Our Faculty
This collaborative program includes faculty from K-State's department of communications and agricultural education, Staley School of Leadership, A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication and Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy.
Department of communications and agricultural education
Assistant professor, agricultural communications and journalism Education: Ph.D. University of Florida Research areas: Science communication, new media, public engagement, information processing |
Professor, agricultural communications and journalism Education: Ph.D. Iowa State University Research areas: |
Assistant Professor, agricultural communications and journalism Education: Ph.D. Agricultural Communications and Education, Texas Tech University Research areas: Persuasive communication to create behavioral changes |
Assistant professor, agricultural communications and journalism Education: Ph.D. Kansas State University Research areas: Natural resource communication; landowner decision-making; sustainable food production |
Associate professor, agricultural education Education: Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia Research areas: Adoption of innovations; program evaluation; STEM integration in agriculture |
A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication
Associate professor, associate director of graduate studies Education: Ph.D. Louisiana State University Research areas: Political communication; international communication; media effects and credibility |
Assistant professor Education: Ph.D. Purdue University Research areas: New media; organizing and organizational communication; gender |
Ross Beach chair in emerging media research, associate professor Education: Ph.D. Mass Communication, Indiana University Research areas: Media technology; social media and big data analytics; mis/disinformation in political and health communication |
Associate professor Education: M. Ed. Eastern Washington University, Ed. D. Idaho State University Research areas: Media literacy, media accessibility, and documentary storytelling with an emphasis on food accessibility |
Associate professor Education: Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin Research areas: Political rhetoric and language; scientific and environmental decision-making; public participation |
Associate professor Education: Ph.D. Ohio State University Research areas: Digital media law; emerging technologies; international communication |
Professor Education: Ph.D. University of Iowa Research areas: Community-based participatory research; health communication; communication for social and behavior change |
Associate professor Education: Ph.D. University of South Carolina Research areas: Media and civic engagement; international communication; political communication |
Assistant professor Education: Ph.D. Kansas State University Research areas: Strategic communications; corporate and internal communication; employee engagement; organizational culture; career socialization/psychology |
Assistant professor, director of graduate studies Education: Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Research areas: Digital rhetoric; critical theory and power; communication, media and technology |
College of Education
Associate professor, Adult Learning and Leadership; Coordinator, Social Justice Education Graduate Certificate Education: Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research areas: Adult learning, international adult education (emphasis on Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe), continuing professional education, military learning |
Staley School of Leadership
Assistant professor Education: Ph.D. Kansas State University Research areas: Community engagement and community-based global learning; qualitative and engaged research; leadership learning and development |
Associate dean, assistant professor Education: Ed.D. Kansas State University Research areas: Student leadership education; leadership development; global leadership education and development |
Assistant professor Education: Ph.D. McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia Research areas: Institutionalization of community engagement; Motivations for and impacts of community-engaged learning; Academic publishing in higher education community engagement; Boundary spanners and community engagement professionals |
Professor Education: Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Research areas: Leadership learning and development; leadership educator professional development; qualitative and engaged methods |
Research assistant professor Education: Ph.D. Kansas State University Research areas: Leadership research and impact assessment, mixed-methods, public leadership |
Professor Education: Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin Research areas: Public deliberation; civic leadership; argumentation |
Dean, associate professor Education: Ed.D. Kansas State University Research areas: Civic leadership; women in leadership; social movements |
Associate professor, director of leadership communication doctoral program Education: Ph.D. Kansas State University Research areas: Leadership; leadership coaching; community engagement |