Selected Department of Communication Alumni
Timothy Borchers
Tim Borchers (PhD, communication, 1996; master's, comm., 1993) is professor and chair of the Communication Studies Department at Minnesota State University Moorhead.His teaching sp...
borchers@mnstate.edu
Tim Borchers (PhD, communication, 1996; master's, comm., 1993) is professor and chair of the Communication Studies Department at Minnesota State University Moorhead.His teaching sp...
borchers@mnstate.edu
Gregg Chenoweth
Gregg Chenoweth (PhD 2003) is vice president for academic affairs at Olivet Nazarene University where he continues to teach and practice journalism with specialties in higher educa...
gchenowe@olivet.edu
Gregg Chenoweth (PhD 2003) is vice president for academic affairs at Olivet Nazarene University where he continues to teach and practice journalism with specialties in higher educa...
gchenowe@olivet.edu
Scott Crabill
Scott L. Crabill (PhD 2008) is director of integrative studies and undergraduate initiatives at Oakland University. He teaches courses in public speaking, group dynamics, listening...
slcrabil@oakland.edu
Scott L. Crabill (PhD 2008) is director of integrative studies and undergraduate initiatives at Oakland University. He teaches courses in public speaking, group dynamics, listening...
slcrabil@oakland.edu
Gildasio Mendes Dos Santos
Gildasio Mendes Dos Santos (PhD 2007) is the general director of Faculdade Salesiana Santa Teresa, Salesian Institute of Superior Education, Salesian University in Campo Grande, Br...
at5597@wayne.edu
Gildasio Mendes Dos Santos (PhD 2007) is the general director of Faculdade Salesiana Santa Teresa, Salesian Institute of Superior Education, Salesian University in Campo Grande, Br...
at5597@wayne.edu
Kelly Jones
Kelly Jones (BA, radio/TV, 2005) declared at the age of eight that she wanted to be on TV and deliver the news.True to her word, this Michigan native went from the bitter cold to t...
kjones@kfmb.com
Kelly Jones (BA, radio/TV, 2005) declared at the age of eight that she wanted to be on TV and deliver the news.True to her word, this Michigan native went from the bitter cold to t...
kjones@kfmb.com
Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly (PhD 2006) is chair of the Department of Communication Arts at the University of West Florida. He serves as the president of the Florida Intercollegiate Forensics Ass...
bkelly@uwf.edu
Brendan Kelly (PhD 2006) is chair of the Department of Communication Arts at the University of West Florida. He serves as the president of the Florida Intercollegiate Forensics Ass...
bkelly@uwf.edu
Jeannette Kindred
Jeannette Kindred (PhD 2001)joined the communication faculty at Eastern Mich. U.in the Fall of 2006; prior to that she was an assistant professor of communication at Marist College...
jkindred@emich.edu
Jeannette Kindred (PhD 2001)joined the communication faculty at Eastern Mich. U.in the Fall of 2006; prior to that she was an assistant professor of communication at Marist College...
jkindred@emich.edu
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis (PhD 2005) is the journalism program director in the Department of Communication at the University of Michigan – Flint. His research interests include the work ...
lewismi@umflint.edu
Michael Lewis (PhD 2005) is the journalism program director in the Department of Communication at the University of Michigan – Flint. His research interests include the work ...
lewismi@umflint.edu
Priscilla Meddaugh
Priscilla Marie Meddaugh is an assistant professor of English at Millikin University where she teaches courses in writing, journalism and media studies. She earned her Master’s and...
pmeddaugh@mail.millikin.edu
Priscilla Marie Meddaugh is an assistant professor of English at Millikin University where she teaches courses in writing, journalism and media studies. She earned her Master’s and...
pmeddaugh@mail.millikin.edu
Nicki Michalski
Nicki Michalski (PhD 2001) is an assistant professor at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. She also is assistant director of the University Honors Program and director of the basic sp...
nicki.michalski@lamar.edu
Nicki Michalski (PhD 2001) is an assistant professor at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. She also is assistant director of the University Honors Program and director of the basic sp...
nicki.michalski@lamar.edu
Hollie Petit
Hollie Petit (PhD 2008) is an assistant professor at South Dakota State University. Her personal research interests include communication and religion/spirituality, conflict resolu...
hollie.petit@sdstate.edu
Hollie Petit (PhD 2008) is an assistant professor at South Dakota State University. Her personal research interests include communication and religion/spirituality, conflict resolu...
hollie.petit@sdstate.edu
Richard Pineda
Richard Pineda (PhD 2003) is an assistant professor and research fellow in the Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Research at the University of Texas, El Paso. His research foc...
rdpineda@utep.edu
Richard Pineda (PhD 2003) is an assistant professor and research fellow in the Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Research at the University of Texas, El Paso. His research foc...
rdpineda@utep.edu
Donald Ritzenhein
Donald Ritzenhein (PhD, communication, 1999; master’s, speech communication, 1980; bachelor’s, Wayne State Monteith College, 1968) is assistant vice president for acade...
ritzenheind@macomb.edu
Donald Ritzenhein (PhD, communication, 1999; master’s, speech communication, 1980; bachelor’s, Wayne State Monteith College, 1968) is assistant vice president for acade...
ritzenheind@macomb.edu
Heather Seipke
Heather L. Seipke (PhD, communication, 2002; graduate certificate, gerontology, 2002; master’s, communication, 2000; bachelor’s, public relations, 1998) is an associate...
hseipke@umflint.edu
Heather L. Seipke (PhD, communication, 2002; graduate certificate, gerontology, 2002; master’s, communication, 2000; bachelor’s, public relations, 1998) is an associate...
hseipke@umflint.edu
Peter Smudde
Peter Smudde is an assistant professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University. "My career path did not follow that of a traditional academic. I moved to acade...
psmudde@ilstu.edu
Peter Smudde is an assistant professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University. "My career path did not follow that of a traditional academic. I moved to acade...
psmudde@ilstu.edu
Patric Spence
Patric R. Spence (PhD 2006) is assistant professor in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University. His research focuses on crisis and risk communication, examining a...
patric.spence@wmich.edu
Patric R. Spence (PhD 2006) is assistant professor in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University. His research focuses on crisis and risk communication, examining a...
patric.spence@wmich.edu
Ede Warner
Ede Warner (PhD, 1998; master's comm. 1993)is an associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville....
ede.warner@louisville.edu
Ede Warner (PhD, 1998; master's comm. 1993)is an associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville....
ede.warner@louisville.edu
Jeff Youngquist
325 Wilson Hall, Oakland U., Rochester, MI 48309
Jeff Youngquist (PhD 2007) is an assistant professor at Oakland University. His primary research interest is the relationship between perceptions of dominance and langauge. He also...
youngqui@oakland.edu
325 Wilson Hall, Oakland U., Rochester, MI 48309
Jeff Youngquist (PhD 2007) is an assistant professor at Oakland University. His primary research interest is the relationship between perceptions of dominance and langauge. He also...
youngqui@oakland.edu





















