Department of Communication

Email: christie@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-5599
Office: FAB 328

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A. - Northeast Louisiana University, 1975
M.A. - Webster University, 1981
M.S. - Florida State University, 1985
Ph.D - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993

Teaching

Dr. Tom Christie teaches communication research and public relations.

Research

Dr. Tom Christie's research areas are public policy and mass media, public relations, and new media. Dr. Christie has published academic articles in the Gazette: The International Journal for Communication Studies, the Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, American Journalism, the Journal of Radio Studies, the Journal of Middle East Media, Competition Forum, and in conference proceedings publications.

Email: amclark@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-1246
Office: FAB 270

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A. - Indiana University-Purdue University Ft. Wayne, 1997
M.A.M.C. (hons.) - The University of Florida, 2000
Ph.D - The University of Florida, 2003

Teaching

Dr. Andrew Clark teaches broadcasting, intercultural communication, visual communication, law and ethics, qualitative and historical research methods.

Research

Dr. Clark's research methodology is primarily qualitative and historical. His primary area of research is international broadcasting dealing with propaganda, public opinion and foreign policy. He has published in journals such as The Journal of Radio Studies, Journal of Middle East Media, International Communication Gazette, Global Media Journal, American Journalism, and others. Dr. Clark has had papers presented recently at the Broadcast Education Association and World Association of Public Opinion Research conferences.

Email: ingram@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-3720
Office: FAB 118

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.B.A. - University of Texas at Austin, 1975
M.B.A. - West Texas State University, 1976
Ph.D - University of North Texas, 1982

Teaching

Dr. Tom Ingram teaches advertising, public relations, marketing communication and communication technology.

Research

Dr. Tom Ingram's research areas are advertising, marketing communication and public policy. Dr. Ingram has published academic articles in journals and proceedings, including the Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, the Association of Business Communication, Southwest Education Council of Journalism and Mass Communication, Southwest Marketing Association, American Marketing Association, and Southern Marketing Association.

Email: cyjang@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-4142
Office: FAB 413

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.S., National Taiwan University, 1991
M.A., Michigan State University, 1996
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2003

Teaching

Undergraduate courses:

COMM 3300 Communication Technology
CTEC 4309 Internet Marketing Communication
CTEC 4321 Digital Communication Management
CTEC 4350 Advanced Web Site Communication

Graduate courses taught:

COMM 5321 Advanced Internet Marketing Communication
COMM 5323 Advanced Web Site Communication
COMM 5392 Seminar: Communication in Virtual Organizations

Research

Dr. Jang is interested in the design, implementation, and effects of communication technology in various contexts. In particular, his research efforts have been focused on the following areas: (1) distant collaborations via electronic media in the context of virtual teams and online gaming (MMORPG) communities, and (2) people's blogging behaviors, their social and psychological antecedents and impacts. Dr. Jang has published articles in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Information, Communication & Society, Journal of CSCW, Journal of Human-Computer Studies, etc.

Email: markham@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-2678
Office: FAB 118D

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.B. - Angelo State University, 1986
M.A. - Baylor University, 1987
Ph.D - Louisiana State University, 1993

Teaching

Dr. Charla Markham Shaw teaches presentational communication, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, performance studies, communication education, persuasion, and communication theory, and qualitative research methods.

Research

Dr. Charla Markham Shaw's research areas are intrapersonal/interpersonal communication, narrative, and gender studies. Dr. Markham Shaw has published articles in Human Communication Research, Journal of Health Communication, Communication Reports, Southern Communication Journal, Iowa Journal of Communication (Ethnography of Communication and Performance Special Edition), International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Texas Speech Communication Journal, Journal of Illinois Speech and Theater Association, and HIV Education: Performing.

Email: megwa@uta.edu
Office: FAB 413A

Teaching

Dr. Eronini Megwa teaches classes in mass communication, public relations, journalism, intercultural and international communication.

Research

Dr. Megwa's research areas are: media and society/information and communication technology and social development; agenda-setting; media and democracy in transitional societies; and media performance. He uses content analysis, qualitative and quantitative methods in his research. His publications are in the areas of new media and development; integrating old and new media to facilitate development access for underserved communities in the developed and developing world. He is currently working on the use of media for poverty reduction. Dr. Megwa has published in the Howard Journal of Communications, Journal of Radio Studies, and Journalism Studies.

Email: chunkesu@uta.edu
Office: FAB 413B

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A. - Peking University, 2000
M.A. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
Ph.D - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007

Teaching

Dr. Su teaches courses in communication technology at the undergraduate level, and seminars on virtual organizations and computer-mediated communication at the graduate level.

Research

Dr. Su's programs of research are in the areas of communication technology, organizational knowledge management, and social networks. He has published and presented research work in a variety of journals and conferences such as Communication Research, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Communication Theory, Competition Forum, European Journal of International Management, Academy of Management, and International Communication Association. He also published a book chapter in an edited book titled" Research methods for studying groups and teams: A Guide to approaches, tools, and technologies" in 2012.

Email: chatterjee@uta.edu
Office: FAB 271

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A.- University of Delhi, 1996
M.A - University of Delhi, 1998
M.A. - Emerson College, 2001
Ph.D - The Ohio State University, 2007

Teaching

Dr. Karishma Chatterjee teaches interpersonal communication, group communication, persuasion, communication theory, and history of communication.

Research

Dr. Karishma Chatterjee's research interests include communication in relationships, face and identity management in social interactions, and how the media construct social identities and discourses.

Email: shabib@uta.edu
Office: FAB 2116

Credentials

B.F.A. - University of Florida, 2000
M.F.A. - University of Florida, 2003
Ph.D. - University of Florida, 2012

Email: dustinh@uta.edu
Office: FAB 417

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

Ph.D. ­ Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002
M.A. - Journalism, University of Texas, Austin, 1997
B.A. - English & Journalism (minor), Sonoma State University, CA, 1992

Teaching

Dr. Harp teaches editorial and opinion writing, specialized reporting, and writing for the mass media. Prior to coming to UTA she also taught news reporting and news design courses as well as a course on women and journalism. At the graduate level she has taught qualitative methods for mass media and critical and cultural media theories.

Research

Dr. Harp's research is primarily qualitative though much of her work utilizes mixed methods. From critical and cultural theoretical perspectives her research investigates the intersections of journalism, new media (Internet, blogging, virtual worlds, and social networks), public spheres, globalization, and women and marginalized groups. Dr. Harp has published academic articles in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Communication, Culture and Critique, Information, Communication and Society, Journalism Studies, Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, and The Howard Journal of Communication. Her book, titled Desperately Seeking Women Readers: Newspapers and the Construction of a Female Readership, was published in 2007.

Email: epsmith@uta.edu
Office: FAB 2114

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A. - Mount Union College, 1997
M.A. - University of Alabama, 1999
Ph.D - University of Alabama, 2010

Teaching

Dr. Pribanic-Smith teaches reporting, feature writing, and public affairs journalism, as well as graduate courses guiding student research on topics such as public opinion and communication history.

Research

Dr. Pribanic-Smith specializes in research examining political communication in the print media of the 19th- and 20th-century American South. Specifically, she focuses on the use of editorials and letters to the editor to disseminate political ideology. Dr. Pribanic-Smith has had academic articles published in American Journalism and Atlanta Review of Journalism History, and she is a frequent presenter at the national convention of American Journalism Historians Association as well as in the history division of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Email: stohr@uta.edu
Office: FAB 2113

Credentials

B.A. - University of New Mexico, 2006
M.A. - University of New Mexico, 2009
Ph.D. (ABD) - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2013

Email: tremayne@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-3241
Office: FAB 272

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A. - University of California, Berkeley, 1989
M.A. - University of Texas, Austin, 1998
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002

Teaching

Dr. Tremayne teaches a variety of communication topics including broadcasting, journalism, communication technology, and communication theory.

Research

Dr. Tremayne's areas of specialization include: Online journalism, future of media, network theory, interactivity and experiments with new technologies and new media, citizenship and the public sphere.

Email: shelley.wigley@uta.edu
Office: FAB 416

Credentials

B.A. - Oklahoma State University, 1991
M.A. - Oklahoma State University, 1999
Ph.D - University of Oklahoma, 2007

Teaching

Dr. Wigley teaches courses in the undergraduate PR sequence and is currently teaching Theories of Persuasion at the graduate level.

Research

Dr. Wigley's research interests include crisis communications, corporate social responsibility and media relations. She has published in several journals including Communication Monographs, Communication Research, Public Relations Review and Corporate Reputation Review.

Email: bechtel@uta.edu
Office: FAB 331

Credentials

B.A. - University of Texas at Austin, 1970
M. A. - University of Texas at Austin, 1972
M.B.A. - Harvard University, 1977

Email: roby@uta.edu
Office: FAB 415

Credentials

Certificate in Commercial Art - Oklahoma State University, 1980
M.A. - Syracuse University, 2008

Teaching

Roby teaches Communication Graphics to students from a variety of degree programs.

Email: jeffwill@uta.edu
Office: FAB 2117

Credentials

B.F.A. - University of Florida, 2001
M.F.A. - University of Florida, 2004

Email: linda.bishop@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-7039
Office: FAB 2121

Credentials

B.A. - Hardin-Simmons University, 1985
M.Ed.T - University of Texas at Arlington, 1997
M.A - University of Texas at Arlington, 2010

Email: blount@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-2656
Office: FAB 263

Credentials

B.A.- University of Texas at Arlington, 2006
M.A.- University of Texas at Arlington, 2011

Email: geoff.campbell@uta.edu
Office: FAB 257

Credentials

B.J. - University of Missouri, 1984

Email: brianhorton@uta.edu
Office: FAB 413A

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A. - Ball State University, 1999
M.A. -THE Ohio State University, 2004
Ph.D - THE Ohio State University, 2007

Teaching

Dr. Brian Horton teaches undergraduate courses in the communication technology sequence including visual communication, website communication, human-computer interaction, and advanced website communication.

Research

Dr. Horton's research examines the role of prosody in collaborative activities. This includes exploring the relation between prosodic features and structure in the grounding process. His previous research focused on entertainment theory, cross-cultural conceptions of love in marriage and friendship, and supportive communication in bereavement. He has published in Communication Research, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, and Visual Communication Quarterly. Recently, he has presented conference papers at the International Association of Langaguage and Social Psychology Conference and the National Communication Association Conference.

Email: sandie@uta.edu
Office: FAB 2112

Credentials

B.A. - The State University of New York at Buffalo, 1974
M.A. - The State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978

Email: kejones@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-0733
Office: FAB 2115

Credentials

B.A. - UT Arlington, 2003
M.A. - UT Arlington, 2006
A.B.D. - Texas Tech University

Email: liguez@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-0075
Office: FAB 125

Credentials

B.A. – Texas Tech University, 1992
M.B.A. – Texas A&M-Commerce, 2011

Email: suzynead@uta.edu
Office: FAB 2118

Teaching

AA - Weatherford College, 1979
BFA - Texas Christian University, 1981
MS - Texas Chrsitian University, 1982

Email: pinon@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-0501
Office: FAB 2111

Credentials

B.A. - Oklahoma Christian Univeristy, 2004
M.A. - The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006

Email: austinr@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-2656
Office: FAB 263

Credentials

B.S.- Tennessee Tech University, 1978
M. Divinity- The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982
M.A.- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986

Email: jrod@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-7040
Office: FAB 125A

University Faculty Profile

Credentials

B.A. – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2005
M.A. – The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008

Teaching

BCMN 2358 Television Production
BCMN 4320 Current Issues in Telecommunications
BCMN 3350 Electronic News
BCMN 3350 Television Reporting I
BCMN 4350 Television Reporting II
BCMN 4191 Media Workshop

Research

Julian Rodriguez’s research interests include Hispanic media, multimedia production, transmedia environments, and broadcast news. He currently serves as President of the Texas Association of Broadcast Educators (TABE) and is the founder and news director of UTA News en Español, a university Spanish-language television newscast focusing on the interests of bilingual/bicultural students.

Email: salmon@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-0501
Office: FAB 2111

Credentials

B.S- Kansas State University 1995
M.A.- Kansas State University 1997

Email: whittier@uta.edu
Office: FAB 273

Credentials

B.S. - Texas Christian University, 1996
M.A. - Seton Hall University, 2004

Email: dbarnard@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-2163
Office: FAB 263

Email: cereijo@uta.edu

Credentials

B.A. - The University of Northern Iowa, 1984
M.S. - Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, 1985
Ph.D. - The University of North Texas, 1999
M.P.M. - University of Dallas, 2012

Email: esposito@uta.edu

Credentials

B.A. - University of Texas at Arlington, 2006
M.A. - University of Texas at Arlington, 2012

Email: artgarcia@uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-2239
Office: CPC

Email: gordon@uta.edu

Teaching

BA - University of Texas Arlington, 1977
MS - Texas Christian University, 1992

Email: bloper@uta.edu
Office: FAB 256

Credentials

B.A. - University of Texas at Arlington, 1993

Email: mamason@uta.edu

Credentials

A.A. - Tyler Junior College, 1987
B.F.A. - The University of Texas at Arlington, 1990
GAC - The University of North Texas, 2006
M.S. - The University of North Texas, 2008

Email: morgan03@uta.edu

Email: lanaproctor@uta.edu
Office: FAB 257

Credentials

B.A. - The University of Texas at Arlington, 1971
M.A. - Southern Methodist University, 1986

Email: jstewart@uta.edu

Credentials

B.A. - Journalism, University of Texas a Arlington, 1990
M.S. - Information Systems, University of Texas a Arlington, 2009