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Jiaying Liu

Jiaying Liu (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is an Associate Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara and an affiliate faculty in the Department of Communication Studies at UGA. Her research focuses on health communication. Her current projects include utilizing eye-tracking and neuroimaging methods to examine the underlying mechanisms of successful and counterproductive health communication.  She directs the Communication…


Hillary Palmer

Dr. Hillary Palmer is a Senior Lecturer in Rhetorical Studies. She completed her Ph.D. here at the University of Georgia, her M.A. in Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder, and her B.A. in Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Palmer's teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of rhetorical theory and criticism and environmental communication.


Belinda A. Stillion Southard

Belinda joined the department in fall 2011 to teach and research in the general areas of feminist rhetorical criticism and public address. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication and a Women's Studies Certificate from the University of Maryland. Her research and teaching interests are grounded in the public address tradition and are guided by questions regarding gender, transnationalism, and social movements. These interests are reflected in her most…


Bjørn Stillion Southard

Dr. Bjørn Stillion Southard is an Associate Professor and Director of Debate in Communication Studies. He holds a PhD and MA from the University of Maryland. Bjørn is interested in early U.S. Public Address, particularly in discourses concerning race and law. His first book, Peculiar Rhetoric: Slavery, Freedom, and the African Colonization Movement (University Press of Mississippi, 2019), explored the tenuous middle ground constructed and…


Roger Stahl

Roger Stahl (PhD, Penn State University) is Professor of Communication Studies and director of the Luminous Room Documentary Production Program at UGA.  His research broadly engages the areas of rhetoric, media, and culture, but his primary focus has been understanding propaganda as it relates to state violence, conflict, and security.  He is author of two books: Through the Crosshairs: War, Visual Culture, and the Weaponized Gaze…


Kristi Schaller

Dr. Schaller joined the department in 2005. She teaches interpersonal communication, Honors interpersonal communication, business and professional communication, and small group communication.  Her small group students, working in teams, have raised thousands of dollars and performed hundreds of hours of service for local charitable organizations.  She earned her M.S. degree at Illinois State University and her Ph.D. in…


Donald Rubin

Donald Rubin (PhD 1978, University of Minnesota) is emeritus professor in the Departments of Speech Communication and Language and Literacy Education and in the Program in Linguistics. He served as Head of the Speech Communication Department (1994-2000) and Faculty Fellow at the University System of Georgia (2000-2001). Rubin edited the National Communication Association journal Communication Education (2003-2006).  He has…


Edward Panetta

Edward Panetta does research in the area of argumentation studies. He publishes theory pieces that are intended to influence the practice of intercollegiate debate in the United States. A second element of his research is the assessment of public argument in political campaigns and in environmental controversies. He has served as the Instructor of Record for a number of  graduate and undergraduate classes in the Rhetorical Studies area…


Jaclyn Nolan


Jason D Myres

In 2016, Jason earned his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia with an emphasis in rhetoric and currently teaches undergraduate courses including: Introduction to Public Speaking, Honors Public Speaking, Advanced Public Communication, Argumentation, and Rhetorical Criticism. Jason's scholarship explores the articulation of knowledge and belief in contemporary democratic culture.  Specifically, he is interested in theories of public…
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