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Shirley A. Bell Professor
sabell@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 1751 Coleman Hall | Profile
Matthew J. Gill, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
mjgill@eiu.edu | 217-581-6306 | 2070 Coleman Hall | Profile

Dr. Gill’s research interests include PR, organizational communication, and sport communication. Recently he has examined organizational history as a socializing agent and how communication damages trust in organizations.

Elizabeth Gill, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
egill@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 2060 Coleman Hall | Profile

Dr. Gill's research focuses on the negotiation of relationships and identities in interpersonal and health contexts. She is particularly interested in questions of uncertainty and the wellbeing of vulnerable populations.

David Gracon Ph.D. Assistant Professor
dgracon@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 1814 Coleman Hall | Profile

Dr. Gracon ‘s interests include the political economy of communication, critical cultural studies, alternative media, media/music based subcultures, DIY cultural production, documentary and experimental media production.

Marita Gronnvoll Assistant Professor
mgronnvoll@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 1753 Coleman Hall | Profile

Dr. Gronnvoll’s background is in rhetorical theory and criticism. Her areas of specialization are gender and feminism, particularly as represented in media and visual texts.

Angela S. Jacobs Ph.D.
asjacobs@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 1761 Coleman Hall | Profile

Dr. Jacobs focuses on family systems theory, social construction theory, and narrative to examine the family in diverse contexts, particularly issues of family socialization, bereavement, and bullying awareness.

Richard G. Jones, Jr., Ph.D.
rgjones@eiu.edu | 217-581-3324 | 2037 Coleman Hall | Profile

Richard G. Jones, Jr., Ph.D conducts research on how people communicate and perform intersecting identities in various contexts, and he is also a scholar and teacher of communication pedagogy.

Rodney K. Marshall, Ph.D. Associate Professor
rkmarshall@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 1763 Coleman Hall | Profile

Dr. Marshall’s research focuses on how we communicate through the use of technology and on the Internet. He also investigates areas related to education. He teaches classes in computer-mediated communication and communicati ...

Melanie B. Mills Professor
mbmills@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 1741 Coleman Hall | Profile

My scholarship is largely interpretive/qualitative and primarily examines the ways employees construct and manage issues of stigma, crisis, and identity in occupational work groups.

T. M. Linda Scholz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
tscholz@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 2030 Coleman Hall | Profile

Dr. Scholz’s academic background is in rhetorical theory and criticism, with areas of specialization in feminist and postcolonial theory, and Latin American and Latina/o Critical Communication Studies.

Brian C. Sowa
bcsowa@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 2040 Coleman Hall | Profile
Samantha Szczur, Ph.D.
sszczur@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 2055 Coleman Hall | Profile

Sam studies the cultural politics of work and workplace organizations. She aligns with Critical/Cultural studies and analyzes relationships of power and identity as they relate to processes of work.

Scott M. Walus, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
smwalus@eiu.edu | 217-581-2016 | 1810 Coleman Hall | Profile

Scott Walus examines what culture does with media as well as what media does to culture. His research focuses on the producers/texts/audiences of television & mediated music from a media studies orientation.


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