Faculty & Staff

The communication and media faculty and staff are dedicated to your academic and personal success.

Our research covers a broad range of disciplines and methodologies, and we are involved in interdisciplinary and social justice work throughout the university, the state of Iowa and beyond.

Faculty & Staff

Faculty/Staff Directory

Sade Barfield

Director of Individual Events (Speech Team)

Instructor, Communication

Eric Braley

Instructor, Digital Media and Communication

Jeffrey Brand

Associate Professor, Public Relations

Scott Bredman

Instructor, Interactive Digital Studies

Sarina Chen

Professor, Communication

Anelia Dimitrova

Associate Professor, Digital Media-Journalism

Co-Advisor, Northern Iowan

Melissa Dobosh

Associate Professor, Communication

Associate Department Head

Bettina Fabos

Professor, Interactive Digital Studies

Director, Fortepan Iowa

Kathryn B. Golsan

Instructor

Tom Hall

Associate Professor, Organizational Communication

Associate Department Head

Nikki Zumbach Harken

Instructor, Communication

Internship Director and Co-Director of Cornerstone

Philip Hopper

Associate Professor, Digital Media-Production

Advisor, KULT

Lori Johnson

Instructor, Communication

Advising Coordinator

Christopher R. Martin

Professor, Digital Media-Journalism

President, United Faculty and Co-Advisor, Northern Iowan

Danielle Dick McGeough

Associate Professor, Communication

Ryan McGeough

Associate Professor, Communication

Department Head

Joshua Mitchell

Adjunct Instructor, Interactive Digital Studies

David O’Shields

Adjunct Instructor, Communication

Documentary Filmmaker in Residence

Catherine (Cate) Palczewski

Professor, Communication

Gayle M. Pohl

Associate Professor, Public Relations

Dana Potter

Assistant Professor, Interactive Digital Studies

C. Kyle Rudick

Associate Professor, Communication

Graduate Program Director

Francesca Soans

Associate Professor, Digital Media-Production

Advisor, Hilltop Media