People

Brian S. Butler, Ph.D.

Dean, Professor

205.348.4786

Jim Bailey, Ph.D.

Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives

205.348.5522

Victoria Belton

Director of Communications

Carol Duncan

Administrative Specialist

205.348.9739

Gregory Goldstein

Manager, Area Computing Services/Network Manager

205.348.8621

Eva Lynch

Accounting Specialist

205.348.5015

Ginger Sanford

Executive Secretary

205.348.4786

Darlene Smith

Accounting Specialist

205.348.8649

Mary Katherine Weaver

Director of Financial Affairs

205.348.5867

Laurie Wright

Director of Development

205.348.5868

Academic Departments

Advertising & Public Relations

Brooke McKeever

Professor and Chair, Department of Advertising & Public Relations

205.348.8145

Henry Allen

PhD Student

808.554.5346

Mark Barry

Associate Professor, Director of Minerva

Courtney Boman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.523.5207

Josh Bramlett, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.348.0365

Nancy Brinson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Brian Britt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.5628

Kenon Brown, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Institute for Communication and Information Research

205.348.5326

Susan Daria

Senior Instructor

205.348.3103

Ch’Ree Essary

Assistant Professor of Science Communication

CV

Jared George

Instructor, Director of Creative Services

Karla Gower, Ph.D.

Professor

205.348.0132

Jameson Hayes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Ph.D. Program Lead;
Director, Public Opinion Lab

205.348.8393

Steven Holiday, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.614.3362

Suzanne Horsley

Associate Professor

205.348.8304

Randall Huffaker

Senior Instructor

205.348.5295

Hyoungkoo Khang, Ph.D.

Professor

205.348.8271

Eyun-Jung Ki, Ph.D.

Professor

205.582.7677

Jihoon (Jay) Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.336.2023

Lance Kinney, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.7706

Laura Lemon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.462.7998

Dongjae (Jay) Lim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Mike Little

Senior Instructor

205.348.2388

Travis Loof

Assistant Professor

Robert McKeever, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.9246

Lisa Myrick

Administrative Assistant II

205.348.9585

Tracy Sims, MA, APR

Senior Instructor, Associate Chair of Undergraduate Programs

205.348.5166

Jack Lipei Tang

Assistant Professor

205.348.7150

Martina Topić, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Matt VanDyke, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.614.3372

Janet Walker

Senior Instructor, Director of Creative Services

205.348.4225

Caleb Walters

Assistant Professor

205.861.4966

Jay Waters

Instructor Senior

205.582.8237

Tosha-Paige Whitten

PhD Student

256.627.2208

Matthew Wisla

Instructor Senior

205.348.8641

Communication Studies

Joshua Pederson

Associate Professor, Department Chair of Communication Studies

205.632.1047

Anita Abernathy

Program Assistant

205.348.5997

Noor Ghazal Aswad, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Academia Profile

Meredith Bagley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.1926

Angela Billings

Senior Instructor, Director of the Speaking Studio

205.348.5125

Anneliese Bolland PhD., LMSW, MPH, CHES®

Associate Professor

205.348.1235

Robin Boylorn, Ph.D.

Distinguished Research Professor, Holle Endowed Chair and Director

205.348.8078

Adam Brooks, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of the Speaking Studio

205.348.9774

Sim Butler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.3428

Sheila Davis

Support Assistant

205.348.5995

Kaylin Duncan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Ashley Ferrell

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Darrin Griffin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.632.0777

Nikita Harris, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.8079

Sara Hartley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Communication Studies, Director of Professional Education

205.348.4831

Heather Ashley Hayes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.509.9225

Jeremy Henderson

Instructor

Leah E. LeFebvre, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.8075

Mary Meares, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.435.2650

Brent Mitchell

Instructor, Assistant Director of Alabama Forensic Council

Jeonghyun Oh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Jessy Ohl, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.6861

Caroline Parsons, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.0684

Cynthia Peacock, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.0545

Ben Pyle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director of Alabama Forensic Council

205.348.8077

Abdullah Salehuddin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.348.5995

Jaclyn Shetterly, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Mizuki Wyant, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Journalism & Creative Media

Michael Bruce, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Journalism & Creative Media
Director of Digital Media Center

205.348.8657

Lars Anderson

Senior Instructor

205.348.7321

Matthew Barnidge, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.7544

A.J. Bauer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.348.6167

Google Scholar

Andrew Billings, Ph.D.

Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty

205.348.8658

Dianne Bragg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.1624

Rick Bragg

Professor

205.348.8617

Chip Brantley

Senior Instructor

205.348.4692

Rebecca Katherine Ivic-Britt, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Professor, Health Communication

205.348.7570

Magen Carruth

Office Associate

Maya Champion

Senior Instructor

205.348.8652

John Chisholm

Coordinator of Digital and Broadcast Media

205.348.9961

Chandra Clark, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.2697

Brandon Colvin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

George L. Daniels, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.8618

Google Scholar

Trevor Diehl

Associate Professor

Bill Evans, Ph.D.

Professor

205.348.3176

Teresa Gawrych

Instructor Senior

205.348.9624

Thomas Grant

Assistant Professor

205.348.3013

John Haley

Assistant Professor

Brandon Harris

Assistant Professor

Google Scholar

Reuben Heard

Office Associate II

205.348.8957

Brett Hudson

Instructor

205.348.7402

Ginger Jolly

Assistant Professor

205.348.7155

Shaheen Kanthawala

Assistant Professor

205.348.9760

Richard LeComte

Instructor

205.348.3782

Wilson Lowrey, Ph.D.

Professor

205.348.8608

Jessica Maddox, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.8653

Stefania Marghitu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Mark Mayfield

Instructor, News Media Internship Coordinator

205.348.8601

David Miller

Instructor

Kaitlin Miller, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Landon Palmer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.348.0871

Elliot Panek, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.9238

Scott Parrott, Ph.D.

Professor

205.348.7155

Frances Putman

Instructor

205.348.8918

Chris Roberts, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.8619

Becky Robinson

Instructor, Director of Scholastic Media

Sean Sadri, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Soo Young Shin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Amy Stanley

Program Assistant

205.348.8784

Zachary Tigert

Instructor

Alyxandra Vesey, Ph.D.

Associate Professorh

Danford Zirugo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School of Library and Information Studies

Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ph.D.

Pauline Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor, Director of SLIS

205.348.1518

GK Armstrong

Instructor

205.348.1519

Laurie Bonnici, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.8824

Sarah Bryant

Associate Professor

205.348.6567

Sybil Bullock

Internship Coordinator

205.994.1465

John Burgess, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator

205.348.1523

Ramona Caponegro, Ph.D.

Professor

Mileidy Crespo-Jones

Administrative Assistant II

205.348.1527

Anna Embree

Professor, Book Arts Coordinator

205.348.2398

Hengyi Fu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.348.1525

Jenna Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

217.348.6727

Kyle Holland

Instructor, Studio Manager

205.348.4576

Dimitrios Latsis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, EBSCO Scholars Program Lead

205.348.1526

Yuan Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

205.348.1595

Joi Mahand

Assistant Director of Academic Programs

205.348.1524

Bharat Mehra, Ph.D.

Professor, EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice

205.348.5259

Robert B. Riter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Marie Drolet Bristol-EBSCO Endowed Professor, Archival Studies Coordinator

205.348.6232

Karen Scott

School Library Media Coordinator

Miriam Sweeney, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Associate Director of SLIS

205.348.1522

Jeff Weddle, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

205.348.4990

Steven Yates, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

205.348.9781

Digital Media

Alabama Public Radio

Leah Breeding

Program Assistant

205.348.4407

Barbara Charnetski

Account Executive

Jeff Deneen

Director of Development/Marketing

205.348.2687

David Duff

Music Director

205.348.6647

Pat Duggins

News Director

205.348.5913

Megan Galaviz

Underwriting Account Executive

205.348.8021

Matthew Orndorff

Associate Director of Membership

205.348.6645

Bob Woodman

Host

205.348.6210

Brittany Young

Program/Content Director

205.348.8026

Center for Public Television

Rob Briscoe

Executive Producer

205.348.7192

Robert Butler

Director, Digital Media Center Engineering & Technical Services

205.348.1645

Bruce Deal

IT Manager

205.348.0065

Oliver Gee

Broadcast Engineer

205.348.8632

Tamika Hewitt-Payne

Accounting Specialist

205.348.6211

Tammy Holloway

Assistant Director of Business

205.348.6216

Nicholas Lewis

Producer

Gray Lloyd

Producer/DMC Intern Coordinator

205.348.0215

Dr. Don Noble

Host

205.348.6210

Kendra Zebroski

Associate Creative Media Producer

205.348.6210

WVUA 23

Phil Brian

WVUA 23 Traffic/Program Manager

205.348.8003

Dustin Burroughs

Segment/Promotions Producer

Steve Diorio

WVUA 23 General Manager

205.348.3223

Jeffrey Edstrom

Digital Content Manager

205.348.5077

Gary Harris

WVUA 23 Sports Director

205.348.8004

Kassandra Horton

WVUA 23 Account Executive

Amy Martin

Director of Creative Services/Programming, WVUA 23

205.348.6394

Stuart McCann

WVUA 23 TV Sports Manager

205.348.7000

Jabaree Prewitt

WVUA 23 Weekend Anchor/Reporter

205.348.7000

Jennifer Robbins

WVUA 23 Director

205.348.7194

Richard Scott

WVUA 23 Chief Meteorologist

205.348.8055

Lisa Screws

WVUA 23 TV Producer

205.348.2359

Keli Stiglich

WVUA 23 News Producer

205.348.8006

Valerie Waters

WVUA 23 Accounting Specialist

205.348.8002

Jasmin Washington

Associate Producer

205.348.8007

Michelle Wedgeworth

WVUA 23 Local/National Sales Assistant

205.348.0840

Offices

Communication & Advancement

Victoria Belton

Director of Communications

Brie Campbell

Coordinator of College & Alumni Relations

Jared George

Instructor, Director of Creative Services

Janet Walker

Senior Instructor, Director of Creative Services

205.348.4225

Office for Graduate Studies

Steven Yates

Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

205.348.9781

Karin Bryson

Graduate Student Services Program Manager

205.348.4404

Jennifer Fuqua

Administrative Assistant for Graduate Studies

205.348.1147

Office: 438 Reese Phifer

Holle Center for Communication Arts

Robin Boylorn, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Holle Center for Communication Arts

205.348.8078

Michelle Bordner

Program Manager of the Holle Center for Communication Arts

The Plank Center

Karla Gower, Ph.D.

Professor

205.348.0132

Hannah Collier

Communications Specialist I

Pam Harrell

Program Coordinator

Tisch Student Services

Steven Yates, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

205.348.8599

Jeff Clark

Academic Advisor II

205.348.8599

Angelique Crawford

Program Manager of the Career Center at C&IS

205.348.6804

Genesis Drake

Events Coordinator

205.348.7692

Ashley Grammer

Director of Student Services

205.348.8599

Randi Hamm

Director of College Academic Programs

205.348.8599

Alison Holcombe

College Experiential Learning Program Manager

205.348.3143

Cason Jordan

Program Assistant

205.348.8599

Lexi McMahon

Coordinator of Recruitment and Outreach

205.348.8594

Scott Miller

Academic Advisor II

205.348.8599

Emily Montgomery

Academic Advisor

205.348.8599

Lisa Morris

College Academic Records Manager

205.348.8599

Jack Purser

Academic Advisor II

205.348.8599

Elizabeth Shahid

Counseling Center Staff Therapist II

UA Counseling Center

205.348.3863

Patrick Stump

Academic Advisor

205.348.8599

Rachel Walker

Administrative Assistant III

205.348.9781

Research

Office of Research

Rebecca Katherine Ivic-Britt, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Professor, Health Communication

205.348.7570

Jackie Hayes

Grant and Contract Specialist I

205.348.2141

Institute for Communication & Information Research

Kenon Brown, Ph.D.

Director of the Institute for Communication and Information Research, Initiative Director for Beyond Sports Initiative

205.348.5326

Anneliese Bolland PhD., LMSW, MPH, CHES®

Associate Professor

205.348.1235

Scott Parrott, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Business Development (ICIR)

205.348.8612

Andrew Billings, Ph.D.

Initiative Director (Beyond Sports Initiative)

205.348.8658

Nancy Brinson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Initiative Director (Information Policy and Ethics)

John Burgess, Ph.D.

Initiative Director (Information Policy and Ethics)

205.348.1523

Laura Lemon, Ph.D.

Initiative Director (Internal Communication and Engagement)

205.462.7998

Courtney Boman, Ph.D.

Initiative Director (Media Literacy and Mis/Disinformation)

205.523.5207

Doctoral Students

Gulmira Amangalieva

Bahareh Amini

Abdulaziz Alowais

Talal Saeed Alshamrani

Mutaz Mohammed Barnawi

Kirsten Barnes

Claudia Bawole

Samantha Burke

Ananya Raka Chakraborty

Su-yu Chou

Anathasia Citra

Rebekah Cowell

Joseph Daniel

Fredrick Daoyenikye

Jennifer Dempsey

Feiyun Deng

Emily Dirks

Courtny Franco

Ashaunté Gaillard

Priyanka Ginwal

Quinta Goines

Mafaku Akpene Gonyoe

Lori Greene

Kaeli Gretter

Miaohong Huang

Baheya Jaber

Joshua Jackson

Khadiza Tul Jannat

Tonya Jenkins

Jeffrey Jones

Da Young Kang

Caran Kennedy

Kelley Klor

Jade Larson

Edwin Lee

Huapu Liu

Yuanwei Lyu

Sarah Miesse

Sai Datta Mikkilineni

Brianna Miluk

Cherie Moman

Andrew Morris

Morgan R. Myrick

Rebecca Oliver

Ozioma Omah

Tanya Ott-Fulmore

Jessica Payne

Cameron Panhans

N/A

Laura Pitts

Tafhimur Rahman

Toni Rebaldo

Amy Ritchart

Shah Jahan Shuvo

Gourav Rath

Jessica Smith

Laura Stewart

LaTonya Taylor

Jasmine Thomas

Spencer Tomsett

Jaymes Van Gyn

Liz Vigil

Guan Wang

Reba Williams

Kaurri Williams-Cockfield

Larry Willis

Xiaoxu Yang

Lauren Young

Yang Zhou

Grace Nicholas

Jennifer Dempsey

Drew Daws

Hannah Cheater

Ashley Green

Samaneh Shirani Lapari

Griffin C. Anderson

Adam Eric Berkowitz

Lauren Young