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ICR Faculty
Berry, William Associate Professor and Associate Director for Administration and Resource Planning; Ph.D. (communications), Illinois; joint appointments in Advertising, Journalism, and Media Studies. Mass media in a democratic society; information technology; communications management. weberry@uiuc.edu 
Brewer, William F. Professor; Ph.D. (psychology), Iowa; joint appointments in Psychology and the Beckman Institute. Cognitive psychology; human memory; cognitive science; knowledge representation; knowledge acquisition; text and discourse; psychology of science. wbrewer@uiuc.edu 
Christians, Clifford Professor and Director; Ph.D. (communications), Illinois; joint appointments in Journalism and Media Studies. Communication ethics; philosophy of technology; Jacques Ellul; interpretive research; dialogic theory. cchrstns@uiuc.edu 
Denzin, Norman Professor of Advertising; Ph.D. (sociology), Iowa; joint appointments in Sociology and Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Theories of social interaction; cultural studies; media (cinema); interpretive studies of the postmodern period; social psychology; biographical method in the human disciplines. n-denzin@uiuc.edu 
Glennon, Ivy Assistant Professor; Ph.D. (speech communication), Illinois; joint appointment in Advertising. Mass media theory and criticism, rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist theory. iglennon@uiuc.edu 
Hay, James Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; joint appointments in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Unit for Cinema Studies. Media, culture, and society with special attention to the cinematic, the televisual, and "new media". jameshay@uiuc.edu 
Molina Guzman, Isabel Associate Professor; Ph.D. (communications), University of Pennsylvania (Annenberg School); joint appointment in Latina/o Studies. Latina/o studies; feminist studies; critical media studies. imolina@uiuc.edu 
Nakamura, Lisa Associate Professor; Ph.D. (english), City University of New York Graduate Center; joint appointment in Asian American Studies. New media; media and cultural studies; race and gender. lnakamur@uiuc.edu 
Nerone, John Professor and Director of Graduate Studies; Ph.D. (history), Notre Dame; joint appointment in Media Studies. History of communications; historical research methods; American culture. jnerone@uiuc.edu 
Ono, Kent Professor; Ph.D. (rhetorical studies), Iowa; joint appointment in Asian American Studies. Rhetorical studies, media and cultural studies, film studies, Asian American history. kaono@uiuc.edu 
Valdivia, Angharad N. Professor; Ph.D. (communications), Illinois; joint appointments in Latina/o Studies, Media Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies Program. International communications, especially Latin America; development studies; race and gender. valdivia@uiuc.edu Affiliated Faculty
Aidman, Amy Associate Dean, College of Communications and Associate Director for Graduate Studies; Ph.D. (communications), Illinois. Children and media, media literacy, and the social impacts of communication technologies. aidman@uiuc.edu 
Chambers, Jason Assistant Professor; Ph.D. (U.S. history), Ohio State University. Joint appointment in Advertising. Race and advertising, commercial communications; history of African Americans and the advertising industry. jpchambe@uiuc.edu 
Delia, Jesse G. Professor and Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Ph.D. (communication and human relations), Kansas; joint appointment in Speech Communication. Analysis of contemporary concepts; issues in the study of human communication and empirical investigations of both the function of social perception and related processes in focused interactions between adults; and the development of communicative routines and strategies in childhood and adolescence. j-delia@uiuc.edu Desser, David 
Jones, Steven G. Adjunct Professor; Ph.D. (communications), Illinois. Social history of technology; Internet research; communication and sound; popular music studies; cultural studies. sjones@uic.edu 
Liebovich, Louis W. Professor; Ph.D. (mass communications), Wisconsin Madison; joint appointments in Journalism and Media Studies. Media history; press and the presidency; media economic history; politics and the media. liebovic@uiuc.edu 
Rich, Robert Professor; Ph.D. (political science), University of Chicago; joint appointments in Law, Political Science, Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, Community Health, and Health Policy and Administration. American politics and policy with an emphasis on health policy, science policy, bureaucratic politics and organizational development, program evaluation, and strategic planning. r-rich1@uiuc.edu 
Shavitt, Sharon Research Professor; Ph.D. (psychology), Ohio State; joint appointments in Business Administration and Psychology. Message processing and persuasion, attitudinal functions and goals, consumer behavior. shavitt@uiuc.edu 
Sotirovic, Mira Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D. (mass communications), Wisconsin-Madison; joint appointment in Journalism. Mass media effects, public opinion, mass media and democratic processes. sotirovi@uiuc.edu 
Vargas, Patrick Assistant Professor; Ph.D. (psychology), Ohio State University; joint appointment in Advertising. Implicit attitudes; attitude-behavior relations; attitudes toward advertising; stereotyping and prejudice; information processing and persuasion. pvargas@uiuc.edu Emeritus/Emerita Faculty
Treichler, Paula A. Professor Emerita; Ph.D. (linguistics), Rochester; joint appointments in Medicine, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, and Gender and Women's Studies Program. Medical communication; feminist theory; language and gender; cultural studies; discourse analysis. ptreich@uiuc.edu |
