Faculty Directory
Jesse Abdenour
Associate Professor
Email: jabdenou@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7640
Office: 1715 Franklin Bldg, Rm 137
City: Eugene
Research Interests: journalism studies, news quality, news audiences, documentary film, investigative journalism, broadcast journalism, copyright law
Shan Anderson
Instructor
Email: shand@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6618
Office: 311A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Steven Asbury
Instructor
Email: sasbury@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3546
Office: 311A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Jakki Bailey
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Email: jakkib@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3663
Office: Innovation Building 325
City: Portland
Thomas Bivins
Professor, John L. Hulteng Chair in Media Ethics & Responsibility
Email: tbivins@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3740
Office: 205 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Mark Blaine
Professor of Practice
Email: mblaine@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3515
Office: 110B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Derek Brandow
Instructor
Email: dbrandow@uoregon.edu
Phone: 5419130070
Office: 323 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Confidence, Authenticity, Belonging, Public Speaking, Presenting, Connection
Charlie Butler
Professor of Practice
Email: cbutler3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2008
Office: 235 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Narrative journalism, sports writing, business journalism
Dayna Chatman
Senior Instructor I
Media and Intersectionality
Affiliated Departments: Black Studies, Clark Honors College, IRES
Email: dchatman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3594
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 147
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Gender, Race, Media, Fandom
Christopher Chávez
Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising
Interim Director, Master's in Advertising and Brand Responsibility; Director, Center for Latina/o and Latin American Studies
Affiliated Departments: IRES, Latin American Studies, Latinx
Email: cchavez4@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9141
Office: 207 Allen Hall, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Advertising, TV Commercials, Communication Theory, Persuasive Communication, Cultural Studies, Gender and Race In Media, Media and Diversity, Popular Culture, Media Studies and Globalization
Alex Segrè Cohen
Assistant Professor of Science and Risk Communication
Email: asegreco@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 209 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Diego Cortes
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Affiliated Departments: Latin American Studies
Email: dcortes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0915
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 139
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Latin American Media, Alternative/community media, American Christianity, Indigenous People from the Andes
Donna Davis
Professor
Director, Immersive Media Communication Master’s Program & Oregon Reality (OR) Lab
Email: dzdavis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3658
Office: 301C Innovation Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: virtual worlds, identity, avatars, metaverse, digital ethics
Charlie Deitz
Instructor
Email: cdeitz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3563
Office: 222 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Andrew DeVigal
Director, UO-SOJC's Agora Journalism Center
Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation and Civic Engagement; Professor of Practice
Email: adevigal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3677
Office: 316 Innovation Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: community-centered journalism, multimedia storytelling
Nikki Dunsire
Oregon Reality Lab Manager
Instructor
Email: ndunsir5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3683
Office: 303A Innovation Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: Immersive media development (VR, AR, MR), game design, 3D production, film, advertising, motion graphics
Troy Elias
Associate Professor
UO Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
Email: telias@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2020
Office: Johnson Hall
City: Eugene
David Ewald
Professor of Practice
Director, Allen Hall Advertising
Email: dewald2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-926-2072
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 155
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Design, Brand Responsibility, Advertising, Technology, Ethics
Maxwell Foxman
Assistant Professor
Email: mfoxman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3615
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 131
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Game Studies, Game Journalism, Esports, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Immersive Media, Gamification
Saima Kazmi
Assistant Professor of Advertising
Email: skazmi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3759
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., #149
City: Eugene
Torsten Kjellstrand
Professor of Practice
Email: torstenk@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8907
Office: 1715 Frankling Blvd., Rm 141
City: Eugene
Dave Koranda
Professor of Practice Emerit
Email: dkoranda@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3754
Office: 216 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Kathryn Kuttis
Senior Instructor I
Email: kuttis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4891
Office: 310 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Peter Laufer
Professor, James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism
Affiliated Departments: European Studies
Email: laufer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2109
Office: 203 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Regina Lawrence
Associate Dean, SOJC Portland
Research Director, Agora Journalism Center
Email: rgl@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3659
Office: 318 Innovation Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: journalism norms and practices, political communication, engaged journalism, civic engagement
Seth Lewis
Professor and Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media
Director, Journalism Program
Email: sclewis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7342
Office: 231 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: digital journalism, journalism studies, emerging media, algorithms, artificial intelligence, AI, media sociology, media work, social media, communication research, news
Hayoung Sally Lim
Assistant Professor of Advertising and Brand Responsibility
Email: hslim@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 236 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: AI in Advertising, Consumer behavior/psychology, Consumer brand identification
Brand responsibility, Corporate social communication, Brand crisis comn, Social media analytics
Ed Madison
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: Education Research and Outreach
Email: madison2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9140
Office: 324 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Gabriela Martínez
Jon Anderson Chair in Journalism and Communication
Professor
Affiliated Departments: Climate Studies, CLLAS, Latin American Studies
Email: gmartine@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall / 237 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism
Kelli Matthews
Senior Instructor II
Email: kmatthew@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3565
Office: 311B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Nikki McClaran
Assistant Professor, Public Relations Program
Email: nikkim@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-380
Office: 311C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Health Communication, Strategic Communication, Media Psychology, Popular Media, Social Norms, Health Disparities, Communication Theory
Tom McDonnell
Professor of Practice
Email: tomm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2087
Office: 200 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Karen McIntyre
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Email: karenmc@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3702
Office: 233 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Journalism Studies, Solutions Journalism, Constructive Journalism, Media Psychology, Press Freedom, Journalism in East Africa
Dan Miller
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: Cinema Studies
Email: drmiller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3747
Office: 309B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Ivan Miller
Visiting Professor of Practice in Sports Journalism
Email: imiller4@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3884
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 125
City: Eugene
Renee Mitson
Assistant Professor of Public Relations
Email: renee@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3712
Office: 311D Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Juan-Carlos Molleda
Edwin L. Artzt Dean and Professor
Email: jmolleda@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3602
Office: 217A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Dan Morrison
Professor of Practice
Email: danmor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2793
Office: 322 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Deb Morrison
Distinguished Professor of Advertising
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Email: debmor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1797
Office: 215 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Courtney Munther
Senior Instructor
Director of SOJC Writing
Email: cmunther@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3550
Office: 311B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Bryce Newell
The David and Nancy Petrone Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor
Faculty Director, SOJC Honors Program
Email: bcnewell@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3843
Office: 330 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Law and Technology; Surveillance Studies; Information Studies (social informatics, information behavior, information ethics); Privacy and Data Protection Law; Law and Society; Cybercrime; Policing; Criminal Procedure; Immigration and Border Enforcement.
Julianne Newton
Professor
Director, Communication and Media Studies Master's and PhD Programs
Email: jhnewton@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2167
Office: 206 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: visual ethics, journalism, visual journalism, visual behavior, cognitive theory
S. Senyo Ofori-Parku
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: African Studies
Email: ofori@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2338
Office: 327 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Sung Park
Professor of Practice
Email: spark@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8458
Office: 326 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Ellen Peters
Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor
Director, Center for Science Communication Research (SCR)
Email: ellenpet@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3828
Office: 110A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Science Communication, Judgment and Decision Making, Numeracy, Affect and Emotion, Adult Aging
Lisa Peyton
Immersive and Strategic Communications Instructor
Email: lpeyton@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 153
City: Eugene
Whitney Phillips
Assistant Professor of Information Politics and Ethics
Affiliated Departments: Folklore Program
Email: wphilli2@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 202 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: US politics and popular culture, media ethics, media history, public debate and controversy, humor studies, religion and politics, rightwing media cultures, moral panics, conspiratorial belief, narrative and identity, true crime media
Daniel Pimentel
Assistant Professor of Immersive Psychology
Email: pimend@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3661
Office: 301B Innovation Building
City: Portland
Donnalyn Pompper
Professor, Endowed Chair in Public Relations
Affiliated Departments: Clark Honors College
Email: pompper@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2342
Office: 204 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Wes Pope
Associate Professor
Director, Multimedia Journalism Master’s Program
Email: wpope@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3759
Office: 314 Innovation Building
City: Portland
Damian Radcliffe
Professor of Practice, Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism
Affiliated Departments: Middle East and North African Studies
Email: damianr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7643
Office: 201 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, evolution of journalism, Middle East tech, media policy
Bob Rickert
Instructor
Email: brickert@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2519
Office: 323 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Kym Rohman
Instructor of Advertising and Design
Email: kymr@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 309C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Attila Schillinger
Professor of Practice
Director, Strategic Communication Master’s Program
Email: attilas@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3511
Office: 325 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Bish Sen
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College, Cinema Studies
Email: bsen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2880
Office: 329 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Autumn Shafer
Associate Professor
Email: ashafer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7641
Office: 311C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Health Promotion
Lori Shontz
Professor of Practice
Email: lshontz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2347
Office: 328 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Hollie Smith
Associate Professor of Science and Environmental Communication
Affiliated Departments: SOJC
Email: hollies@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0150
Office: 110C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Gretchen Soderlund
Associate Professor of Media History
Director, Media Studies Program
Email: gsoderlu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8922
Office: 309A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Leslie Steeves
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor
Affiliated Departments: African Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: lsteeves@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3751
Office: 214A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
John Sutter
Assistant Professor of Science Communication
Email: jsutter@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3816
Office: 209 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Paul Swangard
Instructor of Advertising and Sport Brand Strategy
Email: pswangar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3262
Office: 309C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Brent Walth
Associate Professor
Co-Director, Catalyst Journalism Project; Co-Director, The Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism
Email: bwalth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7642
Office: 234 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Janet Wasko
Professor, Media Studies Program
Knight Chair in Communication Research Emeritus; Affiliated Faculty, New Media & Culture Program
Affiliated Departments: Cinema Studies
Email: jwasko@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4174
Office: 208 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Henry Wear
Assistant Professor of Sports Communication
Email: hwear@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7254
Office: 232 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Sports Communication, Sport Brand Management, Sport Marketing, Fan Engagement, Public Relations, New Technologies
Christine Wise
Professor of Practice
Director, Advertising Program
Email: cwis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3832
Office: 238 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Creative effectiveness, sports and brand fandom, activating brand purpose, high-value membership/loyalty programs
Will Yurman
Instructor of Journalism
Director, Journalism Master's Program
Email: yurman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3754
Office: 310 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Documentary, photojournalism, narrative storytelling
Daniel Zweifach
Assistant Professor of Advertising
Email: zweifach@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 143
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Advertising & Emerging Technologies, Transmedia Storytelling, Digital & Social Media Marketing Strategies, Film & Media Advertising, Diversity & Representation in Advertising, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fan Cultures, AI