Faculty-Staff Directory
Dean
Doug Anderson
- Dean of the College of Communications
- Professor
(814) 863-1484
Faculty
Doug Anderson
- Dean of the College of Communications
- Professor
(814) 863-1484
Tony Barbieri
- Foster Professor of Writing and Editing
(814) 863-2682
Robert Baukus
- Head of Department of Advertising/Public Relations
- Associate Professor
(814) 863-3800
Barbara Bird
- Associate Professor
- Director of International Programs
(814) 865-1616
Jeremy Cohen
- Professor
- Associate Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
(814) 863-1864
Colleen Connolly-Ahern
- Associate Professor
(814) 865-3073
Russell Eshleman
- Senior Lecturer
- Associate Head of the Department of Journalism
(814) 865-0935
Robert Frieden
- Professor
- Pioneers Chair in Cable Telecommunications
(814) 863-7996
Martin E. Halstuk
- Associate Professor
(814) 863-7990
Marie Hardin
- Associate Professor
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Education
- Associate Director for Research, John Curley Center for Sports Journalism
(814) 865-1395
Matt Jackson
- Head of Department of Telecommunications
- Associate Professor
(814) 863-6419
Shannon Kennan
- Senior Lecturer
- Director of Outreach and Instructional Design
(814) 865-3668
Ann Marie Major
- Associate Professor
- Director, Jimirro Center for the Study of Media Influence
(814) 865-3069
Bob Martin
- Senior Lecturer
- Assistant Dean for Internships and Career Placement
(814) 863-4674
Matt McAllister
- Professor
- Assistant Graduate Program Chair
(814) 863-3322
Malcolm Moran
- Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society
(814) 865-0926
Mary Beth Oliver
- Distinguished Professor
- Co-Director of Media Effects Research Laboratory
(814) 863-5552
Anthony Olorunnisola
- Associate Professor
- Head of Department of Film-Video and Media Studies
(814) 863-7997
Patrick Parsons
- Don Davis Professor of Ethics
(814) 863-5678
Mike Poorman
- Senior Lecturer
- Director of Alumni Relations
(814) 865-3938
Robert D. Richards
- John and Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies
(814) 863-1900
Ford Risley
- Professor
- Head of Department of Journalism
(814) 865-2181
Michelle Rodino-Colocino
- Assistant Professor
(814) 863-2370
Steve Sampsell
- Senior Lecturer
- Director of College Relations
(814) 865-3766
Amit Schejter
- Associate Professor
- Co-Director of the Institute for Information Policy
(814) 865-3717
Joseph Selden
- Lecturer
- Assistant Dean of Multicultural Affairs
(814) 863-6081
S. Shyam Sundar
- Distinguished Professor
- Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory
(814) 865-2173
Richard Taylor
- Palmer Chair of Telecommunications Studies and Law
- Co-Director of the Institute for Information Policy
(814) 863-1482
Thor Wasbotten
- Senior Lecturer
- Assistant Dean for Student Media and Online Operations
(814) 865-2802
Advising
Brenda Johnson
- Staff Assistant, Office of Academic Services
(814) 865-1503
Katie Kennedy
- Staff Assistant, Office of Academic Services
(814) 865-1503
Jamey Perry
- Assistant Dean for Academic Services
(814) 865-1503
Staff
Susan Beals
- Staff Assistant, Office of External Relations
(814) 865-8801
Julie Evak
- Coordinator of Undergraduate Education
(814) 865-8264
Carmen Frost
- Multicultural Affairs Coordinator
(814) 863-6081
Bill Gardner
- Multimedia Production Specialist
(814) 863-5497
Stephanie Girouard
- Staff Assistant, Office of Internships and Career Services
(814) 865-4349
Tarynn Herlocher
- Administrative Support Coordinator
(814) 865-9044
Brenda Johnson
- Staff Assistant, Office of Academic Services
(814) 865-1503
Annette Jones
- Assistant to the Financial Officer
(814) 863-7651
Katie Kennedy
- Staff Assistant, Office of Academic Services
(814) 865-1503
Janet Klinefelter
- Scholarship and Stewardship Coordinator
(814) 863-6135
Cinda Kostyak
- Director of Research Administration
(814) 863-6307
Vicki Kovatto
- Assistant to Manager of Facilities
(814) 863-6251
Bob Martin
- Senior Lecturer
- Assistant Dean for Internships and Career Placement
(814) 863-4674
Karen Mozley-Bryan
- Director of Operations
(814) 865-0142
Kathy Mulberger
- Assistant to Dean Doug Anderson
(814) 863-8607
Jamey Perry
- Assistant Dean for Academic Services
(814) 865-1503
Mike Poorman
- Senior Lecturer
- Director of Alumni Relations
(814) 865-3938
Steve Sampsell
- Senior Lecturer
- Director of College Relations
(814) 865-3766
Joseph Selden
- Lecturer
- Assistant Dean of Multicultural Affairs
(814) 863-6081
Jonathan Thurley
- Associate Director of Development
(814) 863-1439
