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Cynthia-Lou Coleman,
Associate Professor and Department Chair. Prof. Coleman
earned a PhD in journalism and mass communication from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and holds a master's from Cornell and bachelor's from
California State University-Sonoma. She teaches theory and research methods
to undergraduate and graduate students. Her specialty is mass media framing
and persuasion, and she contributes editorials on media to The Oregonian
newspaper. Her recent articles include features on mass media and Native
Americans for the Encyclopedia of United States-American Indian Policy,
Relations, and Law (forthcoming), and studies on framing of health and
science information in Health; Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly;
and American Studies. Coleman is editor of the Northwest Communication
Association Journal and serves on the editorial board of Science
Communication. Her website is
http://www.comm.pdx.edu/faculty/coleman/coleman.php Contact information:
Neuberger Hall 23; ccoleman@pdx.edu; 503.725.5368.
Priya Kapoor,
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies. Prof.
Kapoor earned a PhD from Ohio University, and holds a master's from Cornell
and bachelor's from Delhi University, New Delhi, India. She teaches
introduction to intercultural communication, problems of intercultural
communication, interpersonal communication, and gender, race and class in
media. Her areas of expertise include intercultural communication, social
cultural impacts of mass media, globalization of culture, and international
development theory. Contact information: Neuberger Hall room 31;
kapoorp@pdx.edu; 503.725.3543.
Susan B. Poulsen,
Associate Professor. Prof. Poulsen earned a PhD from the
University of Washington, and holds a master's from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore, and bachelor's from the University of Washington. She
teaches urban communication, intercultural communication, interpersonal
communication, communication consultation, qualitative methods and data
analysis, and metaphor and narrative analysis. Her areas of expertise
include speech cognate area configurations such as
culture/communication/cognition, time/space and place and metaphor analysis.
Contact information: Neuberger Hall room 39; poulsens@pdx.edu; 503.725.3544.
L. David Ritchie,
Professor. Prof. Ritchie earned a PhD from Stanford
University, and holds a master's from the University of Oregon and
Bachelor's from Reed College. He teaches communication inquiry, introduction
to graduate studies, metaphor in everyday talk, conversation structure and
process, humor and playful communication, communication and cognition, and
language meaning and interpretation. His recent publications have focused
primarily on metaphor analysis, metaphor theory, and playful language. He is
also actively involved with an interdisciplinary group studying issues of
police-community relations. Contact information: Neuberger Hall room 41;
cgrd@pdx.edu; 503.725.3550. Webpage: http://web.pdx.edu/~cgrd/
Gerald Sussman,
Professor. Prof. Sussman teaches jointly in the Department
of Communication and the School of Urban Studies and Planning. His research
focus is on the political, economic, institutional, international, political
culture, propaganda, and development aspects of media and communications.
Prof. Sussman's courses include Critical Theories in Mass Communications,
Communication, Information Cities, and critical methods in media research.
He coordinates the Media Studies cluster for the University Studies program.
Contact information: Urban Center room 370K; sussmang@pdx.edu; 503.725.5176.
Charlotte Word,
Assistant Professor. Prof. Schell earned a PhD from the
University of Denver, and bachelor's from the University of Nevada. She
teaches communication in groups. Contact information: Neuberger Hall room
73; cword@pdx.edu; 503.725.8378.
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