Graduate Faculty

Meet our COMM Studies Graduate Faculty!

Graduate faculty members hold PhDs and have specialized training in communication. They teach courses in our MA program, mentor graduate students, and serve on thesis and project committees.

If you are looking for the full faculty/staff directory complete with office hour information, please navigate to the Faculty/Staff Directory page.  

  COMM Graduate Faculty Contact
Dr. Artiga-Purcell

Alejandro Artiga-Purcell

Assistant Professor

Environmental Communication Studies

alejandro.artiga-purcell@sjsu.edu

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Kristen Cole

Associate Professor & Undergraduate Studies Program Director

Critical Health Communication, Rhetoric, Cultural Studies

kristen.cole@sjsu.edu

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Felipe Gómez

Associate Professor

Organizational Communication

felipe.gomez@sjsu.edu

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Rona Halualani

Professor

Critical Intercultural Communication

rona.halualani@sjsu.edu

 

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Tabitha Hart

Professor & TA Program Director

Ethnography of Communication, High Impact Educational Practices

tabitha.hart@sjsu.edu

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Oona Hatton

Associate Professor 

Performance Studies

oona.hatton@sjsu.edu

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Marie Haverfield

Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director

Health, Interpersonal, and Family Communication

marie.haverfield@sjsu.edu

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Priya Raman

Associate Professor

Media & Communication
(on loan to the University)

priya.raman@sjsu.edu

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Matthew Spangler

Professor

Performance Studies
(on loan to the Department of Film and Theatre)

matthew.spangler@sjsu.edu

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Andrew Wood

Professor
Department Chair

Rhetoric, Urban Studies, Tourism
(not currently teaching)

andrew.wood@sjsu.edu