Statement Concerning Recent Discourse 

of the McCain/Palin Campaign

October 23, 2008

(Lastest Update: November 1st)

This statement is signed by research faculty of communication programs from across the nation. We speak as concerned educators and scholars of communication but do not claim to speak for our home institutions.

 

 

In alphabetical order:

Rosita Albert, Associate Professor, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota

Patricia Amason, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Arkansas

Eric Aoki, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University

Robert Asen, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin

Gayle Austin, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University

Austin Babrow, Professor, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University

Leslie Baxter, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa

Sally Bennett Bell, Assistant Professor & Division Coordinator, University of Montevallo, Alabama

Jeffrey Bennett, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University

Sandra J. Berkowitz, Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine

Barbara Biesecker, Professor, Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia

Carole Blair, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina

Arthur P. Bochner, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Communication, University of South Florida

Denise M. Bostdorff, Professor of Communication, Associate Dean for the Class of 2012, The College of Wooster

Ruth Laurion Bowman, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Louisiana State University

Michael S. Bowman, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Louisiana State University

Daniel C. Brouwer, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

Jonathan Buchsbaum, Professor, Department of Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York

Jackie Byars, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Wayne State University

Daniel J. Canary, Professor, Hugh Down School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

James Cantrill, Professor & Department Head, Communication & Performance Studies, Northern Michigan University

Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication, University of Southern California

Lisa Corrigan, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Arkansas

Bryan Crable, Chair, Communication Department, Villanova University

Renee Alexander Craft, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina

David Cheshier, Chair, Department of Communication, Georgia State University

Kenneth N. Cissna, Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, University of South Florida

Lynn Schofield Clark, Director, Estlow International Center for Journalism & New Media, University of Denver

Lynn Clarke, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh

Ann L. Darling, Chair, Department of Communication, University of Utah

Greg Dickinson, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University

James P. Dillard, Head, Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University

David S. Domke, Head of Journalism, Communication Department, University of Washington

Greg Downey, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin

Rosa A. Eberly, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University

Janis Edwards, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Alabama

Renee Edwards, Chair, Communication Studies Department, Louisiana State University

Mara Einstein, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York

Stuart Ewen, Distinguished Professor, Department of Film & Media Studies, Hunter College, CUNY

Kathleen Farrell, Chair, Department of Communication, Saint Louis University

Lewis A. Friedland, Director, Center for Communication & Democracy, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin

Ted Friedman, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University

Katherine Fry, Associate Professor, Department of Television and Radio, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

William Fusfield, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh

Christine L. Garlough, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin

Steven R. Goldzwig, Professor of Communication Studies, Marquette University

H. L. (Bud) Goodall, Jr., Director & Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

Brad Gorham, Associate Professor of Communications, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University

Ronald Walter Greene, Associate Professor, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota

Larry Gross, Director, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California

Lawrence Grossberg, Morris David Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina

Joshua Gunn, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Texas

Claudia L. Hale, Director, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University

Dan Hallin, Chair, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego

Jarice Hanson, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts

Kelly E. Happe, Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia

Teresa M. Harrison, Chair, Department of Communication, University at Albany, SUNY

Stephen John Hartnett, Chair, Communication Department, University of Colorado, Denver

Ekaterina Haskins, Associate Professor, Department of Language, Literature, and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gerard A. Hauser, College Professor of Distinction, Communication Department, University of Colorado at Boulder

Robert P. Hawkins, Research Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin

Michael Hecht, Distinguished Professor, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University

Amy Herzog, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York

Marsha Houston, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Alabama

Robert L. Ivie, Professor, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University

Anita C. James, Associate Professor, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University

Jessica Katz Jameson, Associate Professor, Communication Department, North Carolina State University

Sut Jhally, Professor, Communication Department, University of Massachusetts

Christopher L. Johnstone, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University

Susanne Jones, Associate Professor, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota 

Ralina L. Joseph, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Washington

Spoma Jovanovic, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Mary L. Kahl, Associate Professor, Department of Communication & Media, State University of New York, New Paltz

Lisa Keranen, Assistant Professor, Communication Department, University of Colorado at Boulder

William J. Kinsella, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University

James Kiwanuka-Tondo, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University

Derek Kompare, Assistant Professor, Division of Cinema-Television, Southern Methodist University

Celeste Lacroix, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, College of Charleston

Randall A. Lake, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California

Christopher Lamb, Professor, Department of Communication, College of Charleston

Judith Yaross Lee, Professor, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University

Kwan M. Lee, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California

Stuart Liebman, Professor, Department of Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York

John Louis Lucaites, Professor, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University

Brenton Malin, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh

Roseann M. Mandziuk, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Texas State University

Jimmie Manning, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director, Communication, Northern Kentucky University

Daniel Marcus, Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Studies, Goucher College

Anne Mattina, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Stonehill College

Richard Maxwell, Chair, Department of Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York  

Brian McGee, Chair, Department of Communication, College of Charleston

Charlton McIlwain, Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Culture, & Communication, New York University

Robert D. McPhee. Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University  

Marian Meyers, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University

Katherine Miller, Professor, Communication Department, Texas A&M University

Jason Mittell, Chair of Film & Media Culture Department, Middlebury College

Michael Morgan, Professor, Communication Department, University of Massachusetts

Charles E. Morris III, Associate Professor, Communication Department, Boston College

Christi Moss, Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University

Roopali Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies, Queens College, City Universty of New York

Dennis Mumby, Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina

Robin Nabi, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

LeiLani Nishime, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Washington

Lester C. Olson, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh

Laurie Ouellette, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Minnesota

Ed Pappas, Emeritus Professor of Communication, Wayne State University

Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Associate Professor, Department of Communication & Culture, Indiana University

Suzanne Pingree, Professor Emerita, Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin

Della Pollock, Bank of America Honors Professor, Communication Studies Department, University of North Carolina

Chris Poulos, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

E. Michele Ramsey, Associate Professor, Communication Arts & Sciences and Women's Studies, Penn State Berks

Ramsey Eric Ramsey, Associate Professor, Barrett, The Honors College, Arizona State University West

William K. Rawlins, Stocker Professor of Communication Studies, Ohio University

Shanara R. Reid-Brinkley, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh    

Angelo Restivo, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University

Ronald E. Rice, Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

Felicia D. Roberts, Associate Professor, Communication Department, Purdue University

Heidi M. Rose, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Villanova University

Denise Scannell, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Humanities Department, New York City College of Technology

Edward Schiappa, Chair, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota

Matthew W. Seeger, Chair, Department of Communication, Wayne State University

Dhavan V. Shah, Louis A. & Mary E. Maier-Bascom Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin

Hemant Shah, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin

David S. Silverman, Communication Program Director and Assistant Professor, Maryville University

Herbert W. Simons, Professor Emeritus, Communication, Temple University

Joseph W. Slade III, Professor, School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University

Craig Allen Smith, Professor, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University

Lindsley Smith, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Arkansas

Stephen Smith, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Arkansas

Robert Henry Stanley, Professor, Film & Media Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York

Sarah Stein, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University

Jonathan Sterne, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Art History & Communication Studies, McGill University

Cynthia Stohl, Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

Michael S. Stohl, Chair, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

Nathan Stormer, Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine

Federico Subervi, Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Texas State University

Patricia A. Suchy, Director, Program for the Study of Film and Media Arts, Department of Communication Studies, Louisiana State University

Robert E. Terrill, Associate Professor, Department of Communication & Culture, Indiana University

Scott Titsworth, University Professor, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University

Angela Trethewey, Associate Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

Kathleen J. Turner, Professor of Communication Studies, Davidson College

Monique Mitchell Turner, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Maryland

Paaige K. Turner, Graduate Director of Communication, Saint Louis University

Mary Douglas Vavrus, Associate Professor, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota 

Niklas Vollmer, Associate Professor, Communication Department, Georgia State University

Michael S. Waltman, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina

Barbara Warnick, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh

Frederick Wasser, Associate Professor, Department of TV/Radio, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Martha Solomon Watson, Sanford Berman Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

James Watt, Professor, Department of Language, Literature, and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Eric King Watts, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina

Lynne M. Webb, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Arkansas

René Weber, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

Andrea Weiss, Chair, Department of Media and Communication Arts, The City College of New York

Merrill D. Whitburn, Louis Ellsworth Laflin Professor, Department of Language, Literature, and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  

Kirt H. Wilson, Associate Professor, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota

Roy V. Wood, Chair, Human Communication Studies Department, Denver University

Emory H. Woodard IV, Associate Professor, Communication Department, Villanova University

David Zarefsky, Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University

 

Media Contacts

Members of the media are free to contact any signatory they wish.  Email addresses can be obtained from Edward Schiappa.  In the interest of minimizing the risk of abusive emails, contact information is not included in this document except for the following individuals, who have agreed to serve as initial media contacts:

Edward Schiappa, Chair, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota  (612) 624-2808 or Schiappa@umn.edu

James P. Dillard, Chair, Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University  (814) 865-5232 or Jdillard@la.psu.edu

Larry Gross, Director, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California  (213) 740-3770 or lpgross@usc.edu

Michael S. Stohl, Chair, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara  (805) 893-7935 or mstohl@comm.ucsb.edu

Herbert W. Simons, Professor Emeritus, Communication, Temple University (215) 844-5969 or hsimons@temple.edu 

 

Endnotes

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