Faculty

Martin L. Hatton (Ph. D. University of Alabama) Chair, Department of Communication Website: http://www2.muw.edu/~mhatton/ Office: 100 Cromwell Office Phone: 329-7248 Academic training in Communication theory, processes and effects (interpersonal, mass & rhetoric). Research interests include media effects, social cognition, and media literacy. Presentations before Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC), National Communication Association (NCA), Southern States Communication Association, and Rhetorical Society of America (RSA).Peer-reviewer for journals such as Media Psychology. Published in Macmillan Reference’s Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (2002). Experience in radio announcing, production and programming. Courses taught: • COM 101 -- Oral Communication • COM 102 -- Introduction to Mass Communication • COM 201 -- Interpersonal Communication • COM 310 -- Digital Culture • COM 320 -- Mass Communication and Society • COM 460 -- Communication Internship • COM 465 -- Communication Senior Seminar • HO 303 -- Media Effects (Honors) • UN101 -- Introduction to College Life
Eric E. Harlan (M. A. Western Kentucky University) Office: 204 Cromwell Office Phone: 329-7261 Academic training in Communication theory and research. Twenty-four years working in professional broadcast announcing, sales, management, engineering, station ownership, and consulting. Eighteen years working in corporate and government television as producer, director, and consultant. Voice actor contributing character voices for nation-wide commercial productions. Published in Macmillan Reference’s Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (2002). Current MUW Communication Technology Coordinator. Courses taught: • COM 101 -- Oral Communication • COM 102 -- Introduction to Mass Communication • COM 103 -- Introduction to Media Technology • COM 204 -- Announcing for the Media • COM 331 -- Audio Production • COM 413 -- Public Relations • COM 400 -- Communication Practicum
Margaret Mary Henry (M. A. Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University) Office: 107 Cromwell Office Phone: 329-8557 Harriet Stark Gibbons Distinguished Professor of Journalism at MUW, teaches Writing for the Media courses and is the adviser of the campus newspaper, The Spectator. She also oversees the annual Ray Furr journalism workshop. A journalist with almost 20 years of experience, Ms. Henry worked as a reporter and editor for The Christian Science Monitor in Boston, The Moscow Times in Russia, and The Sun Herald in Biloxi before joining the 'W faculty in fall 2004. Her articles have also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dance Magazine and Ms. At The Christian Science Monitor she was chosen by her peers to receive the newspaper's award for excellence in editing, and her reporting has won prizes from the Mississippi Press Association and the Associated Press. She received her undergraduate degree in Russian language and literature from Georgetown University and a Master's degree from the Medill School of journalism at Northwestern University. Courses taught: • COM 102 -- Introduction to Mass Communication • COM 200 -- Writing for the Media • COM 307 -- Advanced Writing for the Media • COM 460 -- Communication Internship
Van T. Roberts (Ph. D. Mississippi State University) Office: 105 Cromwell Phone: 329-7252 Academic training in history and media criticism. Research interest in film history and criticism, especially as related to U.S. World War II propaganda films. Twenty-five years experience in radio, television and film broadcast announcing, editing, production, and directing. Credited with twelve productions over fourteen years of community and academic video service. Award-winning feature and spot news writer. Statewide and regional freelance movie reviewer. Courses taught: • COM 101 -- Oral Communication • COM 102 -- Introduction to Mass Communication • COM 103 -- Introduction to Media Technology • COM 200 -- Writing for the Media • COM 303 -- Images of Women in Film • COM 431 -- Video Production • FLM 101 -- Introduction to Film
Barry P. Smith (Ph. D. University of Alabama) Office: 106 Cromwell Office Phone: 241-6248 Academic training in Communication theory, processes and effects. Research interests include media effects, cognition of media, and entertainment theory (especially in the area of new media, such as the Web and video games). Research presentations before International Communication Association (ICA), National Communication Association (NCA), Southern States Communication Association (SSCA), Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC), American Academy of Advertising (AAA), Broadcast Education Association (BEA), and Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). Elected officer in SSCA. Published research on video games. Experience in television production, audio production, and graphic design. Courses taught: • COM 102 -- Introduction to Mass Communication • COM 200 -- Writing for the Media • COM 210 -- Media Advertising, Management and Sales • COM 310 -- Digital Culture • COM 320 -- Mass Communication and Society • COM 325 -- Visual Design • COM 410 -- Media Law & Ethics • COM 425 -- Advanced Visual Design • COM 454 -- Video Games and Entertainment Media • UN 101 -- Introduction to College Life