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

Senior Staff Assistant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lecturer

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

M.A., Syracuse 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

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

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

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