Joseph Erba

Instructor
School of Communication

• 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 in higher education, multicultural communication and racial/ethnic media representations. He has taught communication classes at the University of Corsica, and media ethics and strategic communication classes at the University of North Carolina. Prior to his doctoral studies, Erba practiced public relations in the Midwest, working for an integrated marketing communications agency with education-related clients. For his first semester at SOC, Erba will teach Understanding Media, Communication and Society, and Communication Theory.