Communications, Media, and Persuasion Faculty

Chair and Professor

DiSanza, James R., Department Chair and Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.A. 1982, California State University at Stanislaus; M.A. 1985, San Francisco State University; Ph.D. 1989, Pennsylvania State ­University.  (1989)

Professors

Gribas, John S., Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.S. 1984, Montana State University-Billings; M.A. 1990, Ph.D. 1993, University of Kansas.  (1996)

Hartman, Karen L., Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.A. 2000, Furman University; M.A. 2004, University of South Carolina; Ph.D. 2008, Louisiana State University.  (2014)

Legge, Nancy, Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.A. 1982, Wayne State University; M.A. 1984, ­Indiana University; Ph.D. 1988, Pennsylvania State ­University.  (1991)

Partlow-Lefevre, Sarah T., Director, Forensics; Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.A. 1995, University of Utah; M.A. 1998, Ph.D. 2001, University of Kansas.  (2001)

Gershberg, Zac, Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.S. 2002, Ithaca College; M.A. 2004, Hawaii Pacific University; Ph.D. 2008, Louisiana State University.  (2014)

Carr, D. Jasun, Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.A. 2003, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay; M.A. 2005, Kutztown University; Ph.D. 2014, University of Wisconsin - Madison.  (2014)

Associate Professors

Sharma, Neelam, Associate Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.C. Commerce, Panjab University; M.A., Panjab University; Ph.D., Colorado State University.  (2018)

Capson, Nikyra, Associate Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 2017, Idaho State University; B.F.A. 2017, Idaho State University; M.F.A. 2020, Idaho State University. (2020)

Kim, Ken, Assistant Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A 1999, Korea University; M.A. 2002, Korea University; Ph.D. 2010, University of Florida. (2023)

Assistant Professors

Shan, Leo, Assistant professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 2013, Ball State University; M.A. 2019 University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D. 2025, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2025)

Senior Lecturer

Associate Lecturer

Shelden, Daniel, Associate Lecturer, Communication, Media, & Persuasion.  B.A. 2015; M.A. 2018, Idaho State University.  (2018)

Johnson, Elisa, Associate Lecturer, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 2014, M.A. 2019, Idaho State University. (2019)

Young, John, Associate Lecturer, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 1986, Yale University.  (2017)

Assistant Lecturers

Gibbs, Payton, Assistant Lecturer, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. A.A. 2018, College of Western Idaho; B.A. 2020, Idaho State University; M.A. 2022, Idaho State University. (2022)

Gilmore, Heather, Assistant Lecturer, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 2005, Northern Kentucky University; M.A. 2011, California State University Los Angeles; Ph.D. 2016 Walden University. (2023)

Rianne "Jack" Quigley, Assistant Lecturer, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 2020, Idaho State university; M.A. 2023, Idaho State University. (2023)

Emeriti

Beachboard, Martine Robinson, Associate Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  2001-2019

Frazier, Timothy H., Professor, Mass Communication.  1986-2013

Jull, Paula W., Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  1987-2017

Loebs, Bruce, D., Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  1969-2015

Ownby, Terry, Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. 2013-2024