Faculty

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Professor

Kristine Bartanen

acadvp@pugetsound.edu
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Professor, Communication Studies / Academic Vice President and Dean of the University

  • BA, Pacific University, 1974
  • MA, PhD, University of Iowa, 1975, 1978

Derek Buescher

dbuescher@pugetsound.edu
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Professor and Chair, Communication Studies

  • BA, Whitman College, 1992
  • MA, University of California-Davis, 1995
  • PhD, University of Utah, 2003

Dexter Gordon

dgordon@pugetsound.edu
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Professor, African American Studies and Communication Studies / Director, African American Studies Program

  • BA, Jamaica Theological Seminary, 1984
  • MA, Wheaton College, 1991
  • PhD, Indiana University, 1998

James Jasinski

jjasinski@pugetsound.edu
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Professor, Communication Studies

  • BA, MA, Northern Illinois University, 1978, 1980
  • PhD, Northwestern University, 1986

A. Susan Owen

sowen@pugetsound.edu
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Professor, Communication Studies

  • BA, MA, University of Alabama, 1976, 1978
  • PhD, University of Iowa, 1989

Associate Professor

Renee Houston

rhouston@pugetsound.edu
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Associate Professor, Communication Studies
(On Leave 2012-2013)

  • BA, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1991
  • MA, PhD, Florida State University, 1993, 1996

Assistant Professor

Bianca Wolf

bwolf@pugetsound.edu
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Assistant Professor, Communication Studies

  • BA, Arizona State University-Tempe, 1998
  • MA, Arizona State University-Glendale, 2004
  • MPH, PhD, University of Iowa, 2009, 2009

Visiting Assistant Professor

Tricia Burke

tburke@pugetsound.edu
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Communication Studies

  • BA, MA, PhD, University of Arizona, 2005, 2007, 2012

Kristin Pace

kpace@pugetsound.edu
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Communication Studies

  • BA, University of the Pacific, 2007
  • MS, Illinois State University, 2009
  • PhD, Michigan State University, 2012 (expected)