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
	Kristen Cole Associate Professor & Undergraduate Studies Program Director Critical Health Communication, Rhetoric, Cultural Studies	kristen.cole@sjsu.edu
	Felipe Gómez Associate Professor Organizational Communication	felipe.gomez@sjsu.edu
	Rona Halualani Professor Critical Intercultural Communication	rona.halualani@sjsu.edu
	Tabitha Hart Professor & TA Program Director Ethnography of Communication, High Impact Educational Practices	tabitha.hart@sjsu.edu
	Oona Hatton Associate Professor  Performance Studies	oona.hatton@sjsu.edu
	Marie Haverfield Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director Health, Interpersonal, and Family Communication	marie.haverfield@sjsu.edu
	Kathleen McConnell Professor Associate Chair Rhetorical Studies, Critical Communication Education	kathleen.mcconnell@sjsu.edu
	Alejandro Artiga-Purcell Assistant Professor Environmental Communication Studies	alejandro.artiga-purcell@sjsu.edu
	Priya Raman Associate Professor Media & Communication (on loan to the University FA 2023)	priya.raman@sjsu.edu
	Matthew Spangler Professor Performance Studies (on loan to the Department of Film and Theatre FA 2022)	matthew.spangler@sjsu.edu
	Andrew Wood Professor Department Chair Rhetoric, Urban Studies, Tourism (not teaching FA 2022)	andrew.wood@sjsu.edu