Personnel

Brenda J. Allen

Brenda J. Allen PhD

Professor Emerita
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Organizational communication, diversity, inclusion in the workplace, strategic planning, unconscious bias, and diversity hiring practices.
Miroslav Atanassov

Miroslav Atanassov PhD

Instructor • International College Beijing
Department of Communication
Education PhD, Asbury Theological Seminary Bio Coming soon Courses Taught COMM 1021 Introduction to Media Studies COMM 1071 Introduction to Journalism
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Alibi August BA

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Communication
Education BA Anthropology, History, University of Montana Bio Raised in the Bay Area, Alibi developed an affinity for collaborative learning experiences, driven by her aspiration for interpersonal connectivity. This inclination paralleled her enthusiasm for education, particularly when intertwined with meaningful human interactions. Following her time in Montana and Spain, Alibi's conviction solidified that effective communication stood as the cornerstone of her goals, prompting her to pursue this dynamic field. Courses...
Soumia Bardhan, PhD

Soumia Bardhan PhD

Associate Professor • Interim Director of International Studies
Department of Communication
Education Ph.D. Communication University of New Mexico, U.S. M.A. Communication University of Madras, India B.A. with Honours University of Calcutta, India Bio My research sits at the intersections of intercultural communication, global communication, and Islamic studies. Using rhetorical criticism and textual analysis as my key methods, I explore the communicative strategies and deliberative capacities of diverse Muslim communities as well as the reception and framing of such Islamic discourses by...
Hamilton Bean, Ph.D.

Hamilton Bean PhD, MBA, APR

Department Chair • Professor • Director of Strategic Communication Certificate Program
Department of Communication
Research intersects the fields of communication and security.
Ben Boyce

Ben Boyce PhD

Lecturer • College in Prison Program
Department of Communication
Kaylee Browning

Kaylee Browning MA

Lecturer
Department of Communication
Education PhD coursework in Writing, Rhetorics, Literacies, Arizona State MA, Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication, Iowa State University. Professional online teaching certificate from Arizona State University Expertise Areas : Power structures in social spaces, the role of technology in literacy, feminist rhetorical theory and application, all things Michel Foucault.
Yvette Bueno-Olson

Yvette Bueno-Olson PhD

Senior Instructor • Undergraduate Advisor • Online Course Coordinator
Department of Communication
Steve Charbonneau

Steve Charbonneau MA

Lecturer
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Conflict resolutions, mediation and facilitation.
Patrick Dodge, PhD.

Patrick Shaou-Whea Dodge PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Culture & Communication, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural Communication, U.S.-China Communication, Chinese Communication
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Victoria E. Cann PhD

Assistant Professor of Teaching Practice • International College Beijing
Department of Communication
Education Ph.D. in Communication Studies,Communication University of China, 2018 Master of Arts in Communication & ESL certification, Florida Atlantic University, 2011 Bachelor of Arts: Double Majoring in History and International Relations Centre College, 2007 Bio After completing her Bachelor’s and Master’s in the United States, Cann worked in the public relations industry in Kingston, Jamaica for five years. In 2015, she embarked on a new journey at Communication University of...
Larry Erbert

Larry A. Erbert PhD

Associate Professor • Director of Mediation Certificate Program
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Organizational Communication (organizational change, teamwork, leadership), Environmental Communication Conflict, Mediation, and Negotiation/Bargaining
Sarah K. Fields, PhD, JD

Sarah K. Fields JD, PhD

Professor • Undergraduate Advisor • Faculty Coordinator for the Honors Scholars Program
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: My work broadly examines the intersection of sport and American culture. I am particularly interested law and sport as well as injury in sport. I tend to explore these areas through the lenses of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and other categories of social identities.
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Mia Fischer PhD

Associate Professor • Affiliate Faculty Women and Gender Studies program • LGBTQ+ Faculty Assembly Committee
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Mia Fischer (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at CU Denver. She is affiliate faculty with the Women and Gender Studies program and served as the chair of the LGBTQ+ Faculty Assembly Committee (2021-2023). Her research and teaching interests are at the intersections of critical media, queer, transgender, sports and surveillance studies. Dr. Fischer also selectively consults on DEI implementation and LGBTQ+ inclusive teaching- and workplace practices.
Sonja Foss, Ph.D.

Sonja Foss PhD

Professor Emerita
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Contemporary rhetorical theory, feminist perspectives, rhetorical analysis
Kristy Frie

Kristy Frie MA

Senior Instructor • CU Succeed Liaison
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Citizenship, public address, rhetoric
Stephen J. Hartnett

Stephen J. Hartnett PhD

Professor • Director, College in Prison Program
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Civic engagement, globalization, social justice
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Amy A. Hasinoff PhD

Associate Professor • Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: new media; gender; sexuality; sexting; image-based sexual abuse; technology and sexual violence; digital media and ideas about risk and safety; online harassment; restorative and transformative justice
Rob Hatcher

Rob Hatcher MA

Lecturer
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Event management, public speaking
Lisa Keränen, PhD

Lisa B. Keränen PhD

Professor • CLAS Dean's Office • University President’s Teaching Scholar & Faculty Fellow
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Rhetoric; Rhetoric of health and medicine; Qualitative health communication; Biopolitics; Chinese public memory
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Camila Lacerda BA

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Communication
Education Education: BA History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Bio Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Camila has always enjoyed talking and interacting with other people and cultures. She graduated as a Bachelor and Teacher of Arts in History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2018. The following year she moved to the US to be part of a cultural exchange program, and besides loving...
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Xiyuan Liu PhD

Associate Program Chair, International College Beijing • Assistant Professor of Teaching Practice
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Cultural studies of network discourse, Qualitative health communication; feminist approach to communicative action.
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Lacy Lowrey MA

Instructor • Director of Undergraduate Studies • Director of Internships
Department of Communication
Bio Lacy Lowrey received her Master of Arts in Communication at San Diego State University in 2011. Her thesis “When God Gives You AIDS … Make Lemon-AIDS”: Ironic Persona and Perspective by Incongruity in Sarah Silverman's Jesus is Magic,” as well as her other publications focused on women comedians and their social influence, all highlight her interest in the way women use humor as a rhetorical device to spotlight problematic...
Tracey C. Mahoney Lecturer

Tracey C. Mahoney MA

Lecturer
Department of Communication
Areas of Expertise: Rhetoric and Public Address; Cultural and Critical Theory Education Education: AA Red Rocks Community College BA Metropolitan State University of Denver MA University of Wyoming
James McNeil

James McNeil MA

Senior Instructor • ICB Media Lab Coordinator • International College Beijing
Department of Communication
Michelle Medal

Michelle A. Médal MA

Program Assistant II • CLAS Staff Council Chair
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Education policy and administration, free speech in the classroom, and restorative justice
Ali Nassiri

Ali Nassiri MA

Senior Instructor
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication from University of the East - Manila, Philippines
James O'Mara

James O'Mara MA

Instructor • International College Beijing
Department of Communication
James O’Mara is a PhD candidate in Communication Studies at Colorado State University. His research interests coalesce around socioeconomic class, rhetoric, cultural studies, and materiality. His dissertation offers a rhetorical criticism of working-class places in Fort Collins, Colorado, which aids scholars in understanding how consumer practices in the US contribute to horizontal class antagonism. James is also co-authoring an essay that examines the rhetorical contours of the relationship between Columbus,...
Tamara Powell, PhD

Tamara Powell PhD

Assistant Professor of Teaching Practice
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: Health and organizational communication; collaboration in healthcare teams; medical education for health equity; patient/family education; community partnerships; experiential and service learning; cultural-historical activity theory; qualitative research methods
 Yiming Ran

Yiming Ran BA

Graduate Assistant & Media Lab Creative Consultant
Department of Communication
Education BA, Speech and Rhetoric Communication, University of Colorado Denver
Bryan Reckard, PhD

Bryan Reckard PhD

Instructor • CLAS Media Lab Coordinator
Department of Communication
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Monique L. Snowden PhD

Professor Adjoint of Communication
Department of Communication
Education PhD, Communication, Texas A&M University (2010) MS, Management Information Systems, Texas A&M University (1998) BBA, Business Analysis, Texas A&M University (1990) Bio Dr. Monique L. Snowden began their professional career as a software developer and business consultant for a global information technology and solutions firm. Prior to joining CU Denver, they held senior administrator positions at Texas A&M University, Northwestern University and Fielding Graduate University. Over the course of...
James Stratman PhD

James Stratman PhD

Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Communication
Retired 2016 Education PhD, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Rhetoric MA, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, English Literature and Literary Criticism BA, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Literature and Philosophy (dual major, cum laude) Bio James F. Stratman is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD). He earned a Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988 and his dissertation, which was funded by the American Bar...
Barbara Walkosz

Barbara Walkosz PhD

Professor Emerita
Department of Communication
Bio Dr. Barbara Walkosz is a Senior Scientist at Klein Buendel. Prior to joining Klein Buendel, Barb was a Professor of Communication and the Associate Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. She began teaching at the University in 1997 and retired in December 2010 as Professor Emerita. While Barb's main focus is skin cancer prevention, her scholarship also focuses on health communication and education,...
e.j. Yoder, Ph.D.

e.j. Yoder

Expertise Areas: International, Intercultural,Global Communication Food Studies
e.j. Yoder

e.j. Yoder PhD

Senior Instructor • Director of Global & Intercultural Certificate Program
Department of Communication
Expertise Areas: International, Intercultural, Global Communication Food Studies
Zhenzhu Zhang

Zhenzhu Zhang PhD

Instructor • International College of Beijing
Department of Communication
Education PhD, Communication, The University of Southern Mississippi MA, Journalism, Shanghai International Studies University Bio Prior to earning her doctoral degree in Communication at The University of Southern Mississippi, she earned a master’s degree in Journalism from Shanghai International Studies University, a top university in China. Her academic career largely took place after many years of employment in the corporate. Her more than ten years of professional experience includes serving...