Communication Faculty

Ronald Bishop, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Dr. Bishop offers his students the benefits of 10 years of experience in journalism and public relations with major organizations.

Prof. Joan Blumberg, Auxiliary Professor & Coordinator - Publication Management Program . Prof. Blumberg’s areas of interest are Electronic publishing, Publishing and communications, and Publishing and mass-media.

Prof. Karen Cristian0, Auxiliary Professor.  Prof. Cristiano’s areas of interest are Journalism, Medical writing, Feature writing, copy editing, and Mass media and society.

Dr. Paul Evangelista, Auxiliary Professor of Communication.  Dr. Evangelista’s scholarly activity includes Communication and Law Research.

Alexander Friedlander, Ph.D., Associate Professor.  Dr. Friedlander specializes in written communication and rhetoric. Additional interests include document design and new communication technologies in the workplace.

Ernest A. Hakanen, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Programs. In his communication theory and research methods courses, Dr. Hakanen’s goal is to encourage students to think effectively and critically.

Frank Kelley, Ph.D., Auxiliary Instructor. Prof. Kelley’s areas of interest are Corporate university systems online, Power structure of media enterprises, and Public relations, event planning.

Alexander G. Nikolaev, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Dr. Nikolaev’s areas of interest are public relations, political communication, organizational communication, mass communication, international communication, and communication theory.

Devon Powers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Dr. Power's areas of interest include Popular Music, Cultural Intermediaries, Promotional Culture, 20th Century History, and Journalism Studies.

Rachel Reynolds, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Dr. Reynold’s areas of interest include dialects of English worldwide, intercultural communciation in the workplace & schools, African immigrants in American cities, and the analysis of how the mobility of professional people affects global communication.

Lawrence Souder, Ph.D., Auxiliary Professor. Dr. Souder’s areas of interest are corporate communication, science writing, communication ethics, and rhetoric of science.

Alan Stegeman, Ph.D., Auxiliary Instructor. Professor Stegeman brings a variety of real-world experience to his courses on communication technology and mass media.

Susan Stein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Dr. Stein’s areas of interest include community-based social marketing, environmental information campaigns & education, renewable energy & conservation, sustainable transportation and participatory communication.

Alan Zemel, Ph.D., Auxiliary Instructor. Dr. Zemel’s areas of interest include Medical Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Decision Making, Conversation Analysis (CA), Ethnomethodology (EM), and Interaction Analysis.