Faculty and staff

Faculty

Richard Buttny
rbuttny@syr.edu
Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Expertise: Intercultural Communication, Language and Social Interaction

Anne Demo
atdemo@syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Expertise: Gender, Immigration, Rhetoric, Visual Culture

Craig Dudczak
cadudcza@syr.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Expertise: Argumentation, Communication Studies, Legal Communication, Persuasion

Jeffrey Good
jsgood@syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Expertise: Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Language and Social Interaction, Doctor-Patient Communication, Family Communication, Multimodality

Cynthia Gordon
cygordon@syr.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Expertise: Discourse Analysis, Family Communication, Language and Social Interaction

Lynn Greenky
llgreenk@syr.edu
Assistant Professor
M.A., Northwestern University
J.D., Emory University School of Law
Expertise: Advocacy, Argumentation, Presentational Speaking Skills 

Diane Grimes
dsgrimes@syr.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University
Expertise: Contemplative Communication, Critical Organizational Communication, Managing Diversity, Race and Gender

Arthur Jensen
adjensen@syr.edu
Professor; Senior Associate Dean
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Expertise: Interpersonal Communication, Small Group Communication

Kenneth Johnson
kmjohnso@syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Expertise: Cross-Cultural Communication, Family Communication, Non-Verbal Communication

Amos Kiewe
akiewe@syr.edu
Professor; Department Chair
Ph.D., Ohio University
Expertise: Jewish Rhetoric, Political Communication, Presidential Rhetoric

Charles Morris III
cemorris@syr.edu
Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Expertise:  Rhetorical Criticism, GLBTQ Rhetorics, Public Memory, Social Protest

Kendall Phillips
kphillip@syr.edu
Professor; Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Expertise: American Film, Public Discourse, Rhetoric, Rhetoric of Popular Culture

Erin J. Rand
ejrand@syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Expertise: Queer Theory and Feminism, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Social Movements and Activism

Amardo Rodriguez
rodrigu@syr.edu
Professor; Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Ph.D., Howard University
Expertise: Communication Theory, Dialogue and Mediation, Emerging Organizational Models, Post-Colonial Theory in Communication

Bradford Vivian
bjvivian@syr.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Expertise: Public Memory, Rhetoric and Political Theory, Rhetorical Theory

Adjunct Faculty

Jill Ennis
jmennis@syr.edu
Adjunct Professor
M.S., Syracuse University
Expertise: Interpersonal and Small-Group Communication, Marketing and Public Relations, Presentational Speaking

Steve Granelli
smgranel@syr.edu
Adjunct Professor
M.A., Syracuse University
Expertise: Interviewing Skills, Presentational Speaking Skills, Public Address

Melissa Lopoo
mslopoo@syr.edu
Adjunct Professor
M.A., Syracuse University

Francis Parks
fmparks@syr.edu
Adjunct Professor

Affiliated Faculty

Himika Bhattacharya
hbhattac@syr.edu
Assistant Professor; Affiliated Faculty

Timothy Eatman
tkeatman@syr.edu
Assistant Professor; Affiliated Faculty

Margaret Himley
mrhimley@syr.edu
Professor; Associate Provost for International Education and Engagement; Affiliated Faculty

Melissa Luke
mmluke@syr.edu
Assistant Professor; Affiliated Faculty

Eileen Schell
eeschell@syr.edu
Associate Professor; Affiliated Faculty

Staff

Joanne Balduzzi
balduzzi@syr.edu
Office Assistant

Arthur Hunt
aehunt01@syr.edu
Executive Assistant to the Chair