Communication Faculty

Dr. Christina M. Smith
Associate Professor
& Chair
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Research Interests: Visual Rhetoric, Public Memory and Media Studies
Email: christina.smith@csuci.edu
Dr. Tracylee Clarke
Professor
Ph.D., University of Utah
Research Interests: Environmental Conflict Resolution, Mediation, Culture, Identity, and Narrative
Email: tracylee.clarke@csuci.edu
Dr. J. Jacob Jenkins
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of South Florida
Research Interests: Community Building and Engagement, Organizational Leadership, Positive Organizational Change
Email: joseph.jenkins@csuci.edu
Dr. Nien-Tsu Nancy Chen
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Research Interests: Health Communication, Media Effects, Civic Communication
Email: nancy.chen@csuci.edu
Dr. Megan Kenny Feister
Assistant Professor
& Advisor
Ph.D., Purdue University
Research Interests: Innovation and Collaboration, Team Work and Communicative Processes, Ethics, Expertise, Community Engagement
Email:
megan.kennyfeister@csuci.edu
Dr. Katherine Elder
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Research Interests: Health Communication, Health Promotion, Translational Research, Implementation Science, Health Literacy, Behavioral Health
Email:
katherine.elder@csuci.edu
Dr. José Castro - Sotomayor
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Research Interests: Environmental and Intercultural Communication, Environmental Peacebuilding, Ecocultural Pedagogy, Environmental Governance, Translation, Communication Theories, and Global South Epistemologies
Email:
jcs@csuci.edu
Dr. Hyunsook Youn
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Research Interests: communication networks; organizational communication; nonprofit and community engagement