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Faculty Research Interests
School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Name Sequence Interest
Jay Bender, J.D. (University of South Carolina) Print and Electronic Journalism Commercial speech under the constitution, training opportunities in newsrooms on legal issues facing journalists
John Besley, Ph.D. (Cornell University) Print and Electronic Journalism Science and risk communication, political communication, public engagement, and media effects
Kenneth Campbell, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina) Print and Electronic Journalism Historical research, media representation of minorities, media law
Shirley Staples Carter, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, Columbia) SJMC Director Audience analysis, freedom of expression in advertising/the arts, multicultural communications, women and leadership, values analysis
Sooyoung Cho, Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Columbia) Advertising and Public Relations Sequence Public Relations, health communication, political campaigns, conflict management
Erik L. Collins, Ph.D. (Syracuse U); J.D. (Ohio State University) Print and Electronic Journalism; Associate SJMC Director Media law, public relations, corporate communications
Randy Covington, M.S. (Columbia University) Print and Electronic Journalism Broadcast journalism, new media technology, media ethics
Bonnie L. Drewniany, M.B.A. (Rutgers University) Advertising and Public Relations Super Bowl advertising, creative strategy
Sonya Forte Duhe’, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, Columbia) Print and Electronic Journalism Science journalism, crisis and risk communications, applications of broadcast news research
Scott Farrand, B.F.A. (University of South Carolina) Visual Communications Publication design, visual communication, informational graphics, convergence, religious/nonprofit communication
Douglas J. Fisher, M.A. (Ohio State University) Print and Electronic Journalism Print journalism, media ethics, media economics, new media impacts on newsrooms and personnel, participatory journalism
August E. Grant, Ph.D. (University of Southern California) Print and Electronic Journalism New media technology, consumer behavior, convergent journalism, the interplay between media processes and effects
Cheryl Harris, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) Advertising and Public Relations Internet marketing, e-commerce, data privacy, online research, marketing software systems, advertising effectiveness, internet usability.
Cecile S. Holmes, M.A. (University of North Carolina) Print and Electronic Journalism Religion and media, media and popular culture, media and faith/values, diversity
Keith Kenney, Ph.D. (Michigan State University) Visual Communications Visual communication, international communication, theory, literature reviews
Tom Klipstine, Ph.D. (Bowling Green State University) Advertising and Public Relations Writing for the Internet, electronic news releases, corporate/media relations, and internal communications
Bruce E. Konkle, Ed.D. (University of South Carolina) Visual Communications/ Public Relations Visual communication, journalism education, scholastic journalism history
Van Kornegay, M.M.C. (University of South Carolina) Visual Communications Graphic design, visual communications, public relations, international communications
Paul S. Lieber, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University) Advertising and Public Relations Applied business ethics, global public relations, mass media diversity
Karen L. Mallia, M.A. (William Paterson University) Advertising and Public Relations Advertising concepts and copy, advertising education, creative strategy and execution

Richard C. Moore, M.A. (The Ohio State University)

Print and Electronic Journalism Broadcast news, management, media ethics, media evolution
Hugh Munn, M.A. (University of South Carolina) Advertising and Public Relations Public relations, crisis media relations, AMBER Alert Training
Rick Peterson, M.S. (Northwestern University) Print and Electronic Journalism Electronic journalism
Chris Roberts, M.A. (University of Alabama) Print and Electronic Journalism Journalism ethics, journalistic transparency, tensions between
journalists and public relations
Lisa Sisk, M.A. (University of South Carolina) Public Relations Nonprofit public relations, community relations
Lowndes F. Stephens, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Advertising and Public Relations Media ethics, media economics, military and the media, communicating science (nanoscience)
Andrea Tanner, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina) Print and Electronic Journalism Health communications, journalism education, broadcast news
Ran Wei, Ph.D. (Indiana University – Bloomington) Advertising and Public Relations Advertising research, new media technology, media effects
Ernest L. Wiggins, M.A. (University of South Carolina) Print and Electronic Journalism Media ethics and practices, news media and social justice, media literacy
Lynn M. Zoch, Ph.D. (Syracuse) Advertising and Public Relations Public relations management, public relations theory development, media relations, nonprofit communication
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