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Faculty

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  Patricia Chantrill, PhD

  Associate Professor of Communication
  COMM. Bldg. 205
  Phone: 509.359.4236
  Email: pchantrill@ewu.edu
  Website: http://chantrill.net/

  Teaching Areas:

  • Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
  • Cultural Studies
  • Political Communication
  • Electoral Campaigns
  • Public Discourse and Public Relations

  Research Areas:

  Political Advocacy, Higher Education Policy and Planning, Board Governance (emphasis on public and not-for-profit organizations), Crisis Communication

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  Gary Krug, PhD

  Associate Professor of Communication and Interim Chair of Communication Studies
  COMM. Bldg. 109
  Phone: 509.359.2870
  Email: gkrug@ewu.edu

  Research Areas:

  • International Communication
  • Media Consequences and Effects
  • Popular Culture
  • Political Communication
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  Elizabeth Kissling, PhD

  Professor of Communication Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies
  207 Comm. Bldg., 207 Monroe Hall
  Phone: 509.359.2875 (Comm.), 509.359.2844 (Monroe)
  Fax: 509.359.2496
  Email: ekissling@ewu.edu

  Research Areas:

  • Feminist Cultural Studies including Media Representation of Women's Health and Sexuality
  • Instructional Technology
  • Free Speech Issues
  • Web Design
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  Igor Klyukanov, PhD

  Professor of Communication
  209 Comm. Bldg.
  Phone: 509.359.2863
  Email: iklyukanov@ewu.edu

  Research Areas:

  • Intercultural Studies
  • Communication Theory
  • Semiotics
  • Linguistics
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  Vickie Shields, PhD

  Professor of Communication and Dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work
  121 Senior Hall, Cheney, WA 99004
  Phone: 509.359.6081
  Fax: 509.359.6732
  Email: vshields@ewu.edu
  Vita: Download
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  Peter Shields, PhD

  Professor of Communication
  229C COMM. Bldg.
  Phone: 509.359.4947
  Email: pshields@ewu.edu
  Vita: Download

  Research Areas:

  • Communication Policy and Regulation
  • Political Economy of Information-Communication Technologies
  • Electronic Surveillance
  • Global Media

   

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  Galina Sinekopova, PhD

  Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the MSC Graduate Program
  COMM Bldg. 112 and Riverpoint One, Suite 425
  Phone: 509.359.2865
  Email: gsinekopova@ewu.edu

  Research Areas:

  • Scholarship of Civic Engagement
  • Intercultural/International Communication
  • Political Communication
  • Language and Social Interaction
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  Jeffrey Stafford, PhD

  Professor of Communication and Associate Dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work
  121 Senior Hall, Cheney, WA 99004
  Phone: 509.359.7929
  Fax: 509.359.6732
  Email: jstafford@ewu.edu
  Vita: Download

  Research Areas:

  • Organizational Communication
  • Leadership Development
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Research Methodologies
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  Susan Stearns, PhD

  Professor of Communication
  COMM. Bldg. 113
  Phone: 509.359.2864
  Email: sstearns@ewu.edu

  Research Areas:

  • Research Methods and Design
  • Instructional Communication
  • Academic Integrity