Communication Studies

 

Betsy Dalton (PhD, University of Tennessee) is joining the COST/ORCO faculty as an assistant professor.  She is moving from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she earned her PhD in Communication & Information, worked as a lecturer in the School of Communication Studies, and held a postdoc position with the Center for Information & Communication Studies.  Her primary areas of research are within health communication and scholarly communication.  She enjoys teaching interpersonal communication, organizational communication, research methods, and health communication.  Originally from Nashville and an MTSU alumna, Betsy is excited to be returning home with her husband Rob, sons Will and Stuart, dog Chloe, and cat Toby.

 

DeAnne Priddis (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) is teaching Interview Communication, Conflict and Organizations, and Organizational Communication Analysis this fall semester.  She has a PhD in Interpersonal/Conflict Communication, Master's in Human Resources Training & Development, and Bachelor's in Orgainzational Administration.  She has several years of work experience in Human Resources, primarily in adminstrative or training and development roles, which she integrates into her classroom and research.  Additional areas of her research include Conflict - Interpersonal and Organizational, Topic Avoidance and Difficult Conversations, Intergenerational Communication, and Systems Communication - Family, Groups, Organizational.

 

Heather Hundley (PhD, University of Utah) is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Studies.  Her scholarship and teaching focus on media studies, critical/cultural, rhetoric studies, and representations of identities. Her research has been published in journals including New Media & Society, Communication Quarterly, Visual Communication Quarterly, and Journal of Men's Studies.  She has coauthored or coedited 3 books, published 12 peer, blind reviewed journal articles, and 7 book chapters.  Currently she serves as the Executive Director of the Western States Communication Association and is working on a coauthored textbook on Thetorical Theories.

 

 English

 

Eric Detweiler (PhD, University of Texas at Austin) teaches courses on rhetoric, writing, and composing with digital media, especially digital audio. His main research project explores the authority relationship between teachers and students in both historical and present-day rhetoric and writing classes.  In addition to writing pedagogy and rhetorical theory, Eric does research in the areas of sound studies and sonic rhetorics. His work has appeared in the journals Philosophy & Rhetoric, Enculturation, Kairos, and the Journal of Popular Culture.  He also runs Rhetoricity, a podcast on rhetorical theory.  You can find out more at http://RhetEric.org. 

 

 Foreign Languages & Literatures