People - Communication and Journalism

Department Leadership

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Department Chair and Professor

430 Dunn Hall
Phone: 207.581.1938
Email: nathan@maine.edu

Research & Teaching Interests

Rhetorical Theory, including Medical Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Argument and Persuasion, and Historiography of Rhetoric.

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Department Faculty and Academic & Administrative Staff

Paul Grosswiler
Professor

443 Dunn Hall
Phone: 207.581.1287
E-mail: paul_grosswiler@umit.maine.edu

Research & Teaching Interests

Media Ecology, International Mass Communication, Media Ethics, and Mass Communication History.

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Liliana L. Herakova, Ph.D.
Lecturer

436 Dunn Hall
Phone: 207.581.1937
E-Mail: liliana.herakova@maine.edu

Professor Herakova serves as the Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Coordinator and advises the local chapter of the national Lambda Pi Eta honors society, recognizing excellence in Communication and Journalism.

Academic Research and Interests

Health communication, with focus on interpersonal communication and education to improve healthcare experiences and increase health equity; Communication pedagogy, with an emphasis on social justice, inclusion, and dialogue; Narrative and performance-oriented approaches to studying the negotiation of identities and relationships through/in communication

Teaching

Fundamentals of Public Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Storytelling; Communication Theory (CMJ 202); Health Communication; Narrative, Performance, and Social Change; Teaching Communication in College

CV and publications are available at: https://umaine.academia.edu/LilyHerakova

Bridie McGreavy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

438 Dunn Hall
Phone: 207. 581.1943
E-Mail: bridie.mcgreavy@maine.e du

Academic and Research Interests:

Environmental communication, with an emphasis on engaged approaches for sustainability and justice; communication and resilience within social-ecological systems; interdisciplinary collaboration and science communication in sustainability science and natural resource management in coastal marine and inland freshwater systems

For publications and CV: https://umaine.academia.edu/BridieMcGreavy

For teaching, service, and additional information: https://bmcgreavy.wordpress.com/

Laura N. Rickard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

428 Dunn Hall
Phone: 207.581.1843
E-Mail: laura.rickard@maine.edu

Academic and Research Interests:

Risk communication in the context of health and environmental issues; attribution of responsibility and perception of risk; climate change communication; human dimensions of natural resource issues

Teaching

Risk Communication; Seminar in Risk Communication; Communication Theory

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Joshua Roiland
CLAS-Honors Preceptor of Journalism

416 Dunn Hall
Phone: 314.550.9156
Email: Joshua.Roiland@maine.edu

Academic & Research Interests

Literary journalism (theory and practice); Journalism and American Democracy; Nonfiction of David Foster Wallace; Personal Essays

Visit his website: www.joshroiland.com for full-text versions of his articles and essays and two dozen different course syllabi. He tweets about journalism and culture @JoshRoiland

Judith Rosenbaum
Assistant Professor

414 Dunn Hall
Phone: (20) 581-1934
Email: judith.rosenbaumandre@maine.edu

Research Interests

Rosenbaum’s research examines how people interact with the media and what factors drive this interaction. Moreover, she is interested in how people’s media use can become a tool to engender individual and social change. Current and previous research looks into the role of spoilers in people’s selection and enjoyment of media content, the use of social media for health communication, and media literacy among teenagers. Her research projects rely on a variety of methods, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method techniques, such as experiments, surveys, evaluation research, focus groups, and in-depth interviewing. She has published in a variety of journals and edited volumes, including Media Psychology, Communication Research, Psychology of Popular Media Culture, Participations, and Communication Yearbook. Her research has also involved community-based research projects, including an NIMHD-funded program aimed at reducing health disparities in Southwest Georgia, and a crime reduction and prevention program funded by the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program.

Teaching: Social media and digital cultures

For additional information about research can be found at: https://juditherosenbaum.com/

Holly E. Schreiber, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

440 Dunn Hall
Phone: 207.581.2330
E-Mail: holly.schreiber@maine.edu

Academic and Research Interests

Literary and critical media studies; media representations of poverty; interdisciplinary humor studies

Teaching

Critical Media Studies, Social Influence of Media; Advertising, Media & Society; Journalism Studies I; Humor and Diversity in the U.S.

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Michael J. Socolow
Associate Professor

434 Dunn Hall
Phone: 207.581.1942
Email: michael.socolow@maine.edu

Academic and Research Interests:

Mass Communication History, Journalism, Broadcast History (Radio & Television), Sports Broadcasting, Media Ethics.

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Claire F. Sullivan
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Community Engagement

120 Stevens Hall
Phone: 207.581.1924
Email: claires@maine.edu

For more information and work done by Professor Sullivan check out her Teaching and Research website