THE FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES

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Members of the Department of Communication Studies have all received advanced degrees from universities throughout the United States and are widely respected among students and faculty for their excellent teaching, service, research, and scholarly publications.

Professors

• Betsy Wackernagel Bach, Ph.D.
  Departmment Chair. First Vice-President, National Communication Association. Organizational Communication, Instructional Communication

• Sara E. Hayden, Ph.D.
  Immediate Past President, Western States Communication Association. Rhetorical Criticism and Theory, Gender

• Alan L. Sillars, Ph.D.
  Interpersonal, Family Communication, Communication and Conflict

Associate Professors

• Gregory S. Larson, Ph.D.
  Organizational Communication, Identification, Control & Resistance, Technology and Culture

• Steve Schwarze, Ph.D.
  Rhetoric and Public Policy, Environmental Rhetoric

• Steve Yoshimura, Ph.D. -Director of Graduate Studies
  Interpersonal Communication, Communication Challenges in Personal Relationships, Associations between Communication and Health Outcomes.

Assistant Professors

• Zac Gershberg, Ph.D. (Visiting Asistant Professor)
  Rhetoric

• Joel Iverson, Ph.D.
  Organizational Communication

• Christina Yoshimura, Ph.D.
  Interpersonal Communication, Communication and Work/Family Tensions, Relational Maintenance 

Adjunct Instructors