Graduate Faculty
Meet our COMM Studies Graduate Faculty!
Graduate faculty members hold PhDs and have specialized training in communication. They teach courses in our MA program, mentor graduate students, and serve on thesis and project committees.
If you are looking for the full faculty/staff directory complete with office hour information, please navigate to the Faculty/Staff Directory page.
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Alejandro Artiga-PurcellAssistant Professor & Undergraduate Studies Program Director Environmental Communication Studies |
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Andrew CarterAssociate Professor & Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Director Critical Health Communication |
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Kristen ColeAssociate Professor, Associate Chair, Teaching Associate Supervisor Critical Health Communication, Rhetoric, Cultural Studies |
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Deanna FassettProfessor, Department Chair Critical Communication Pedagogy |
deanna.fassett@sjsu.edu |
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Felipe GómezAssociate Professor, Lead COMM Faculty Mentor Organizational Communication |
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Rona HalualaniProfessor Critical Intercultural Communication |
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Tabitha HartProfessor, Academic Senate Chair Ethnography of Communication, High Impact Educational Practices |
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Oona HattonProfessor Performance Studies |
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Marie HaverfieldAssociate Professor & Graduate Program Director, COMM Faculty Mentor Health, Interpersonal, and Family Communication |
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Priya RamanProfessor, Director of Academic and Institutional Effectiveness Media & Communication (on loan to the University) |
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Matthew SpanglerProfessor Performance Studies (on loan to the Department of Film and Theatre) |
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Andrew WoodProfessor
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