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List of Professors
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Years at Michigan | Position | |
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Aaron Smith |
1967 - 1986 | Professor of Education, Speech |
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Alfred W. Storey |
1953 - 1989 |
Associate Professor of Speech Director of the University Extension Service |
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Andre L. Brock |
2013 - 2018 | Assistant Professor of Communication Studies |
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Andrea L. Press |
1988 - 1995 | Associate Professor of Communications & Women's Studies |
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Catherine R. Squires |
1999 - 2007 |
Assistant Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies Assistant Professor of Communication Studies |
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Charles R. Eisendrath |
1976 - 2017 | Associate Professor of Communications Studies |
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Clyde William Colburn |
1965 - 1998 | Associate Professor of Communication Studies |
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Dean Craven Baker |
1947 - 1984 | Professor of of Journalism, Communications |
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Donald J. Sharf |
1964 - 1987 | Professor of Education and Speech Science, Communication |
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Edgar E. Willis |
1952 - 1984 | Professor of Communication |
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Elizabeth Joanne Leebron |
1978 - 1980 | Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and Theatre |
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Frank E. Beaver |
1969 - 2004 |
Profesor of Film and Video Studies and Communications Chair Department of Communications |
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Gerald (Paddy) Scannell |
2006 - 2016 | Professor of Communication Studies |
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Harvey K. Jacobson |
1947 - 1984 | Associate Professor of Communications, Journalism |
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Hayg Hagop Oshagan |
1989 - 1997 | Assistant Professor of Communications |
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Henry R. Austin |
1954 - 1980 | Professor of Communication |
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Howard H. Martin |
1964 - 1988 | Professor of Communication |
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James Homer Buckley |
1983 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Communication Studies |
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Jimmie L. Reeves |
1987 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Communications |
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Joey Blaine Reagan |
1980 - 1984 | Assistant Professor of Communications |
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John D. Stevens |
1967 - 1998 | Professor of Communication Studies |
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Joseph Patrick Folger |
1979 - 1985 | Assistant Professor of Communication |
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L. Rowell Huesmann |
1992 - 2020 |
Professor of Communications Studies & Psychology Research Professor of Group Dynamics, ISR |
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Marion Tuttle Marzolf |
1967 - 1995 | Professor of Communication |
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Mary A. Watson |
1983 - 1990 | Assistant Professor of Communication |
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Michael W. Traugott |
1965 - 2014 |
Professor of Communication Studies Professor of Political Science |
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N. Frank Ukadike |
1990 | Assistant Professor of Communications, Afro-American Studies |
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Peter Clarke |
1972 - 1981 |
Professor of Communications, Journalism Chair of Department of Communication Science, Journalism |
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Peter J. Benson |
1975 - 1981 | Assistant Professor of Communications, Computer and Communication Sciences, Linguistics |
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Reighan Gillam |
2013 - 2017 |
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Assistant Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies |
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Richard A. Campbell |
1987 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Communication Studies |
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Richard L. Allen |
1980 - 2004 | Professor of Communication Studies |
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Robin R. Means Coleman |
2005 - 2018 |
Professor of Communication Studies Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies |
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Sean H. Jacobs |
2005 - 2009 |
Assistant Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies Assistant Professor of Communication Studies |
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Stephen B. Withey |
1953 - 1987 |
Professor of Psychology & Communication Research Scientist - IST |
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Tanya M. Gallagher |
1972 - 1987 | Associate Professor of Education and Speech Pathology |
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Travis L. Dixon |
1998 - 2003 | Assistant Professor of Communication Studies |
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Vaclav Rajlich |
1982 - 1985 | Associate Professor of Computer and Communications Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering |
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W. Russell Neuman |
2001 - 2014 | Professor of Media Technology |
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William E. Porter |
1962 - 1989 |
Professor of Communication and Journalism Chair Department of Journalism & Communications |
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Zhaoxu Yan |
2003 - 2008 | Assistant Professor of Communications |