Public Communication Full-Time Faculty

Caty Borum Chattoo

Caty Borum Chattoo

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Executive in Residence

Caty Borum Chattoo is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She has multifaceted expertise in social change communication, integrated media campaigns, and documentary film and television production. Most recently, she worked as a senior vice... [More]

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202-885-6485
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Joseph Erba

Joseph Erba

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Instructor

Joseph Erba is a full-time professor of Public Communication. Erba joins the faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is completing his Ph.D. in strategic communication. His research interests focus on public relations i... [More]

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202-885-6680
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Lauren Feldman

Lauren Feldman

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Assistant Professor

Lauren Feldman is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She joined the SOC faculty in 2008 after receiving a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests focus on political commu... [More]

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202-885-2041
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Deen Freelon

Deen Freelon

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Assistant Professor

Deen Freelon is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. His substantive area of expertise is political communication, especially as it relates to citizen expression via digital technologies. He also has a strong interest in the use of computer ... [More]

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202-885-6462
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Joseph Graf

Joseph Graf

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Assistant Professor

Joseph Graf is a full-time professor of Public Communication. He is former research director for the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, which promotes Internet politics to improve civic engagement. He has published extensively in pol... [More]

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202-885-2147
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Sol Hart

Sol Hart

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Assistant Professor

Sol Hart, Ph.D., is a full-time professor of Public Communication. He specializes in risk communication related to environmental, science, and health issues. He has served as a visiting scholar at Decision Research, an Oregon-based think tank for the... [More]

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202-885-2066
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Corinne Hoare

Corinne Hoare

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Instructor

Corinne Hoare is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She has nearly a decade of high-level experience in the public relations and strategic communication field in both the private and public sectors. Her experience includes stints at the W... [More]

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202-885-6683
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Maria Ivancin

Maria Ivancin

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Assistant Professor

Maria Ivancin is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She teaches courses in strategic communication, research and management. Ivancin brings many years of professional experience to the classroom. She was executive vice president and chief... [More]

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202-885-2780
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Larry Kirkman

Larry Kirkman

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Professor

Larry Kirkman led the School of Communication as Dean from 2001-2012, directing and developing academic and professional programs in Journalism, Film and Media Arts, Public Communication, Communication Studies  and International Media. He will return... [More]

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202-885-2058
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Pallavi Kumar

Pallavi Kumar

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Assistant Professor

Pallavi Damani Kumar is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She's the senior associate division director for the Public Communication Division in the School of Communication. Kumar teaches four of the five core public relations courses at ... [More]

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202-885-2047
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Dotty Lynch

Dotty Lynch

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Executive in Residence

Dotty Lynch is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She is the director of the SOC/SPA MA in Political Communication program which launched in 2010. The 2012 election marks Lynch's 22nd election cycle in congressional and presidential campa... [More]

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202-885-2968
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Dina Martinez

Dina Martinez

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Professorial Lecturer

Dina Martinez is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She joined the Public Communications Division in 2011 as professor and Director for the Professional Public Communication Graduate Program. Dina has 15 years of experience in the private... [More]

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202-885-6464
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Wendy Melillo Farrill

Wendy Melillo Farrill

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Assistant Professor

Wendy Melillo is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She teaches in the School of Communication's Public Communication division. Her research is focused on public service advertising. Melillo was a reporter for The Washington Post, earning... [More]

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202-885-1753
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Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet

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Associate Professor

Matthew Nisbet is Associate Professor of Communication and Co-Director of the Center for Social Media. His research investigates the role of communication in policymaking and public affairs, focusing on debates over science, sustainability, and publ... [More]

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202-885-2104
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Gemma Puglisi

Gemma Puglisi

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Assistant Professor

Gemma Puglisi is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She is an award-winning media strategist and producer with more than 25 years of experience. During her career she has worked in broadcast news, public relations, entertainment and the f... [More]

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202-885-2153
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Richard Stack

Richard Stack

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Associate Professor

Richard Stack is a full-time professor of Public Communication. He began researching the interaction of courts and media after his work in the Public Defenders Office revealed the criminal justice system’s frequent mistakes. His first books pioneered... [More]

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202-885-2856
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Leonard Steinhorn

Leonard Steinhorn

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Professor

Leonard Steinhorn is a full-time professor of Public Communication. His expertise includes American politics, culture and media, strategic communication, the presidency, and recent American history. He is author of The Greater Generation: In Defense ... [More]

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202-885-2031
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Scott Talan

Scott Talan

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Assistant Professor

Scott Talan, MPA, is a full-time professor of Public Communication. He has worked in media, PR, and communications in four distinct fields: TV News, Politics, Nonprofits and Higher Education. Scott worked at the United Nations, Harvard University and... [More]

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202-885-6461
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Rhonda Zaharna

Rhonda Zaharna

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Associate Professor

Rhonda Zaharna is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She specializes in intercultural and international strategic communication, with an emphasis on culture and communication in the Arab and Islamic regions. In addition to teaching strate... [More]

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202-885-3995
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