Nov 27, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Communication Studies Faculty


Chair

Child, Jeffrey

Professor, B.S., Wayne State College; Ph.D., North Dakota State University. Rebel since 2023.

Graduate Coordinator

Gruber, David

Associate Professor; B.A., Biola University, M.P.W., University of Southern California, Ph.D., North Carolina State University. Rebel since 2022.

Graduate Faculty

Bloomfield, Emma

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

Bruner, Michael

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

Chen, Tzu-Chiao

Associate Professor in Residence, B.S., Shi Hsin University (Taipei, Taiwan), M.S., Ithaca College; Ph.D. Arizona State University. Rebel since 2024.

Conley, Donovan

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

Emmers-Sommer, Tara

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.

Gruber, David

Associate Professor; B.A., Biola University, M.P.W., University of Southern California, Ph.D., North Carolina State University. Rebel since 2022.

Martinez, Laura

Assistant Professor; B.A., M.A., Cal State Fullerton, Ph.D., Arizona State University. Rebel since 2022.

McManus, Tara

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

Rice, Rebecca

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

Ulmer, Robert

Professor and Dean, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs; B.A., University of Saskatchewan, M.A., North Dakota State University; Ph.D. Wayne State University. Rebel since 2014.

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; 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

Emeritus Professor; 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.