Mass Communication Faculty & Staff
Meet the Faculty

Nam Young Kim, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair
Email: nyk001@shsu.edu
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322E

Debbi Hatton, MA
Instructor, Houstonian Advisor, Assistant Chair
Email: hatton@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1498
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322A

Ryan Broussard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: rxb055@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-2598
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322J

Cheryl Eschenfelder, MA
Lecturer
Email: jrn_cje@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1341
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 212

Marcus Funk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: mjf023@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3553
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 322D

Elisa Herrmann, EdD, MFA
Associate Professor
Email: exh041@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1352
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 314

LeeAn Muns, MFA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: klm022@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1342
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 118

Bruce O'Neal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Practice
Email: boneal@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3174
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 329

Jonathan Read, MFA
Lecturer
Email: jmr138@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-2695
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 101

Kiwon Seo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: kws014@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-4036
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 201C

Christopher Toula, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: ctoula@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-4731
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 324

Dallin Adams
Assistant Professor

Grant Wiedenfeld, Ph.D., MFA
Associate Professor
Email: grant.wiedenfeld@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1501
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 325

Krystal Bolden, MFA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: krb112@shsu.edu
Phone: 936.294.4718
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 201A

Judith Clemens-Smucker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: fxx006@shsu.edu
Phone: 936.294.1343
Office:

Dixuan Cui, PhD
Assistant Professor - Virtual Reality
Email: dxc164@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3143
Office: DRCB 317

Shengjie Yao, PhD
Assistant Professor - Emerging Media
Email: sxy027@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-3037
Office: DRCB 317
Meet the Staff

Staci Brown
Assistant to the Chair
Email: stacibrown@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-4029
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 212D

Stephanie O'Bannon
Administrative Associate
Email: sao0036@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1346
Office: Dan Rather Communications
Rm 212A