Communication Faculty
Dr. Christina M. Smith
Associate Professor
& ChairPh.D., Arizona State University
Email: christina.smith@csuci.edu
Research Interests: Visual Rhetoric, Public Memory and Media StudiesDr. Tracylee Clarke
Professor
Ph.D., University of Utah
Email: tracylee.clarke@csuci.edu
Research Interests: Environmental Conflict Resolution, Mediation, Culture, Identity, and NarrativeDr. J. Jacob Jenkins
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of South Florida
Email: joseph.jenkins@csuci.edu
Research Interests: Community Building and Engagement, Organizational Leadership, Positive Organizational ChangeDr. Nien-Tsu Nancy Chen
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Email: nancy.chen@csuci.edu
Research Interests: Health Communication, Media Effects, Civic CommunicationDr. Megan Kenny Feister
Assistant Professor
& AdvisorPh.D., Purdue University
Research Interests: Innovation and Collaboration, Team Work and Communicative Processes, Ethics, Expertise, Community EngagementDr. Katherine Elder
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Research Interests: Health Communication, Health Promotion, Translational Research, Implementation Science, Health Literacy, Behavioral HealthDr. 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 EpistemologiesEmail:
jcs@csuci.eduDr. Hyunsook Youn
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Research Interests: communication networks; organizational communication; nonprofit and community engagement
Lecturers
Dr. Oliver Boyd-Barrett
BTW 1102
oliver.boyd-barrett@csuci.edu
Vivian Henchy
BEL 1391
805.437.3688
vivian.henchy@csuci.edu
Dr. John Yudelson
NOR 1519
805.437.3983
john.yudelson@csuci.edu
Dr. Elenie Opffer
BT 1102
805.437.1654
elenie.opffer@csuci.edu