Dr. Christopher Gearhart
Department Head, Associate Professor
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394E
254-968-9023
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Dr. Robert Anderson
Associate Professor
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394C
254-968-9853
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Dr. Liza Benedict
Associate Professor
O.A. Grant Building
254-968-1796
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Mr. Winston Dawson
Instructor
Director, Texan Debate
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394S
254-968-9380
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Dr. Jennifer Edwards
Professor
Director, Rural Communication Institute
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394U
254-968-9638
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Ms. Prairie Endres-Parnell
Instructor
O. A. Grant Building, Room 394B
254-968-0514
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Dr. Karley Goen
Associate Professor
Director, Legendary Weddings & Special Events
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394J
254-968-1964
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Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason
Professor
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394L
254-459-5496
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Dr. Tracey Holley
Assistant Professor
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394G
254-968-9133
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Dr. Cristi Horton
Associate Professor
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394H
254-968-1833
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Dr. Charles Howard
Associate Professor
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394A
254-968-9640
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Mr. Austin Lewter
Instructor, Journalism & Broadcasting
Director, Texas Center for Community Journalism
Advisor, Texan News Service
O.A. Grant Building, Room 396
254-968-0528
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Dr. Sarah Maben
Associate Professor
Editor, Journal of Social Media in Society
Fort Worth Building 1, Office 335
8174844396
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Dr. Paul Stafford
Associate Professor
Director, Graduate Program & Speaking Center
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394F
254-968-9033
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Dr. Cessna Winslow
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Public Relations & Social Engagement
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394E
254-968-9751
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Mr. Kirk Wise
Instructor, Sports Communication
O.A. Grant Building, Room 394T
254-968-0767
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Faculty News and Research
Prairie Endres-Parnell is completing a two-year presidency of the International Society for Educational Biography.
Prairie Endres-Parnell is completing a two-year presidency of the International Society for Educational Biography.
Dr. Jennifer Edwards will present her research on rural communication at the National Communication Association later this fall.
Instructor Prairie Endres-Parnell will present her teaching innovations at the annual National Communication Association convention.
Dr. Karley Goen and Dr. Del Richey will present their research with TCU co-authors at the National Communication Association this fall.
Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards has been appointed to the Transformative Educational Models and Pedagogy expert panel that will seek to identify and promote concrete strategies to strengthen education for public health. The expert panel will inform Framing the Future: Education for Public Health 2030, an initiative of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH).
Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, Dr. Christy Tabors, and Dr. Sarah Maben will present "Ascending women: Challenging the one-way career path in higher education" at the ISEB/SOPHE conference in St. Louis, September 30 – October 2.
With a grant from the Arthur W. Page Center, Dr. Chris Gearhart and Dr. Sarah Maben conducted research on what stakeholders really expect from organizational social media accounts.
Congrats to Dr. Jennifer Edwards, Professor, Communication Studies, who just published a chapter titled, "Economic feedback loops: Crisis communication methods and exhibited by the travel and tourism industry during the Covid-19 pandemic," in a new book about pandemic communication.
Dr. Del Richey and Dr. Karley Goen, along with co-author Dr. Chris Sawyer, will present at the National Communication Association this fall in Seattle. Their research project is titled, "Distress Tolerance among Novice Speakers during Public Speaking Practice Sessions."
Dr. Cristi Horton and Dr. Sarah Maben have been selected for the Tarleton Summer Research Cohort. As part of the process, they will seek national-level grants to support their research and student participation in the research process.
Dr. Rosalinda Ortiz was awarded the 2020-21 Dissertation of the Year honor by Ball State University for her research on the Latino student’s transition from dual credit programs to the first year at a 4-year university. At Tarleton, Dr. Ortiz teaches COMM 1315-Public Speaking courses.
Prairie Endres-Parnell and Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason have new research published in the Journal of Texas Women School Executives. Check out their research on imposter syndrome in Vol. 6.
Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, Communication Studies Professor and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at Tarleton State University, has been named the Texas Women in Higher Education’s Institutional Representative of the Year for 2021.
Dr. Cessna Winslow’s applied public relations and event planning course practiced their event management skills on Cross Timbers Family Services’ Better Beginnings Brunch event that raises awareness and funds to support its mission to provide hope, help and healing to victims of violent crime in Erath and surrounding counties. Dr. Winslow, assistant professor, was also the featured speaker for the event.
Dr. Delwin Richey and Dr. Karley Goen have published research on student reactions to evaluation in speech courses. Check out their research in Basic Communication Course Annual.
Dr. Cessna Winslow received the COLFA Faculty Excellence in Student Success Award and Dr. Sarah Maben received the COLFA Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award.
