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417 Kimpel Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479.575.3046
Fax: 479.575.6734
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences
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Robert Brady
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Professor Brady is the current Chair of the Department of Communication. He has been at the university since 1979, in 1994 received Fulbright College’s Outstanding Advisor Award and in 1996 was named as the "Faculty Member of the Year" by the University’s Pan hellenic Council. Professor Brady’s research has been published in the American Communication Journal, Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Business Communication, Communication Monographs, Western Journal of Communication, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, and Social Behavior and Personality. He has worked extensively as a consultant and instructor for management training programs in manufacturing, retail, governmental, and non-profit organizations. Some of these organizations are the U.S. Marine Corps, Arkansas Department of Health, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Army Air Force Exchange Service, Simmons Industries, Kawneer Inc., Arkansas Municipal Clerks Association, and the Arkansas Bankers Association.
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Patricia Amason Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Professor Amason came to Arkansas in 1994 after teaching at Ferris State University in the Department of Humanities. Professor Amason’s research has been published in Communication Yearbook 10, Communication Studies, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Health Communication and the Journal of Thought. Her current research focuses on the role communication plays in excellent health care delivery. |
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Myria Allen Director of Graduate Studies 434 Kimpel
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Professor Allen joined this faculty in 1993 after teaching at Louisiana State University. Professor Allen’s research has been published in Management Communication Quarterly, Communication Reports,
Communication Law Review, Journal of Applied Communication Research,
Communication Studies, Journal of Public Relations Research, The
Southern Communication Journal, Western Journal of Communication,
Journalism Quarterly, Communication Monographs, Communication
Quarterly, Women's Studies in Communication, Sex Roles: A Journal of
Research, American Review of Public Administration, Information and
Management, International Journal of Learning and Change, The DATA
BASE for Advances in Information Systems, Financial Counseling &
Planning, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Academic Exchange,
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, and Consultation: An
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Laurie Brady Lamda Phi Eta Advisor 431 Kimpel
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Peggy Catron 704 Kimpel
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Jonathan Cavallero 515 Kimpel Hall
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Thomas Frentz 504 Kimpel
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Thomas S. Frentz is a professor of Communication at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He received his Ph.D. in Speech Communication from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1970. An eclectic scholar in both the social sciences and humanities, he has published three books, thirty scholarly articles, four book chapters, over fifty convention papers, and has lectured extensively at colleges and universities across the country. He teaches courses in rhetorical theory, criticism, film, ethnography, and myth. In 1994/95, he served as the President of the Southern States Communication Association. In 2006, he was named Master Researcher by the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. And in 2007, the Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division of the National Communication Association named him Distinguished Scholar of 2007. He currently lives in Fayetteville with his cat, Mollie.
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Lynn Meade 704 Kimpel Hall |
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Dr. Meade's primary focus is on the instruction of students and her greatest joy is watching her students develop and grow. She received the Halls of Excellence Teaching Award in 2001 and was nominated for teaching honors by the Student Alumni Association and Associated Student Government for three years. Dr. Meade was the 2009 Game Day Professor as voted upon by the student athletes. Dr. Meade has edited a Fundamentals of Communication textbook and published a book chapter on Students with Disabilities as part of an online book project for NASPA. Both of her conference papers won top honors in their division at the conferences of Southern States Communication and National Communication Association. She served on the Arkansas Department of Education Committee to write core curriculum for High School Communication courses in Arkansas. Dr. Meade comes to the department after being a Walton Distinguished Fellow serving on a project of college student retention. |
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Thomas Rosteck
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The University of Alabama Press published his first book, See It Now Confront McCarthyism: Television Documentary and the Politics of Representation in 1994. He recently was the Editor of At the Intersection: Cultural Studies and Rhetorical Studies, which was published by Guilford Press in 1999. He is the director of the Department’s Undergraduate Honors Program. Professor Rosteck’s research has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Southern Communication Journal, Journal of Communication Studies and Western Journal of Communication. He has contributed chapters to several books on communication and rhetoric.
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Frank Scheide 523 Kimpel |
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Professor Scheide has interests in film history and criticism. He first joined the department in 1977, after teaching at Ball State University. Professor Scheide co-edited, with Hooman Mehran, the books Chaplin: The Dictator and the Tramp, and Chaplin's Limelight and the Music Hall Tradition. He is the author of a textbook entitled Introductory Film Criticism: A Historical Perspective, and his catalog of out-takes from films made by Charles Chaplin between 1916 and 1952, has been published on-line by the British Film Institute in London, England. Professor Scheide's research has been published in Free Speech Yearbook, Journal of Communication Studies, and The Velvet Light Trap Review of the Cinema. He was project director for the award winning PBS documentary, The Keetoowahs Come Home.
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Stephanie Schulte Lamda Phi Eta Advisor
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Stephen A. Smith 704 Kimpel
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Mary Lynn Veden
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Kasey Walker 520 Kimpel Hall
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Ron Warren
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Professor Warren has interests in media and childhood socialization. He joined our faculty in August 1997 after completing his Ph.D. in the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University. Professor Warren’s research has been published in the Journal of Communication, Journalism, Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media, Journal of Family Communication, and Mass Communication and Society. He has also co-authored and contributed chapters to books on instructional media and distance learning. |
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Lynne Webb
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Professor Webb has interests in communication theory, broadly defined. She conducts both quantitative and qualiative research. She joined the department in 1999 after serving in tenured appointments at the University of Memphis and University of Florida. Professor Webb has published over 50 articles including work in the Journal of Applied Communication Research, Communication Education, Journal of Family Communication, Health Communication, Women's Studies in Communication, Communication Research Reports, Southern Communication Journal, as well as other journals and edited volumes. Her vita lists over 100 conference presentations and/or papers, including 70 since joining the Arkansas faculty: 8 were top papers in her divisions. She is the recipient of twelve small grants ranging from $2,000 to $10,050 and two additional research awards from the Southern States Communication Association. She has been the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Family Communication as well as the Special Issue Editor of two issues of the Journal of Applied Communication Research and one issue of the Southern Communication Journal. She has served as Associate Editor for nine journals as well as ad hoc reviewer for an additional nine journals. Dr. Webb has served on the governing boards of four professional associations and as chair of three units in the National Communication Association. She is a past president of the Southern States Communication Association. Discover the full text of her publications at: |
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Robert Wicks Internship Coordinator 429 Kimpel |
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Professor Wicks has interests in mass communication theory and research. He joined our department in 1994 after being on the faculty at Indiana University. He was ranked among the top 20 telecommunication scholars in a report presented at a national convention. Professor Wicks’ is the author of a book on media processing titled Understanding Audiences. His research has been published in Communication Yearbook 15, Communication Research, American Behavioral Scientist, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journalism Quarterly, Journal of Advertising Research,Journal of Media and Religion, Revista Iberoamericana de Communication, Journal of Communication, Communication Yearbook, and Mass Comm Review. |
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Staff Brenda McCrory 417 Kimpel
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