Faculty Research Interests

Dr. Paul Ashdown - Historical research on media coverage of events; journalism as literature

Dr. Benjamin Bates - Evolution of information/media systems and role of
economics, policy, and technology in shaping development; media/information economics and policy; social impact of media/information systems; social and economic impacts of intellectual property rights policy

Dr. Dorothy Bowles - Legal research, especially intellectual property and access to government records; political communication as related to anti-government dissent; newspaper history and history of dissent in the United States; feminist research

Dr. Edward Caudill - Connection between the history of ideas in the press and in the public; coverage of science in the press

Dr. Naeemah Clark - History of television programming and influential social activist groups

Dr. Peter Gross - International and comparative mass communication, media, and journalism; media and development, transition, and transformation; politics and media; media ethics; U.S. media history; censorship and press freedom; media and foreign affairs; international information and communication law and policy; foreign- language/ethnic media in the United States and in East Central and Southeast Europe.

Dr. Mark Harmon - Local and national news; political communication

Rob Heller - Visual arts

Bonnie Hufford - Media education on the high school level

Dr. Barbara Kaye - Uses of communication technology from an audience perspective; offensive language on television

Dr. Bob Legg - Technology of television production; mass communication education

Dr. Lyn Lepre - Media coverage of women and women's health issues; effects of mass media on individual health beliefs and behaviors; communication and higher education

Dr. Mark Littmann - Writing for the general public about science (especially astronomy); history of science; science writing as literature

Dr. Catherine Luther - Coverage of social movements nationally and internationally; impact of news

Dr. Barbara Moore - Historical and legal research involving entertainment and news content of television and radio

Dr. Jim Stovall - Writing for the mass media; web journalism; survey research

Dr. Sam Swan - Media management issues; comparison of international media systems

Dr. Dwight Teeter - Legal and historical study of First Amendment rights and the role of the media