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Page 1: WVU Communication Studies Graduate Faculty, 2011-2012

Your Degree, Our Faculty

Connecting People. Creating Meaning. Communication Studies.

Melanie Booth-Butterfield Professor, Peggy Rardin McConnell Chair of

Speech Communication

Areas: Interpersonal and Relational Communication, Humor Enactment, Emotion and Cognition

Areas: Entertainment Media, Social Media, Media Effects, Experimental Methods

Ph.D., University of Missouri

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Nicholas David BowmanAssistant Professor

Rebecca M. ChoryAssociate Professor

Ph.D. Program Coordinator

Matthew M. MartinProfessor, Department Chair

Maria BrannAssociate Professor & Affiliate Faculty,

Injury Control Research Center

The Graduate Faculty in the Department of Communication Studies at West Virginia University are among the most active scholars in the field, both historically and today. Our faculty publish original research in ranked journals and present their work at regional, national, and international conferences throughout the year. Much of this research is co-authored with graduate students in the Department.

Areas: Health Communication,

Qualitative Research Methods, Gender,

Interpersonal Communication

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Areas: Antisocial Communication

in Organizational, Instructional, and

Mediated Contexts, Media Entertainment,

Quantitative Research Methods

Joan GorhamProfessor, Associate Dean

Ed.D., Northern Illinois University

Areas: Instructional Communication, Media, Nonverbal Communication

Areas: Interpersonal and Relational

Communication, Communication Theory, Health Communication

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Megan R. DillowAssistant Professor

Areas: Instructional Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Traits

Ph.D., Kent State University

Areas: Instructional Communication,

Family Communication, Educational Leadership

Ph.D., Kent State University

Scott A. MyersProfessor

Brian R. PattersonAssociate Professor

Areas: Developmental Communication,

Communication Theory

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

David WestermanAssistant Professor

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Areas: Computer-Mediated Communication, Presence, Social Influence

Christine E. RittenourAssistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Areas: Family Communication, Communication & Aging, Social

Identity & Intergroup Communication

Areas: Campaigns, Health Communication, Instructional Communication

Ed.D., West Virginia University

Keith D. WeberAssociate Professor

M.A. Program Coordinator

Areas: Communication Assessment, Educational Leadership, Communication Ethics

Ed.D., West Virginia University

Andrea WeberAssistant Professor

Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator

Areas: Training & Development, Instructional Communication, Health Communication, Organizational Communication

Ed.D., West Virginia University

Danielle Dolin-BaneVisiting Assistant Professor

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