University of Pittsburgh
Department of Communication

Current Graduate Students

Name Areas of Interest  
Josh Beaty Transnational media studies, film reception and exhibition, media theory, the refillistic turn in late capitalism  
Diana Block    
Racheal Borgman Science in media and the public sphere, imperceptible phenomena in science, insincerity and confession  
Autumn Boyer Rhetoric of science, health communication, public discourse on science and medicine, bioethics  
Eli Brennan Philosophy of communication, rhetoric of
science
 
Candi Carter-Olson Print/online media, creative nonfiction/New Journalism, and verity in history and nonfiction texts  
Kelly Congdon Rhetoric of social movements, media activism, public understanding of science  
Brita Dooghan

Classical rhetoric, rhetoric of religion, literature and communication, aesthetics

 
Thomas Dunn Queer rhetorics, public memory, visual rhetoric, critical/cultural studies, rhetoric of human rights  
Eric English Rheorical theory, eristic and aesthetics  
Heather E. Fisher Television, history of US game shows,
cultural memory, political economy, feminist theory
 
Liangyu Fu Intercultural communication, history of the book, science translation, visual culture, technology transfer  
Rachel Furman Classical rhetoric, public argument, immigration rhetoric, political argumentation, forensics and small group communication.  
Matthew Gayetsky Contemporary rhetorical theory, psychoanalysis, sovereignty and political philosophy, human rights and the Holocaust, critical theory, and theories of power  
Jessica Ghilani New media and marketing, advertising history, propaganda and military recruitment, feminist theory, consumer culture, and audience studies  

Carleton Gholz

Sound, music, communication and culture, critical theory  
Michelle Gibbons History and theory of rhetoric, visual studies, rhetoric of science, science and culture  
George Gittinger    
Octavia Graham Visual rhetoric, cultural studies, comic books, and race, class, gender, and sexuality studies  
Allison Hahn    
Marcy Halpin Aesthetics of rhetoric, history and theory of rhetoric, classical Greek theatre, spectacle  
Lydia Hillary    
Marie-Odile Hobeika Rhetorical Criticism of Middle Eastern politics  

Christopher House

Religious Rhetoric, African American Rhetoric, Rhetoric and Pop Culture, Rhetorical Theory  
John Jasso Classical and medieval rhetorics and philosophies, and their modern applications.  
Amber Kelsie    
Michele Kennerly Classical rhetoric, rhetoric and poetics, rhetoric and religion, Irish cultural revival  
Takuzo Konishi Theory and history of argumentation, critical thinking, semiotics and rheotoric  
David Landes classical and contemporary rhetorical theory, media studies, digital environments, attention economics, linguistics, jazz  
Heather Liebling Media effects studies, women in film and television, children's media  
Stephen Llano    
Cate Morrison Public argument and deliberation, political and economic rhetoric, philosophy of communication  
Gabriela Nunez Orality and literacy thoeries, media and cultural studies focused in Latin America  
Katie Kavanagh O'Neill Media studies, cultural studies, city culture, visual culture, oral history  
Joe Packer    
John Rief Burkean rhetorical theory, argumentation theory, public debate, rhetoric(s)of and about science, incommensurability, controversy studies,
rhetoric(s) of sexual difference
 
Brent Saindon Visual rhetoric  
David Seitz Communication and culture, visual rhetoric, military cemeteries and war memorials, race and media studies  
Joseph Sery Rhetorical theory, Pragmatism, free speech, constitutional theory, political philosophy  
Ethan Stoneman    
Jessica Sturgess Philosophy of communication, hermeneutics, Marxism and critical theory, communicative ethics, rhetorical theory, religious discourse  
Michael Vicaro Classical and contemporary rhetorical theory, psychoanalysis and culture, rhetoric’s of medicine, torture and human rights  
Susan Wieczorek Health communication, rhetoric of medical communication, philosophy and ethics of medicine, media studies  
Carly Woods Rhetorical theory, gender and sexuality studies, history of argumentation and debate, rhetoric and culture, feminists rhetorics and pedagogies  

Announcements

Join the Communication Club

Energetic undergraduates wanted for Communication Club. Contact student Mary Frey at mary.frey@gmail.com or Dr. Gareis at gareis@pitt.edu. Bring fresh ideas!

Join the Communication Club

Energetic undergraduates wanted for Communication Club. Contact student Mary Frey at mary.frey@gmail.com or Dr. Gareis at gareis@pitt.edu. Bring fresh ideas!

Join the Communication Club

Energetic undergraduates wanted for Communication Club. Contact student Mary Frey at mary.frey@gmail.com or Dr. Gareis at gareis@pitt.edu. Bring fresh ideas!