Faculty & Staff

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Jim Haney

jhaney@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3409
Office: CAC 225

Courses:
  • Introduction to Public Relations
  • Case Studies in Public Relations
  • Writing for Public Relations
  • Public Relations Campaigns
  • Graduate Seminar - Case Studies in Public Relations
About:

Jim Haney teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public relations at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. He served for nearly ten years as the Director of Research and Information for the Wisconsin Department of Justice. In that post, he managed all communication activities for the 600-person agency, supervised all media contacts and served as the press secretary/chief spokesman for former Attorney General (now Governor) Jim Doyle...

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C.Y. Allen

callen@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3030
Office: CAC 234

Courses:
  • Introduction to Organizational Communication
  • Technology and Leadership
  • Organizational Communication Laboratory: Leadership Training and Development Team Building Performance Appraisal Processes
  • Organizational Communication Topics: Motivation
  • Communication and Social Change
  • Interpersonal Communication in the Organization
  • Seminar: Consulting
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Internship Director

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William Davidson

wdavidso@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.2237
Office: CAC 208

Courses:
  • Fundamentals of Oral Communication
  • Reasoning and Criticism
  • Global Communication and Information Age
  • Using the Internet for Creative Education and Social Change
  • Team Building
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Positive Change
  • Oral Interpretation
  • The Internet and Web Literacy
  • Perspectives on Communication
  • The Image: Communication and the mind
About

Bill helped "pioneer" in the creation of the first college level communication program in Wisconsin and he oversaw and chaired the development of the M. A. program at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. He is currently the Director of Communication 101 - the university wide required course in public speaking and presentational skills. He is the author of...

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William Deering

bdeering@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.2189
Office: CAC 303

Courses:
  • Video Production I
  • Writing for Visual Media
  • Video Production II
  • Survey of Documentary Film and Video
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Teaching interests are in media/video production; scriptwriting; corporate video; documentary; and television criticism.

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Richard M. Dubiel

rdubiel@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.2007
Office: CAC 303

Courses:
  • Fundamentals of Oral Communication
  • Public Relations Case Studies
  • Writing for Public Relations
  • Communication and Promotional Strategies
  • Advanced Public Speaking
  • Public Relations Campaigns
  • Seminar: Communication and Ethics
About:

Professor Dubiel's career has been varied, including working as a public relations practitioner with environmental organizations, advertising copywriter, and fund raiser. He served as the director of development and coordinator for public relations in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1982-1985...

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Steve Hill

shill@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3887
Office: CAC 329

Courses:
  • Basic Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting
  • Intermediate Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting II
  • Journalism Writing Laboratory
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John Little

jlittle@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.4123
Office: CAC 311

Courses:
  • Media Production I
  • Media Production II
  • Media Production Workshop
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John has degrees in physics and filmmaking. He enjoys exploring the relationship between art, science and media, particularly where technology...

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Richard Ilkka

rilkka@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3702
Office: CAC 320

Courses:
  • Communication and Civilization
  • Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication in the Organization
  • Interviewing
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Leslie Midkiff-DeBauche

ldebauch@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3379
Office: CAC 205

Courses:
  • Introduction to Film
  • Film History Beginning to 1940
  • Film History 1940 to the Present
  • Soviet Film and Culture (NW)
  • Topics in Film (Film and History of the 1930s, Women and War in History and on Film, Eastern European Film and Culture)
  • Art of Criticism
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Jim Moe

jmoe@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3409
Office: CAC 225

Courses:
  • Fundamentals of Oral Communication
  • Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
  • Dialogical Communication and Relationships
  • Interpersonal Communication on the Internet
  • Listening
  • Interviewing
  • Business and Professional Speaking
  • Ethics Seminar
  • Sales
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Chris Sadler

csadler@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3409
Office: CAC 225

Courses:
  • Introduction to Organizational Communication
  • Organizational Theory
  • Organizational Communication Assessment
  • Organizational Communication Topics: Case Studies and Current Issues in Organizational Communication
  • Small Group Communication Laboratory: Small Group Decision Making
  • Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
  • Seminar in Organizational Communication
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Mark Tolstedt

mtolstedt@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3920
Office: CAC 228

Courses:
  • Evolution of Mass Media
  • Audio Production 1
  • Media Law
  • Audio Production 2
  • Technologies of Mass Communication
  • International Communication
  • Political Economy of Media
  • Cultural Studies and the Media
About:

Mark Tolstedt is a professor in media studies in the Division of Communication at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. He received his doctorate from...

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Karlene Ferrante

kferrant@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3712
Office: CAC 325

Courses:
  • Fundamentals of Oral Communication
  • Contemporary Communication Theories
  • The Art of Criticism
  • Multigenerational Communication
  • Communication and Gender
  • Introduction to Communication Graduate Studies
  • Introduction to Women's Studies
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Rhonda Sprague

rsprague@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.3918
Office: CAC 209

Courses:
  • Introduction to Communication Study
  • Contemporary Communication Theories
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Conflict Management
  • Graduate Research Methods
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  • Undergraduate Advising Coordinator
  • Division of Communication; Chair
  • Graduate Council; Chair
  • Faculty Advising Commission of the National Academic Advising Association
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Christy Brazee

cbrazee@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.295.8921
Office: CAC 323

Courses:
  • Introduction to Organizational Communication
  • Management Communication
  • Training & Development
  • Small Group Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication in the Organization
  • Applied Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
  • Seminar in Organizational Communication
About:

Dr. Brazee is an assistant professor in the Division of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.  Prior to her current position, she was on faculty and played a leadership role in the applied research program in Purdue University’s Department of Aviation Technology.  Her areas of interest focus on the role of communication in accomplishing productivity and safety process objectives through investigations of workplace interactions.  Over the last nine years...

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Liz Fakazis

lfakazis@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.2238
Office: CAC 307

Courses:
  • Constructing Media Narratives
  • Basic Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting
  • Intermediate Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting II
  • Journalism Writing Laboratory
  • Topics in Journalism
  • The Art of Criticism
  • Seminar in Mass Communication
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Elizabeth Fakazis's research focuses broadly on what it means to be a journalist and on the discursive practices that are used to construct the boundaries of that professional identity. Currently, her work is...

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