Contact Information
Office:
Haag Hall, Room 202
5120 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Email: com-j@umkc.edu
Phone: (816) 235-1337
Department Chair
Ye Wang
Department Description
The Department of Communication and Journalism produces students who think creatively and critically and who have developed oral, written, and visual communication skills essential to professional and personal collaboration, digital media and analysis, cultural awareness, and community engagement. The Department of Communication and Journalism offers a variety of program areas, including professional communication, interpersonal communication, public communication, digital, multimedia, broadcast, and print journalism, strategic communication, advertising, public relations, media theory and history, as well as multimedia, digital media, audio, and media/video production.
Jess Gantt-Shafer
Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism; M.A. (Colorado State University), B.A., Ph.D. (Texas A&M University).
Joshua Jackson
Assistant Teaching Professor of Communication and Journalism; B.A. (Belhaven University); M.S. (Jackson State University).
Sarah L. Jones
Assistant Teaching Professor of Communication and Journalism; B.A. (Hastings College); M.A. (Minnesota State University); Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln).
Steven Kraske
Teaching Professor of Communication and Journalism; B.A. (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Linda Kurz
Associate Teaching Professor of Communication and Journalism; BA (University of Texas-Austin); M.A. (Baylor University), Ph.D. (Baylor University).
Judith McCormick
Associate Teaching Professor of Communication and Journalism; B.A., M.A. (Texas Tech University), Ph.D. (Kansas State University).
Steven P. Melling
Teaching Professor of Communication and Journalism; B.S. (Northwest Missouri State University); M.A., Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
Peter Morello
Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism; B.A. (University of Wisconsin-Madison); M.S. (Columbia University). Ed.D. (Baker University)
Michael W. Schaefer
Lecturer of Communication and Journalism; B.A., M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Ye Wang2,3
Professor of Communication and Journalism; B.A. (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); M.A. Linguistics (Beijing Foreign Studies University); M.A., Ph.D. Journalism (The Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia).
Emeriti
Joan E. Aitken
Professor Emerita of Communication and Journalism; B.A. (Michigan State University); M.A., Ed.D. (University of Arkansas).
Gregory D. Black
Professor Emeritus of Communication and Journalism; B.S. (Bowling Green State University); M.A. (California State); Ph.D . (University of Kansas).
Gregory Gutenko
Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication and Journalism; B.A., M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Columbia).
Gaylord V. Marr
Retired Professor Emeritus of Communication and Journalism; B.A., M.A. (University of Nebraska).
Michael Neer
Retired, Professor Emeritus of Communication and Journalism; B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Columbia).
Robert B. Unger
Retired, Professor Emeritus of Communication and Journalism; B.A. (University of Missouri-Columbia); M.P.A. (Harvard University).
