jonathan Schroeder

Jonathan Schroeder

William A. Kern Professor in Communications
Office: 01-3014
Phone: 585-475-2703
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: jesgla@rit.edu

BA, University of Michigan; MA and Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Xiao Wang

Xiao Wang

Assistant Professor
Office: 01-3194
Phone: 585-475-5818
Fax: 585-475-7732
Email: xxwgpt@rit.edu

BA, Bejing University; MA, Marquette University; Ph.D. Florida State University

Tracy R. Worrell

Tracy R. Worrell

Assistant Professor
Office: 01-3041
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

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