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Vladimir Bratic, assistant professor of communication studies
B.A., Palacky University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio University
Phone: (540) 362-6438
E-mail: vbratic@hollins.edu
Blog: http://vladob.wordpress.com/
Professor Bratic came to Hollins in the fall of 2006. Prior to coming to the United States, Dr. Bratic lived in the Czech Republic where he graduated from the Faculty of Pedagogy and Philosophy at the Palacky University. He is originally from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina where he conducted most of his research on the role of the media in conflict and peace. He has published articles and teaches about how media can help promote peaceful transformation of violent conflict across the world. Dr. Bratic discussed his research on NPR’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” (listen to: "Speaking of Peace”) as well as on the Canadian radio program, listen to "PeaceTalks”).
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Lori Joseph, associate professor of communication studies
B.A., Montana State University-Billings; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas
Phone: (540) 362-6375
E-mail: ljoseph@hollins.edu
Professor Joseph’s teaching and research interests center around communication and work, health and gender. She teaches a variety of courses including Organizational Communication, Public Relations, Health Communication and Gender Communication. Her current research interests include collecting and analyzing the narratives of women in male-dominated occupations, work and emotion, and health education campaigns. She recently finished filming One Helleva Hand, a short documentary on female ranchers in Montana.
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Christopher J. Richter, (homepage) associate professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University-Columbus
Phone: 540-362-6358
E-mail: crichter@hollins.edu
Professor Richter has been at Hollins since 1995. He is currently interested in the ways different communication processes affect democratic political processes, the history of communication technologies, the cultural meanings of travel and tourism, and an array of other issues. A few of the popular courses he has taught recently include Electronic Media and Children, Alternative Media, and the January term travel study course Worth Seeing: Travelogues and Translations of Greece, which he co-taught with his wife, Professor of Classics Christina Salowey (http://greecetrip.wordpress.com/).
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Jill M. Weber, assistant professor of communication studies
A.A., McHenry County College; B.A., Ripon College; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Phone: (540) 362-7440
E-mail: jweber1@hollins.edu
Professor Weber joined the Communication Studies Department in 2008. As a student of rhetoric, politics, and social change, her teaching and research interests focus on American public address, social movement rhetoric, and issues related to gender, civil rights, and social and economic justice. She teaches a diverse group of courses including Rhetorical Theory, Introduction to Communication Studies, Public Speaking, and Interpersonal Communication. Her research, which explores the rhetoric of "family values" in U.S. politics explores how issues of race, class, and gender are implicated in political discourse about "the family" and family-related public policies.
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Jody Jaffe, lecturer (part time)
B.S., Cornell University
Professional Journalist
Former reporter, the Charlotte Observer
John Muncie, lecturer (part time)
B.A., University of California-Riverside
Professional Journalist
Former arts and entertainment editor, Baltimore Sun
Jay Warren, lecturer (part time)
B.S., Texas Christian University; M.A. Texas Tech University
Professional broadcast journalist
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"I came to Hollins University knowing I wanted to major in communication studies, but I didn’t know the impact the professors and staff would have on my college experience as well as my life after Hollins. While at student at Hollins, I learned everything from how to write a thesis, public speaking skills, and the importance of understanding communication in an organization. Although I learned much more from my professors, these skills help me every day in my current role at the NCAA. My knowledge of communication within an organization helps me work effectively in a 450-person office, and my thesis has become a helpful discussion topic during networking. I am very thankful for all that Hollins taught me about communication studies and about life."
Katie Lowe '07
Intern, Division I Men's and Women's Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association
"Majoring in communication studies was one of the best decisions I made at Hollins. Communication studies gave me confidence in myself, which was very helpful during interviews for Short Term and after graduation. During my interview with The Met, I felt that all of the communication skills I learned at Hollins were being used. Those skills were even more important than any art background I had."
Nadia Hartman '05
Administrative Assistant, American Decorative Arts Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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