William G. Christ [Visit Homepage]
Professor and ChairB.A., St. Lawrence University; M.A., The University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., Florida State University
Has professional experience in public radio and cable television; research interests in media education and audiences; written or edited four books and numerous articles; teaches advertising and production. The International Radio and Television Society Foundation 1999 Coltrin Professor of the Year.
Aaron Delwiche
Assistant ProfessorB.A., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D. University of Washington
Has worked as a technology consultant in both the private and public sectors; directed a team of interface specialists at one of Hong Kong's leading web design firms; maintains an award-winning site on propaganda analysis. Research interests include new media, youth culture, and global civil society. Teaches media messages, multimedia design and criticism, and video game theory.
Beate Gersch [Visit Homepage]
Assistant ProfessorM.A., Freie Universität Berlin; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Has worked for the United States Information Agency. Has taught media literacy and writing courses for the Bexar County Adult Detention Center. Research interests include marginalized media audiences, communication theory, media literacy, and issues of race, class, and gender in the mass media. Has published on topics concerning class and gender in the media, and questions of methodology in audience research. Teaches media audiences and media messages.
Harry William Haines [Visit Homepage]
Associate ProfessorB.S., Southern Illinois University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Utah
Former radio station manager and documentary producer, news reporter and CBS network researcher; editorial assistant, Critical Studies in Mass Communication; research on the cultural legacy of the Vietnam War and other cultural-media interaction; teaches broadcast news production, writing, and media studies.
Jennifer Jacobs Henderson
Assistant ProfessorB.A., Drake University, M.A. and Ph.D., University of Washington
Has worked for non-profit organizations on telecommunication policy and issues of public access to government information in Washington, D.C. Focus of research is on First Amendment legal history and how organizational litigants have shaped free expression in the United States. Teaches courses in mass media law and policy, mass media history, media ethics, and gender, popular culture and media.
Robert Huesca [Visit Homepage]
Associate ProfessorB.A., California State University at Fullerton; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Former reporter, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio; book editor, Macmillan; media critic, Columbus Alive!; and program producer for public access television. Research interests include alternative media studies, international communication, and new communication technologies. Teaches media and society, journalism and reporting on/for the Internet.
Sammye Johnson
Professor and Carlos Augustus de Lozano Chair in JournalismB.S.J. and M.S.J., Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
A newspaper reporter, feature writer, public relations consultant, and editor of several magazines; recipient of writing, public relations, research, and teaching awards; 1998 AEJMC Magazine Educator of the Year. Research interests include magazine history, magazine industry processes and effects, and women’s issues in mass communications. Teaches magazine writing, magazine production, public relations, and arts criticism. Author of Magazine Publishing and The Magazine from Cover to Cover.