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)

Ownby, Terry, Professor, Communication, Media, and Persuasion.  B.S. 1983, Missouri State University; M.A. 1987, Webster University-Saint Louis; Ph.D. 2011, Colorado State University.  (2013)

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, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Department of 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, Associate 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)

Assistant Professors

Capson, Nikyra, Assistant 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) 

Senior Lecturer

Associate Lecturer

Christensen, Andrew, Associate Lecturer, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 1992, University of Idaho, M.A. 2016, Idaho State University. (2016)

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

Bennett, Amanda, Assistant Lecturer, Communication, Media, and Persuasion. B.A. 2017, M.A. 2019, Idaho State University. (2019)

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

Assistant Lecturers

Young, John, Assistant Lecturer, Video Production.  B.A. 1986.  (2017)

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