Penn State Expert Database
Communications
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Ethics
Film/Video Studies
First Amendment
Internet/New Technologies
Interpersonal/Group Communications
Journalism: Media Reporting & Criticism
Law
Media Studies
Multicultural Communications
Newsroom Management
Propaganda
Speechmaking/Rhetoric
Telecommunications
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Ethics

Gene Foreman B.A.

The Larry and Ellen Foster Professor of Communications, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

News editing, news media ethics and newspaper management, journalism and reporting and editing

Contact Information

Email: gcf3@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-2682

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/foreman.html

Russell Frank Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communications, College of Communications

Expertise

News writing and reporting, news ethics, feature writing, column writing, literary journalism, folklore

Contact Information

Email: rbf5@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6415

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/frank.html

John Sanchez Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

News media ethics; women, minorities and the media; American Indian cultures and the American news media; pop culture and American Indian culture

Contact Information

Email: apache@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-7994

Website: http://www.psu.edu/dept/comm/faculty/sanchez.html

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Film/Video Studies

Thomas Benson Ph.D.

The Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Rhetoric, Communications Arts & Sciences, College of Liberal Arts

Expertise

Rhetoric of U.S. presidential speeches, political communications, political campaign rhetoric and film criticism

Contact Information

Email: t3b@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-4201

Website: http://cas.la.psu.edu/faculty/benson.htm

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First Amendment

Matt Jackson Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Telecommunications, College of Communications

Expertise

Telecommunications regulation and policy, broadcast/cable programming and management; intellectual property law and its impact on communication networks and free speech. Also First Amendment and policy issues affecting the Internet and other telecommunications industries.

Contact Information

Email: mattj@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6419

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/jackson.html

Robert Richards J.D.

Professor of Journalism and Law, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

First Amendment law and issues i.e. free press, free speech; cameras in the courtroom, media law, citizens and public speech

Contact Information

Email: rdr2@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1900

Website: http://www.psu.edu/dept/comm/faculty/richards.html

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Internet/New Technologies

S. Shyam Sundar Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communications, College of Communications

Expertise

Psychology of human-computer Interaction and human-website Interaction; of website interactivity, navigation, and multimodality; responses to web advertising; health information searches on the Internet

Contact Information

Email: sss12@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-2173

Website: http://www.psu.edu/dept/comm/faculty/sundar.html

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Interpersonal/Group Communications

Peter B. Crabb Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Humanities/Social Sciences,

Expertise

Impact of consumer technologies on social behavior (aggression and violence, privacy, competence and skill, mental health, etc.).

Contact Information

Email: pbc1@psu.edu

Phone: 610-298-8289

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Journalism: Media Reporting & Criticism

Gene Foreman B.A.

The Larry and Ellen Foster Professor of Communications, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

News editing, news media ethics and newspaper management, journalism and reporting and editing

Contact Information

Email: gcf3@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-2682

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/foreman.html

Russ Eshleman

Senior Lecturer, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

Journalism, reporting methods, newswriting and editorial writing; Pennsylvania legislature, politics and elections

Contact Information

Email: ree4@psu.edu

Phone: 814) 865-0935

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/eshleman.html

Russell Frank Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communications, College of Communications

Expertise

News writing and reporting, news ethics, feature writing, column writing, literary journalism, folklore

Contact Information

Email: rbf5@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6415

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/frank.html

Robert Trumpbour Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Communications, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Media, sports, and society; mass media and public policy; media history; sociology of sports; media campaigns; economic impact of stadium construction

Contact Information

Email: rct4@psu.edu

Phone: 814-949-5769

Website: http://www.aa.psu.edu/now/directory_full.asp?userid=...

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Law

Rob M. Frieden J.D.

Pioneers Chair, Telecommunications, College of Communications

Expertise

Telecommunications law, regulation, and business affecting the Internet, e-commerce and the information, communications and entertainment ("ICE") industries

Contact Information

Email: rmf5@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-7996

Website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/r/m/rmf5/

Matt Jackson Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Telecommunications, College of Communications

Expertise

Telecommunications regulation and policy, broadcast/cable programming and management; intellectual property law and its impact on communication networks and free speech. Also First Amendment and policy issues affecting the Internet and other telecommunications industries.

Contact Information

Email: mattj@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6419

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/jackson.html

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Media Studies

Mary Beth Oliver Ph.D.

Professor, Film/Media Studies, College of Communications

Expertise

Psychological effects of media on viewers, i.e. impact or enjoyment of content, gender differences in viewing. Also studies media portrayals of racial groups and the effects of such portrayals on viewers' racial attitudes.

Contact Information

Email: mbo@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-5552

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/oliver.html

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Multicultural Communications

John Sanchez Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

News media ethics; women, minorities and the media; American Indian cultures and the American news media; pop culture and American Indian culture

Contact Information

Email: apache@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-7994

Website: http://www.psu.edu/dept/comm/faculty/sanchez.html

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Newsroom Management

Gene Foreman B.A.

The Larry and Ellen Foster Professor of Communications, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

News editing, news media ethics and newspaper management, journalism and reporting and editing

Contact Information

Email: gcf3@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-2682

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/foreman.html

Matt Jackson Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Telecommunications, College of Communications

Expertise

Telecommunications regulation and policy, broadcast/cable programming and management; intellectual property law and its impact on communication networks and free speech. Also First Amendment and policy issues affecting the Internet and other telecommunications industries.

Contact Information

Email: mattj@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6419

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/jackson.html

Russell Frank Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communications, College of Communications

Expertise

News writing and reporting, news ethics, feature writing, column writing, literary journalism, folklore

Contact Information

Email: rbf5@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6415

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/frank.html

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Propaganda

J. Michael Hogan Ph.D.

Professor of Communications, Communications Arts & Sciences, College of Liberal Arts

Expertise

Polling, political campaign rhetoric and speeches, political campaign advertising, presidential debates; media coverage of campaign; social movements; foreign policy debates

Contact Information

Email: jmh32@psu.edu

Phone: 814- 865-3461

Website: http://cas.la.psu.edu/faculty/hogan.htm

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Speechmaking/Rhetoric

Thomas Benson Ph.D.

The Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Rhetoric, Communications Arts & Sciences, College of Liberal Arts

Expertise

Rhetoric of U.S. presidential speeches, political communications, political campaign rhetoric and film criticism

Contact Information

Email: t3b@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-4201

Website: http://cas.la.psu.edu/faculty/benson.htm

J. Michael Hogan Ph.D.

Professor of Communications, Communications Arts & Sciences, College of Liberal Arts

Expertise

Polling, political campaign rhetoric and speeches, political campaign advertising, presidential debates; media coverage of campaign; social movements; foreign policy debates

Contact Information

Email: jmh32@psu.edu

Phone: 814- 865-3461

Website: http://cas.la.psu.edu/faculty/hogan.htm

Rosa A. Eberly Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communications Arts & Sciences, College of Liberal Arts

Expertise

Rhetoric and democracy, rhetoric and public memory, citizen criticism and public action

Contact Information

Email: rhosa@psu.edu

Phone:

Website: http://cas.la.psu.edu/faculty/eberly.htm

Nichola D Gutgold Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communications Arts and Sciences, Humanities/Social Sciences,

Expertise

Women presidential candidates i.e. Hillary Clinton; campaign speeches; women TV broadcasters

Contact Information

Email: dgn2@psu.edu

Phone: 610-285-5101

Website: http://www.lv.psu.edu/dgn2/

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Telecommunications

John S. Nichols Ph.D.

Professor of Communications, Journalism, College of Communications

Expertise

U.S.-Cuban telecommunications disputes, Television Marti (the U.S. government propaganda station directed at Cuba), and the right to international travel, including to embargoed countries like Cuba.

Contact Information

Email: jsn2@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-3065

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/nichols.html

Matt Jackson Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Telecommunications, College of Communications

Expertise

Telecommunications regulation and policy, broadcast/cable programming and management; intellectual property law and its impact on communication networks and free speech. Also First Amendment and policy issues affecting the Internet and other telecommunications industries.

Contact Information

Email: mattj@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6419

Website: http://www.comm.psu.edu/faculty/jackson.html

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