{"id":214,"date":"2020-05-22T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2022-12-14T20:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T20:14:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Communication Studies Faculty<\/h2>\n

Communication Studies faculty represent diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests. Our faculty teach at all locations where ACC classes are offered. Contact information for each faculty member is available in the ACC directory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Communication Studies Faculty Communication Studies faculty represent diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests. Our faculty teach at all locations where ACC classes are offered. Contact information for each faculty member is available in the ACC directory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar-right.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"three_columns","heading":"Current Faculty","column_1":"

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Kevin Clark<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Tasha Davis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Aimee Finney<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Theresa Glenn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Marcus Hassell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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David Humphreys<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Christine Keller<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Christina Michura<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Jed Stephens<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Victoria (Vicki) VanNest<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Ardith Weiss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Joansandy Wong<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Department Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n","column_2":"

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Adria Battaglia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lyn Colangelo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Shannon DeBord<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Department Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lisa Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Rita Gomez<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Nancy Heise<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Milton (Terry) Hunt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Rise Lara<\/strong><\/a>
\nDepartment Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Angela Niedermyer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Hanson Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Kelly Stockstad<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Mary Vanwisse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","column_3":"

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Casey Chilton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Lisa Coppoletta<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Katie Delmore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Ruth Friede-Cornell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Gretchen Harries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Erik Holland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Bailey Lathem<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Julie Pe\u00f1a<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Jaysen Sneed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Jeff Stringer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Jason Vidrine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Russ Wittrup<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Department Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Voted Best Online Associate in Communications in Texas! (2020)<\/h2>\n

Service Awards<\/h2>\n

Congratulations to Theresa Glenn, Jesse Jackson, Kathy Judge, Yvette Scott, and Jason Vidrine on receiving service awards for 10 or more years of service to ACC!<\/p>\n

Accomplishments<\/h2>\n

2017 Service Awards<\/h3>\n

Communication Studies faculty members celebrating a work anniversary this year include: 5 years: Ris\u00e9 Lara, Julie Pena, Sara Shippey 10 years: Kevin Clark, Shannon DeBord, Terry Hunt 15 years: Tasha Davis, Lisa Gebhardt, David Humphreys, Kelly Stockstad, Angela Yelverton 20 years: Gretchen Harries<\/p>\n

First-Ever COMMS Week a Success<\/h3>\n

Students, faculty, and staff participated in 3 events over 3 days in October 2017. See details and photos here.<\/p>\n

Start Discussions Early, Wittrup Advises<\/h3>\n

Russ Wittrup, Professor of Communication Studies, advices faculty about successful ways to increase classroom interactions. Read his blog posting for the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning here.<\/p>\n

Communication Studies Faculty Serve as Faculty Fellows<\/h3>\n

Russ Wittrup, Professor of Communication Studies, is part of the 2017 cohort of the Faculty Fellows Program. His project incorporated problem-based learning and team-based learning for a Public Speaking class. His project proposal and the results of his project are available online. Kelly Stockstad, Professor of Communication Studies, is part of the 2018 cohort of this program. Her project is in development.<\/p>\n

How to Begin a Distance Learning Class<\/h3>\n

Tasha Davis, Professor of Communication Studies, advises distance learning faculty to use strategies to start off a distance learning class well. Read her blog posting for the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning here.<\/p>\n

2016 Service Awards<\/h3>\n

Congratulations to Theresa Glenn, Jesse Jackson, Yvette Scott, and Jason Vidrine on receiving service awards for 10 or more years of service to ACC!<\/p>\n

Comm Studies Graduates<\/h2>\n

TODO ADD SOMETHING HERE<\/p>\n

Current Research<\/h2>\n

Communicate for successBuilding Communication Skills in Children A London school has added a fourth\u201dR\u201d to the usual reading, wRiting, and aRithmatic: rhetoric \u2013 read more Thank you to Michelle Redpenning Syltie, adjunct associate professor of Communication Studies for the link!<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image_content":{"ID":315,"id":315,"title":"Untitled","filename":"Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg","filesize":359432,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?fit=2560%2C1241&ssl=1","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/about-us\/untitled\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"untitled","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":214,"date":"2020-06-15 19:19:14","modified":"2020-06-15 19:19:14","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1241,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?fit=300%2C145&ssl=1","medium-width":300,"medium-height":145,"medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?fit=768%2C372&ssl=1","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":372,"large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?fit=1024%2C496&ssl=1","large-width":1024,"large-height":496,"ht-kb-thumb":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?fit=50%2C24&ssl=1","ht-kb-thumb-width":50,"ht-kb-thumb-height":24,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?fit=1536%2C745&ssl=1","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":745,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/06\/Untitled-scaled-e1605125127514.jpg?fit=2048%2C993&ssl=1","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":993}},"image_description":"","readability":["true"]}],"sidebar":"

Contact Info<\/h2>\n

Northridge Campus<\/p>\n

11928 Stonehollow Drive (Rm 4110)<\/p>\n

Austin, TX 78758<\/p>\n

512-223-4545<\/a>
\ncommunication-studies@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","sidekick":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/commstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}