Faculty and Student Bios
Administration
Ann Bainbridge Frymier, Ed.D., Director, School of Communication Studies
Christina S. Beck, Ph.D., Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Roger Aden, Ph.D., Director of Studies, Communication Studies, Honors Tutorial College
Benjamin R. LaPoe II, Ph.D., Director of Political Communication Certificate
Jerry L. Miller, Ph.D., Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies
Jennifer Talbert, M.A., John A. Cassese Director of Forensics
Candice Thomas-Maddox, Ed.D., Associate Director for Online Graduate Programs (Lancaster Campus)
Athens Campus Faculty
*Denotes Graduate Faculty on Athens campus
Roger Aden, Ph.D.*
Benjamin R. Bates, Ph.D.*
Christina S. Beck, Ph.D.*
Laura W. Black, Ph.D.*
Amy E. Chadwick, Ph.D.*
Devika Chawla, Ph.D.*
Matthew deTar, Ph.D.*
Karen Deardorff, Ph.D.
Ann Bainbridge Frymier, Ed.D.*
Lynn Harter, Ph.D.*
Angela M. Hosek, Ph.D.*
Sarah E. Jones, Ph.D.*
Benjamin R. LaPoe II, Ph.D.*
Jerry L. Miller, Ph.D.*
Brittany L. Peterson, Ph.D.*
Prashant Rajan, Ph.D.*
J.W. Smith, Ph.D.*
Jennifer Talbert, M.A.
Scott Titsworth, Ph.D.*
China Billotte Verhoff, Ph.D.*
Course Coordinators
COMS 1010 – Jerry L. Miller, Ph.D.
COMS 1030 – Angela M. Hosek, Ph.D.
COMS 1100 – J.W. Smith, Ph.D.
COMS 2020 – Amy E. Chadwick, Ph.D.
COMS 2040 – Christina S. Beck, Ph.D.
COMS 2050 – Laura W. Black, Ph.D.
COMS 2060 – China Billotte Verhoff, Ph.D.
COMS 2150 – Matthew DeTar, Ph.D.
COMS 3200 – Brittany L. Peterson, Ph.D.
Regional Campus Faculty
*Denotes Graduate Faculty on on Regional campuses
Nicole Blau, Ph.D.,* Lancaster campus
Purba Das, Ph.D.,* Southern campus
Pamela A. Kaylor, Ph.D., Lancaster campus
Sarah E. Mahan-Hays, Ph.D.,* Eastern campus
Rita M. Ng, Ph.D., Zanesville campus
Candice Thomas-Maddox, Ed.D.,* Lancaster campus
Lisa Wallace, Ph.D., Chillicothe campus