Faculty

Department of Communication

Faculty Member	Departments and Centers	Expertise
Ronald Bishop Professor of Communication 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 148 bishoprc@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Investigative reporting Sports journalism Journalism history Journalism sourcing patterns Textual, narrative, and ideological analysis Cultural history of fame Media portrayals of marginalized groups
Anne Converse Willkomm Associate Dean, Graduate College; Associate Teaching Professor acw334@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Organizational communication Soft skills Professional development Empathy in the workplace Nonprofits Leadership
Karen Cristiano Assistant Department Head of Communication; Teaching Professor of Communication 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 166 kc42@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Journalism Medical writing Feature writing Copy editing Mass media and society
Alexander Friedlander Associate Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Communication sandy@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Rhetoric Document design Usability testing Written Communication, particularly regarding technologies in the professional writing workplace
Ernest Hakanen Professor Emeritus of Communication 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 149 eah22@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Communication history Media theory Emotions and technology Semiotics
Barbara J Hoekje Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Communication bjh10@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Sociolinguistic approaches to second language teaching, learning and assessment Second language literacies and academic discourse Medicine, communication, and culture; embodiment
Bernat Ivancsics Assistant Professor bi84@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Data journalism Computational journalism Communication technology History of media technology
Alexander Jenkins Associate Teaching Professor 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 162 arj28@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Digital games Video games Emotion Morality Online fan communities Emerging media Convergence
Nakho Kim Assistant Teaching Professor of Communication nk939@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Media systems Digital culture News literacy
Nahyun Kim Assistant Professor 3201 Arch, Suite 100, Room 171 nk865@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Public Relations Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Advocacy Crisis Communication Emotion in Persuasive Communication
Hyunmin “Min” Lee Director of Undergraduate Programs in Communication; Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty Member, Communication, Culture & Media 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 164 hl586@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Public relations Strategic health communication Social media effects
Molly Malone Instructor 3201 Arch Street Suite 100, 156 mem593@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Social media strategy Digital communications Public relations Business communications Corporate communications Influencers and content creation
Julia H. May Director, MS in Strategic & Digital Communication Program; Director, Graduate PR Certificate Program; Associate Teaching Professor of Communication 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 163 julia.may@drexel.edu 215.895.5804	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Political Communication International politics and its news coverage Public Opinion Debate in the Public Sphere Transatlantic relations War, Torture and Human Rights Teaching Areas: Public relations research, writing and strategies Journalism and news writing Media relations Quantitative and qualitative research methods Public Speaking
Alexander Nikolaev Associate Professor of Communication 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 168 agn24@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Public Relations Political Communication Crisis Communication International Communication International Negotiations International News Coverage International Communication Ethics and Morality Political Discourse Analysis
Rakhmiel Peltz Professor Emeritus of Sociolinguistics; Founding Director of Judaic Studies rp27@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication Jewish Studies	Research & Teaching Interests Molecular and Cellular Biology Yiddish Studies, Language and Society Ethnography of Communication Children of Immigrants Educational Restitution after Genocide
Douglas V. Porpora Professor of Sociology 3201 Arch Street, 380 porporad@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Meaning Morality Politics Religion Social Justice
Rachel Reynolds Associate Professor of Communication; Graduate Faculty Member, Communication, Culture & Media 3201 Arch Street, Suite 340, Room 354 rrr28@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Discourse Analysis and Semiotics, including the Textual, the Visual and Multimodality Violence Against Women in Mass Media Television and Culture Language, Immigration and Youth Development
Wesley Shumar Professor; Director, Graduate Programs in Communication, Culture & Media; Graduate Faculty Member, Communication, Culture & Media 3201 Arch Street, 372 shumarw@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests The Commodification of Culture Consumer Culture and the Production of Value Cultural Change in Higher Education Digital Media and Learning Learning and Communication
Lawrence Souder Teaching Professor Emeritus of Communication ls39@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Technical and scientific writing and publishing Nonprofit communication Communication ethics
Scott Tattar Assistant Teaching Professor; Faculty Advisor, Drexel Public Relations Student Society; Communication Department Recruitment Liaison 3201 Arch Street, 159 sdt56@drexel.edu 215.571.3611	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Public Relations Corporate Social Responsibility Reputation Management Issues/Crisis Management Business Communication
Hilde Van den Bulck Professor of Communication; Department Head 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 152 hdv26@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication	Research & Teaching Interests Political economy of media structures Algorithmization, datafication and platformization Trust and digital media Media policies for digitized media ecologies Public (service) media Digital media and popular culture Digital media, popular culture and populism Media and (collective) identities Celebrity culture and industry Celebrity philanthropy and activism Fandom and anti-fandom
Asta Zelenkauskaite Professor of Communication; Graduate Faculty Member, Communication, Culture & Media 3201 Arch Street, Suite 100, Room 149 az358@drexel.edu	Department Department of Communication Center for Science, Technology and Society	Research & Teaching Interests Social media research User-generated content analysis Emergent practices online Ideological influence Inauthentic coordinated behaviors online Misinformation/disinformation online Mixed methods

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Faculty

Department of Communication

Faculty Member

Departments and Centers

Expertise

Ronald Bishop

Anne Converse Willkomm

Karen Cristiano

Alexander Friedlander

Ernest Hakanen

Barbara J Hoekje

Bernat Ivancsics

Alexander Jenkins

Nakho Kim

Nahyun Kim

Hyunmin “Min” Lee

Molly Malone

Julia H. May

Teaching Areas:

Alexander Nikolaev

Rakhmiel Peltz

Douglas V. Porpora

Rachel Reynolds

Wesley Shumar

Lawrence Souder

Scott Tattar

Hilde Van den Bulck

Asta Zelenkauskaite

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