Professors/Instructors

Charles Atkin, Chairperson
atkin@msu.edu
media effects, health communication, and communication campaigns

Daniel Bergan, Assistant Professor
bergan@msu.edu
political communication and campaigns

Franklin Boster, Professor and Interim Chair of Communicative Sciences & Disorders
boster@msu.edu
group dynamics, social influence, and research methodology

Mary Jiang Bresnahan, Director of the Masters of Communication Program
bresnah1@msu.edu
culture & identity, spirituality & health, barriers to organ donation

William Donohue, Professor & Director of Sales Communication Emphasis
donohue@msu.edu
interpersonal relations, conflict management, mediation, hostage negotiation, language and terrorism

Bradley Greenberg, Professor Emeritus
bradg@msu.edu
social influences of mass communication and themes in media content

Gary Hsieh, Assistant Instructor
garyh@msu.edu
computer mediate communication, health communication

Amanda Holmstrom, Assistant Professor
holmstr6@msu.edu
interpersonal communication and social support

Stephen Lacy, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
slacy@msu.edu
newspaper and media economics, content analysis methodology, media sociology, newspaper history

Maria Lapinski, Associate Dean for Research
lapinsk3@msu.edu
website: https://www.msu.edu/~lapinsk3
cultural differences in responses to health and environmental risk messages

Tim Levine, Professor
levinet@msu.edu
interperpersonal, intercultural comm, deception, persuasion, social influence, and research methods

Janet Lillie, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
lillieja@msu.edu
campaign design and evaluation, message design and testing
 
Lourdes Martinez, Assistant Professor
lourdes@msu.edu
health communication

Steve McCornack, Director of Undergraduate Studies
mccornac@msu.edu
interpersonal and relational communication, verbal communication and deception

Vernon Miller, Associate Professor
vmiller@msu.edu
organizational members' information seeking, message exchanges related to role negotiation

Kelly Morrison, Associate Professor
morris15@msu.edu
interpersonal persuasion and health, communication, work/family balance, and gender

Khadi Ndiaye, Assistant Professor
ndiayek@msu.edu
Health, International, & Intercultural Communication

Hee Sun Park, Associate Professor
heesun@msu.edu
organizational, interpersonal, and cross-cultural communication, research methods and statistics

John Sherry, Associate Professor
jsherry@msu.edu
Mass media effects, cognitive and behavioral aspects of video games

Kami Silk, Director of the Masters in Health Communication
silkk@msu.edu
health and organizational communication

Sandi Smith, Director of the Health & Risk Communication Center
smiths@msu.edu
health and interpersonal communication, social influence, portrayal of relationships in the media

Ronald Tamborini, Director of Doctoral Studies
tamborin@msu.edu
media psychology, entertainment, social influence, new and traditional media

Joseph Walther, Professor
jwalther@msu.edu
computer-mediated communication, nonverbal communication, interpersonal/group relations

Rene Weber, Adjunct Assistant Professor
renew@msu.edu
media communication, neuroscientific media effects research, research methods and statistics

Gwen Wittenbaum, Associate Professor
gwittenb@msu.edu
interpersonal and small group processes