Communication Graduate Faculty

Graduate Faculty

At WT, you'll have many opportunities to work one-on-one with your professors and community leaders. Our faculty build strong working relationships with all of our students, providing support and resources to enable student success. By acting as mentors and including students as research partners, the communication faculty actively investigates current communication trends and stays up-to-date on course knowledge. All faculty members encourage graduate students to participate in a wide range of activities from research conferences to storytelling festivals.

	Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Li Chen Phone: 806-651-2416 lichen@wtamu.edu Research areas include: Health communication, disaster communication, and intercultural communication. "The most fascinating parts of Communication are often not communicable - let me help you identify them."
	Dr. Kelsey Abele Phone: 806-651-2415 kabele@wtamu.edu
	Dr. Carolyn Baum Phone: 806-651-3251 cbaum@wtamu.edu Research areas include: Media literacy, pedagogy/andragogy, communication in the classroom, and first-generation student success and preparation.
	Dr. Kristina Drumheller Phone: 806-651-2816 kdrumheller@wtamu.edu Research areas include: Organizational crisis communication, media effects, and leadership. "Collaborating with students and colleagues is one of the best parts of my job! Where else can you sit around and share a passion for ideas with students of all ages as part of your job?"
	Dr. Noah Franken Phone: 806-651-2795 nfranken@wtamu.edu Research areas include: Interpersonal communication, identity, and popular culture topics, such as golf and popular music. "Graduate school gives you the opportunity to cultivate and test your ideas. Work hard to discover them, be earnest when you defend them, and never be afraid to change them."
	Dr. Nancy Garcia Phone: 806-651-2414 ngarcia@wtamu.edu Research areas include: Intercultural communication, media and journalism pedagogy, first-generation and Hispanic/Latino/a/x student success and motivation, mentoring, and university teaching experiences. "With education you not only develop skills, you also develop confidence."
	Dr. Min Wha Han Phone: 806-651-2775 mhan@wtamu.edu Research areas include: Rhetoric and public culture, contemporary rhetorical theories and critical rhetorical criticism, qualitative research methods, postcolonial and diaspora studies.
	Dr. Emily Kinsky Phone: 806-651-2412 ekinsky@wtamu.edu Research areas include: Public relations practice and pedagogy, media portrayals, such as content analysis of media, and effective visual communication practice and pedagogy. "Whether it be for project ideas or for the right career path, I enjoy helping students brainstorm. I care about all my students - I want you to do well and will do whatever I can to help you."
	Dr. Enyonam Osei-Hwere Phone: 806-651-2411 eosei-hwere@wtamu.edu Research areas include: International communication, media globalization, entertainment education, women and children's media issues, world broadcasting systems as well as communication development and social change. "I love introducing students to new ideas and perspectives. I approach each class as an adventure in learning."
	Dr. George Pacheco, Jr. Phone: 806-651-4022 gpacheco@wtamu.edu Research areas include: First-generation college students, communication pedagogy, identity, and stereotypes, and using humor as a rhetorical strategy.
	Dr. Ting-Hao Tsou Phone: 806-651-2808 ttsou@wtamu.edu Research areas include: The studying and teaching of cutting-edge technology, especially augmented and virtual reality (A/VR), in influencing how people process and respond to theoretically derived advertising and health messages.

Communication Graduate Faculty

Director of Graduate Studies