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)

Assistant Professors

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)

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

Assistant Lecturers

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

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

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