Graduate Program | Former Doctoral Students
Indiana University has offered courses in the study of the electronic media since 1938. The Department of English provided the earliest courses; the Department of Radio and Television dates from 1952, and was renamed Department of Telecommunications in 1974. The master's program began in 1952 and the department joined with the Department of Journalism (now School of Journalism) to create the joint doctoral program in Mass Communications in 1963. More than one hundred men and women have earned their Ph.D. degrees through the department, distinguishing themselves in both the academic and professional communities. This compilation provides you not only with a listing of the students who have preceded you, but also a base of potential contacts in the field.
2012
Sung Wook Ji
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University
Dong Kyun Kwak
Research Fellow, Korea Communications Agency
P. Gayle Nadorff
Assistant Professor, Department of Communicology, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Bridget Rubenking
Assistant Professor, Nicholson School of Communication, Department of Radio-Television, University of Central Florida
Younei Soe
Adjunct Faculty, School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), Indiana University
Asta Zelenkauskaite
Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Communication, Drexel University
2010
Jacob Koruth Kythaparampil
Deceased
Last Affiliation: Doctoral Candidate, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana
University, Bloomington
2009
Narayanan Iyer
Assistant Professor, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
http://mcma.siu.edu/profiles/narayanan-iyer
Jun Seok Kang
Research Fellow, Division of Telecommunications and Broadcasting Policy, KISDI, Korea
Sungkyoung Lee
Post-Doctoral Researcher, EPIC Center (Effects of Public Information in Cancer Center), Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
http://ceccr.asc.upenn.edu/Researchers/Researchers_Home.aspx#8
Ock Tae Kim
Lecturer, School of Communications, Kookmin University, Korea
Satoko Kurita
Assistant Professor, Osaka University
of Economics, Osaka, Japan
Xiaofei Wang
Assistant Professor, HSBC Business School, Peking University
http://cn.linkedin.com/pub/xiaofei-wang/22/143/48a
Tomoaki Watanabe
Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Professor, Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan
http://jp.linkedin.com/pub/tomoaki-watanabe/17/10/679
2008
Jeannette Castillo
Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Florida State University
http://www.comm.cci.fsu.edu/Faculty-Staff/Jeanette-Castillo
Sunitha Chitrapu
Lecturer, Social Communications Media Department, Sophia Polytechnic, India
http://www.scmsophia.com/
Ky De Ros
Captain, United States Air Force
Hyangsun Lee
Research Fellow, Office of Planning and Management, Korea Communications Standards Commission, Korea
http://kr.linkedin.com/pub/hyangsun-lee/22/181/2b0
Amber MK Smallwood
Assistant Professor, Mass Communications and Theatre Arts Department, State University of West Georgia
http://www.westga.edu/~masscom/faculty.html
Indeok Song
Research Fellow, Korea Communications Standards Commission, Korea
Jung Ae Yang
Postdoctoral Researcher, Brain Korea 21st Research Team, Department of Communication, Seoul National University, Korea
Narine Yagiyan
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of California-Davis
http://communication.ucdavis.edu/people/nyegiyan
2007
James Angelini
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Delaware
http://www.udel.edu/communication/people_angelini.html
Seungjo Lee
Assistant Professor and Department Chair, Department of Mass Communications, Chung-Ang University, Korea
Zheng (Joyce) Wang
Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Ohio State University
http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/people/faculty/ZhengJoyceWang.aspx
2006
Byungho Park
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information and Media Management, Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
http://sites.google.com/site/mediapark70/Home
Mija Shin
Research Fellow, The Media Panel, Austin, Texas
Jae Woong Shim
Assistant Professor, Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea
http://kr.linkedin.com/pub/jae-woong-shim/20/262/574
Johnny Sparks
Assistant Professor, Department of Advertising, Texas Tech University
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/masscom/utilities/get_biog.php?record=114
Chen-Chao Tao
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Communication and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
http://tw.linkedin.com/pub/chen-chao-tao/9/198/145
2005
Samuel Bradley III
Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Texas Tech University
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/masscom/utilities/get_biog.php?record=68
Yongkuk Chung
Assistant Professor, Dong-Kuk University, Korea
http://www.dongguk.edu/eng_html/college/seoulcampus_05.jsp
Rita Zajacz
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
http://www.uiowa.edu/commstud/people/faculty/zajacz/zajacz.shtml
2003
Kimberly Gregson
Susan Kelly
Senior Lecturer, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/people/faculty/kelly.shtml
2002
Pei-chi Chung
Assistant Professor, Communications and New Media Programme, National University of Singapore
http://ap3.fas.nus.edu.sg/fass/cnmcp/
M. Joseph Hinshaw
Associate Professor, School of Media Arts & Design, James Madison University
http://smad.jmu.edu/hinshaw.html
Sang-Woo Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Yonsei University, Korea
http://kr.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Sang+woo/Lee
Ya-Ching Lee
Associate Professor, Institute of Communication Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
http://icm.cm.nsysu.edu.tw/main/faculty_en.html
Pamela O’Brien
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Bowie State University
http://www.bowiestate.edu/academics/departments/Communications/Faculty/obrien/
Joel Timmer
Associate Professor, Department of
Film-TV-Digital Media, Texas Christian University
http://www.ftdm.tcu.edu/faculty_timmer.asp
Zhaoxu Michael Yan
2001
Xiaomei Cai
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, George Mason University
http://communication.gmu.edu/people/details/xcai
Pyungho Kim
Associate Professor, Department of Broadcasting and Multimedia, Dankook University, Korea
Gregory Newton
Associate Professor, School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University
http://www.tcomschool.ohiou.edu/faculty/newton.html
2000
Nibal Bourisly
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Kuwait University
http://kw.linkedin.com/pub/nibal-bourisly/17/293/260
Lori Brost
Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Central Michigan University
http://journalism.cmich.edu/meet/
Timothy Havens
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of African American Studies, University of Iowa
http://www.uiowa.edu/commstud/people/faculty/havens/havens.shtml
Seung Hyun Park
Assistant Professor, Division of Communication, Hallym University, Korea
1999
Paul Bolls
Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of Missouri
http://journalism.missouri.edu/faculty/paul-bolls.html
Krishna Jayakar
Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunications, Pennsylvania State University
http://comm.psu.edu/people/kpj1
Hokyu Lee
Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Dongguk University, Korea
http://www.dongguk.edu/eng_html/college/seoulcampus_05.jsp
Sheila Schroeder
Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communications and Journalism Studies, University of Denver
https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=sschroed
Julian Williams
Deceased
Last affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Mass
Communications, Claflin University
1998
Maher Nasser Al-Hajji
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Kuwait University
JoAnne Holman
Professor, School of Media Arts & Design, James Madison University
http://smad.jmu.edu/holman.html
Matthew Jackson
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Telecommunications, Pennsylvania State University
http://comm.psu.edu/people/mxj20
Shanti Kumar
Associate Professor, Department of Radio Television Film, University of Texas, Austin
http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/media-studies/shanti-kumar
Robert Potter
Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/people/faculty/potter.shtml
1997
Cynthia App
Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Department, Pensacola Junior College
http://www.pensacolastate.edu/visarts/facultyfolder/xApp.htm
Warren Bareiss
Professor, Mass Communications, King’s College
Jiang Chen
Karen Hallett-Rupp
Director of Instructional Consulting, School of Education, Indiana University
http://education.indiana.edu/ProfilePlaceHolder/tabid/6210/Default.aspx?u=hallett
Olaf Hoerschelmann
Associate Professor and
Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Communication Studies, Eastern Illinois University
http://www.eiucomm.net/faculty_profile.php?ID_F1=239
Kevin Howley
Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Theater, DePauw University
http://www.depauw.edu/acad/communication/faculty/Howley_Kevin.asp
Shin Dong Kim
Vice President for University Outreach and International Affairs,
Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea
Madelyn Ritrosky-Winslow
Staff Writer, Entertainment Magazine
http://emol.org/
Ronald Warren
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Arkansas
http://www.uark.edu/depts/comm/Faculty.html
1996
Jonathan Masland
Global Director of Practice Growth
and Development, Synovate Customer Experience, and Founder, Masland
Loyalty Group
http://www.maslandloyalty.com/jon-masland.htm
Teresa McMahon
Clinical Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Elementary Master of Arts with Certification (ELMAC) Program, School of Education, University of Michigan
http://www.soe.umich.edu/people/profile/teresa_mcmahon/
1995
Peter Seel
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism & Technical Communication, Colorado State University
http://sites.google.com/site/peterbseelsite/
Chandrasekhar Vallath
Educational Consultant, Hamsini Trust
http://in.linkedin.com/pub/chandrasekhar-vallath/6/733/85b
Lindsy Pack
Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Frostburg State University
http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/mcom/biopack.htm
1994
Michel Dupagne
Professor, Department of Electronic Media, Broadcast Journalism and Media Management, University of Miami
http://com.miami.edu/profile/Dupagne,Michel
Karen Riggs
Professor, School of Media Arts and Sciences, Ohio University
http://www.tcomschool.ohiou.edu/faculty/riggs.html
1993
Braddlee
Dean of Libraries, Academic Technology and Online Learning, Mercy College
http://www.educause.edu/Community/MemDir/Profiles/DrBraddlee/44610
Edward Fink
Professor, Department of Radio-TV-Film, California State University, Fullerton
http://communications.fullerton.edu/rtvf/faculty.html
Russell Williams
Assistant Professor, Department of Communications and Coordinator, Digital Graphic Communication Option, Hong Kong Baptist University
http://www.coms.hkbu.edu.hk/~williams/
1992
Ginger Clark
Director of Technical Programs, Hillsborough Community College
http://www.hccfl.edu/br/departments/engineering-technology/engineering-technology-advisory-committee.aspx
Roger Cooper
Director and Associate Professor, School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University
http://www.tcomschool.ohiou.edu/faculty/index.html
Eddith Dashiell
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate
Programs and Services, Scipps College of Communication, Ohio University
http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu/eddith-dashiell
Yu-li Liu
Professor and Director, Department of Radio and TV, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
http://www.imics.nccu.edu.tw/faculty_1.html
Beth Olson
Director, School of Communication, Houston University
http://www.valenti.uh.edu/JJVSOC_Site.php?page=4§ion=32,50
Roger L. Sadler
Professor, Department of Broadcasting, Western Illinois University
http://www.wiu.edu/cofac/broadcasting/facultyandstaff/facultypages/rogersadler.php
1991
Peter Gershon
Associate Professor, Department of Radio, Television, and Film, Hofstra University
http://www.hofstra.edu/Faculty/fac_profiles.cfm?id=543
Murali Venkatesh
Associate Professor, School of Information Studies and Director, Community and Information Technology Institute, Syracuse University
http://ischool.syr.edu/facstaff/member.aspx?id=63
Euison Yoo
Professor, Division of Media Studies, Ewha Women’s University, Korea
1990
Mary Broihier
Market Research, Cummins, Inc.
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Broihier_Mary_142688888.aspx
James Coliz
Patrick O’Neill
Ranger, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
1989
Joseph Buchman
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-g-buchman-phd/7/a29/344
David Kamerer
Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago
http://davidkamerer.com/
Kathryn Lasky
Deceased
Last Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Southern Maine
Carmen Manning-Miller
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Mass
Communications, Savannah State University
http://web.savannahstate.edu/class/departments-mass-comm-faculty.shtml
1988
William Adams
Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University
http://jmc.ksu.edu/faculty/adams.html
Ali Jafari
Professor, School of Engineering and Technology, and Director, CyberLab, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
http://www.epsilen.com/jafari
1987
Norbert Mundorf
Professor and Graduate Director, Department of Communication Studies, University of Rhode Island
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/com/faculty/mundorf.html
James B. Weaver, III
Health Communication Supervisor, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA
http://weavercg.com/Jim.Weaver/
1985
Paul Driscoll
Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Communication, University of Miami
http://com.miami.edu/profile/Driscoll,Paul
1984
Ali Zohoori
Professor, Department of Communication, Bradley University
http://slane.bradley.edu/communication/ali-zohoori
1983
Kathleen Mahoney
Manager of Research Projects, NBC, New York
Holly Stocking
Associate Professor Emerita, School of Journalism, Indiana University
1982
Ronald Tamborini
Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, Department of Communication, Michigan State University
1981
Jack Hanrahan
Owner, HanrahanMedia
www.hanrahanmedia.com
1980
Kenneth Day
Professor, Department of Communication, University of the Pacific
http://www1.pacific.edu/~kdday/Profile/
James Webster
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/webster/
1979
Richard Hezel
President and CEO, Hezel Associates
http://www.hezelassociates.com/
Norman Medoff
Professor, Department of Electronic Media & Film, Northern Arizona University
http://www.nau.edu/sbs/communication/faculty/Medoff.htm
1976
Charles “Buzz” Clift
Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Telecommunication, Ohio University
http://www.tcomschool.ohiou.edu/faculty/clift.html
1974
Jennings Bryant
Reagan Chair of Broadcasting and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, College of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Alabama
http://cis.ua.edu/graduatestudies/facultyprofiles.html
Joanne Cantor
Professor Emerita, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin
http://www.cyberoverload.com/
Vernone Sparkes
Professor Emeritus, S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
1973
Harold Fisher
Deceased
Last affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Department of Journalism, Bowling
Green State University
1972
John Abel
Partner, Team Lightbulb
http://teamlightbulb.com/
Alan Pearce
President and CEO, Information Age Economics, Inc.
http://www.telecombriefings.com/bio/bio_alan.pearce.html
1971
Kenneth Ksobiech
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Journalism, Marquette University









