Mass Communication Faculty & Staff
Meet the Faculty
![Photo of Ryan Broussard](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/broussard-headshot.jpg)
Ryan Broussard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: rxb055@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-2598
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322J
![Photo of Cheryl Eschenfelder](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/cheryl-eschenfelder.png)
Cheryl Eschenfelder, MA
Lecturer
Email: jrn_cje@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1341
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 212
![Photo of Marcus Funk](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/marcus-funk.png)
Marcus Funk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: mjf023@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3553
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322D
![Photo of Debbi Hatton](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/debbi-hatton.png)
Debbi Hatton, MA
Instructor, Houstonian Advisor
Email: hatton@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1498
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322A
![Photo of Elisa Herrmann](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/elisa-herrmann.png)
Elisa Herrmann, EdD, MFA
Associate Professor
Email: exh041@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1352
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 314
![Photo of Nam Young Kim](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/nam-young-kim.jpeg)
Nam Young Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Associate Chair
Email: nyk001@shsu.edu
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322E
![Photo of LeeAn Muns](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/leean-muns.png)
LeeAn Muns, MFA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: klm022@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1342
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 118
![Photo of Bruce O'Neal](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/bruce-oneal.jpeg)
Bruce O'Neal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Practice
Email: boneal@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3174
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 329
![Photo of Jonathan Read](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/jonathan-read.jpg)
Jonathan Read, MFA
Lecturer
Email: jmr138@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-2695
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 101
![Photo of Kiwon Seo](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/kiwon-seo.jpg)
Kiwon Seo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: kws014@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-4036
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 201C
![Photo of Christopher Toula](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/christopher-toula.jpg)
Christopher Toula, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: ctoula@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-4731
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 324
![Photo of Chris White](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/chris-white.png)
Chris White, Ph.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor
Email: rtf_cfw@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1343
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 102
![Photo of Grant Wiedenfeld](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/grant-wiedenfeld-2020.jpg)
Grant Wiedenfeld, Ph.D., MFA
Associate Professor
Email: grant.wiedenfeld@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1501
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 325
![Krystal Bolden photo](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/krystal-bolden.png)
Krystal Bolden, MFA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: krb112@shsu.edu
Phone: 936.294.4718
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 201A
![Ron Marasco](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/images/faculty/Ron-Marasco.jpeg)
Ron Marasco, M.S.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: rcm049@shsu.edu
Phone: 936.294.1347
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 317
![Janine Kelly-Hardy](/academics/mass-communication/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-photos/JudyClemens-Smucker.jpg)
Judith Clemens-Smucker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: fxx006@shsu.edu
Phone: 936.294.1343
Office:
![Photo of Dixuan Cui](/dA/216aeb7697/fileAsset/DixuanCui.jpg)
Dixuan Cui, PhD
Assistant Professor - Virtual Reality
Email: dxc164@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3143
Office: DRCB 317
![Photo of Shengjie Yao](/dA/293ca42459/fileAsset/shengjieyao.jpg)
Shengjie Yao, PhD
Assistant Professor - Emerging Media
Email: sxy027@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3037
Office: DRCB 317
Meet the Staff
![Staci Brown](/dA/e03d538600/fileAsset/StacieBrown.jpg)
Staci Brown
Assistant to the Chair
Email: stacibrown@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-4029
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 212D
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Stephanie O'Bannon
Administrative Associate
Email: sao0036@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1346
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 212A