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Communication

Division of Social Sciences
4101 Social Sciences and Media Studies Building
Undergraduate Advising: commadvising@comm.ucsb.edu
Graduate Advising: comm-gradadvising@ucsb.edu
Department Chair: Tamara Afifi
Website: www.comm.ucsb.edu


 
Faculty
Gordon Abra, PhD, University of Arizona, Continuing Lecturer (Social Psychology (small groups), Criminology, Sociology of Law, Social Networks, Video Games)
Tamara Afifi, PhD, University of Nebraska, Professor (Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication, Stress and Communication; Biosocial Markers of Stress, Resilience and Thriving; Information Regulation)
Walid Afifi, PhD, University of Arizona, Professor (Interpersonal Communication, Uncertainty and Information Management, Nonverbal Communication, Relational Communication, Communities Experiencing Trauma)
Norah Dunbar, PhD, University of Arizona, Professor (interpersonal communication, computer-mediated communication, deception, power in relational conflict, nonverbal communication, research methods)
Andrew Flanagin, PhD, University of Southern California, Professor (communication and information technologies, information sharing and evaluation, collective action efforts)
Jennifer Gibbs, PhD, University of Southern California, Professor (Organizational Communication, Global and Distributed Teams, New Media Affordances, Social Media and Knowledge Sharing, Social Support in Online Communities, New Media and Distraction, Intercultural Communication)
Amy Gonzales, PhD, Cornell University, Associate Professor (Digital inequality, Digital & social media, Identity, Mobile communication, Policy, Social justice, Social support)
Kristy Hamilton, PhD, University of Illinois, Assistant Professor (Human Memory and Cognition in Digital Environments)
Renee Houston, Lecturer Potential SOE
Jennifer Kam, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Professor (interpersonal communication, parent-child communication, health communication, communicating about substance abuse, Latino/a language brokering)
Young Ji Kim, PhD, University of Southern California, Assistant Professor (Group collaboration; collective intelligence; the social and organizational implications of technologies, with particular emphasis on online credibility, computer-supported cooperative work, and crowdsourcing)
Dan Lane, PhD, University of Michigan, Assistant Professor (Political Communication, Intergroup Communication, Media Psychology, Computer-Mediated Communication, Media Effects)
Dan Linz, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Professor (communication and law, race, media effects and social psychology)
Jiaying Liu, Associate Professor
Dana Mastro, PhD, Michigan State University, Professor (media and stereotyping, media and race/ethnicity, media effects, content analysis)
Andy Merolla, PhD, The Ohio State University, Associate Professor (Interpersonal Communication, Relational Maintenance, and Conflict Management)
Miriam Metzger, PhD, University of Southern California, Professor (social uses and implications of communication and information technologies, credibility of online information, privacy)
Karen Myers, PhD, Arizona State University, Professor (organizational communication, organizational socialization/assimilation, vocational anticipatory socialization, organizational identification, organizational knowledge, workplace relationships, workplace emotions, Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM))
Robin Nabi, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Professor (persuasion, emotion, mass media effects, health communication)
Prateekshit Pandey, Assistant Professor
Jim Potter, PhD, Indiana University, Professor (media literacy, advertising literacy, theories of media business, content, audience, and effects)
Scott Reid, PhD, University of Queensland, Professor (social and evolutionary psychology of communication within and between groups, research methods)
Ronald E. Rice, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (social effects of new media and telecommunications, communication networks, bibliometrics, public communication campaigns, organizational communication, diffusion of innovations, environmental communication)
Muniba Saleem, PhD, Iowa State University, Associate Professor (Media influences on interpersonal and intergroup relations between racial, ethnic, and religious groups. Media effects on social identities. Media effects on immigration integration and acculturation)
Cynthia Stohl, PhD, Purdue University, Professor (group and organizational communication, globalization and international organizations, networks, collective action)
Michael Stohl, PhD, Northwestern University, Professor (globalization, international organizations and political communication with special reference to terrorism and human rights)
Joe Walther, PhD, University of Arizona, Professor (Computer-mediated communication, social media, interpersonal, intergroup, organizational, educational relations)
Rene Weber, PhD, University of Technology Berlin, MD RWTH University Aachen, Professor (media & audience research, media neuroscience, research methods and statistics) Joint Appointment: PSY

 
Emeriti Faculty
Howard Giles, PhD, University of Bristol
Linda Putnam, PhD, University of Minnesota
John Wiemann, PhD, Purdue University

 
Affiliated Faculty
Bruce Bimber, PhD (Political Science)
Nancy Collins, PhD (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Paul Leonardi, PhD (Technology Management)