Department of Communication

Faculty

Mickey Bannon (PhD, University of Pittsburgh)
Organizational Communication, Special Topics in Communication:  Speaking and Writing Across Business and the Professions, Discussion, Public Speaking
E-mail: mbannon+@pitt.edu

Lynn Clarke (PhD, Northwestern University)
Assistant Professor
Rhetoric of social movements, rhetoric and civic life, contemporary rhetorical theory, and rhetoric and critical social theory

Jack Daniel (PhD, University of Pittsburgh)
Professor
African American Communication, Contemporary Rhetoric, Media Criticism, African American Communication
E-mail: danielj@pitt.edu

Donald B. Egolf (PhD, University of Pittsburgh)
Associate Professor
Communication Theory, Nonverbal/Interpersonal/Small-Group Communication
E-mail: ratchet@pitt.edu

William Fusfield (PhD, University of Washington)
Associate Professor
History of German and American Rhetoric, Critical Theory, Rhetoric and Culture, Rhetoric of Science
E-mail: fusroy@pitt.edu

John Gareis (PhD, University of Pittsburgh)
Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Advising
Interpersonal Communication, Small-Group Communication, Organizational Communication
E-mail: gareis@pitt.edu

Meredith Guthrie (PhD, Bowling Green State University)
Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor
Popular Culture, Women's Studies, History, Philosophy
E-mail: guthrie@pitt.edu

John Lyne (PhD, University of Wisconsin)
Professor
Rhetorical Theory and Philosophy, Rhetoric of Science, Argumentation
E-mail: jlyne@pitt.edu

Brenton Malin (PhD, University of Iowa)
Assistant Professor
Media Criticism, Television and Society
E-mail: bmalin@pitt.edu

Gordon Mitchell (PhD, Northwestern University)
Associate Professor and Director of Debate
Public Argument, Rhetoric of Science, Critical Pedagogy
E-mail: gordonm@pitt.edu

Lester Olson (PhD, University of Wisconsin)
Professor and Chancellor's Distinguished Teacher
Rhetorical Criticism and Theory, American Public Argument, Rhetorical Iconology, Rhetoric and Human Rights
E-mail: olson@pitt.edu

John Poulakos (PhD, University of Kansas)
Associate Professor
Rhetorical Theory, Rhetoric and Philosophy, Classical Rhetoric
E-mail: poulakos@pitt.edu

Shanara Reid-Brinkley (ABD, University of Georgia)
Assistant Professor
African American Rhetoric
E-mail: srb@pitt.edu

Gerald Shuster (PhD, University of Pittsburgh)
Political Communication, Presidential Rhetoric I, Presidential Rhetoric II, Organizational Communication, Communication Process, Writing for Electronic Media
E-mail: ges3@pitt.edu

Janet Skupien (PhD, Columbia University)
Theories of Interpersonal Communication, Communication Ethics, Narrative and Storytelling
E-mail: skupienj@pitt.edu

Barbara Warnick (PhD, University of Michigan)
Department Chair and Professor
New Media Criticism, Public Discourse on the Internet, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Theory, Argumentation, Textual Analysis
E-mail: bwarnick@pitt.edu

Weiming Yao (PhD, University of Pittsburgh)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Intercultural Communication, Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Public Speaking
Email: wdyao@pitt.edu

Ronald Zboray (PhD, New York University)
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies,
Director of Public Speaking,
Affiliate Faculty in Cultural Studies and Women's Studies
Communication, History, and Culture; Qualitative Methods (History and Ethnography); Media Audiences; U.S. Print Culture; Visual Culture; Gender and American Public Address; Race, Class, and Gender
E-mail: zboray@pitt.edu

Additional Faculty

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