Dec 20, 2025  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Communication Studies


Interim Chair 

Stoker, Kevin

Professor, B.A., Brigham Young University, M.A. University of Alabama, Ph.D. University of Alabama. Rebel since 2017.

 

Graduate Coordinator

Pennington, Natalie 

Assistant Professor; B.S., Missouri State University; M.A., Kansas State University; Ph.D., University of Kansas. Rebel since 2018.

 

Graduate Faculty

Bloomfield, Emma – Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A. Northeastern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California. Rebel since 2016.

 

Bruner, Michael – Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Washington. Rebel since 2017.

 

Conley, Donovan S. - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., University of Lethbridge, Alberta; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Rebel since 2004.

 

Emmers-Sommer, Tara. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs; B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ph.D. Ohio University. Rebel since 2006.

 

McManus, Tara - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., University of Kentucky; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Rebel since 2008.

 

Rice, Rebecca – Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., Northern Arizona University; M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder. Rebel since 2019.

 

Thompson, Jacob - Full Graduate Faculty

Faculty in Residence; Sanford J. Berman Debate Forum, Faculty in Residence; B.A., Wayne State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas. Rebel since 2007.

 

Professors Emeriti

Blythin, Evan

Emeritus Associate Professor; A.A., Palomar Junior College; B.A., M.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Colorado. UNLV Emeritus 1998.

 

Henry, David – 

Emeritus Professor. UNLV Emeritus since 2019.

Emeritus Professor; B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Indiana University. Rebel since 1998. UNLV Emeritus 2019.

 

Jensen, Richard Jay

Professor and Senior Advisor to the President; B.S., Weber State College; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., Indiana University. UNLV Emeritus 1992.

 

Watson, Martha

Emeritus Professor; B.A., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin. UNLV Emeritus 1997.