wvu communication studies graduate faculty, 2011-2012
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Your Degree, Our Faculty
Connecting People. Creating Meaning. Communication Studies.
Melanie Booth-Butterfield Professor, Peggy Rardin McConnell Chair of
Speech Communication
Areas: Interpersonal and Relational Communication, Humor Enactment, Emotion and Cognition
Areas: Entertainment Media, Social Media, Media Effects, Experimental Methods
Ph.D., University of Missouri
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Nicholas David BowmanAssistant Professor
Rebecca M. ChoryAssociate Professor
Ph.D. Program Coordinator
Matthew M. MartinProfessor, Department Chair
Maria BrannAssociate Professor & Affiliate Faculty,
Injury Control Research Center
The Graduate Faculty in the Department of Communication Studies at West Virginia University are among the most active scholars in the field, both historically and today. Our faculty publish original research in ranked journals and present their work at regional, national, and international conferences throughout the year. Much of this research is co-authored with graduate students in the Department.
Areas: Health Communication,
Qualitative Research Methods, Gender,
Interpersonal Communication
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Areas: Antisocial Communication
in Organizational, Instructional, and
Mediated Contexts, Media Entertainment,
Quantitative Research Methods
Joan GorhamProfessor, Associate Dean
Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Areas: Instructional Communication, Media, Nonverbal Communication
Areas: Interpersonal and Relational
Communication, Communication Theory, Health Communication
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Megan R. DillowAssistant Professor
Areas: Instructional Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Traits
Ph.D., Kent State University
Areas: Instructional Communication,
Family Communication, Educational Leadership
Ph.D., Kent State University
Scott A. MyersProfessor
Brian R. PattersonAssociate Professor
Areas: Developmental Communication,
Communication Theory
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
David WestermanAssistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Areas: Computer-Mediated Communication, Presence, Social Influence
Christine E. RittenourAssistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska
Areas: Family Communication, Communication & Aging, Social
Identity & Intergroup Communication
Areas: Campaigns, Health Communication, Instructional Communication
Ed.D., West Virginia University
Keith D. WeberAssociate Professor
M.A. Program Coordinator
Areas: Communication Assessment, Educational Leadership, Communication Ethics
Ed.D., West Virginia University
Andrea WeberAssistant Professor
Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator
Areas: Training & Development, Instructional Communication, Health Communication, Organizational Communication
Ed.D., West Virginia University
Danielle Dolin-BaneVisiting Assistant Professor