Full-time Faculty

B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1993 M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1999 Professor Debbie Baker is a senior lecturer who has facilitated undergraduate courses in business communication, small group, interpersonal communication contexts, and public speaking – including Freshman Learning Community sections – at UNC-Charlotte since January 2001. Having earned licensure in […]

B.A. in Communication Studies, Samford University, 2008 M.A. in Communication Studies, University of Georgia, 2011 Ph.D. in Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016 Dr. Erin Basinger’s research examines interpersonal processes as they occur in health contexts. In particular, she studies health-related stress contexts like chronic illness, pregnancy and fertility, and sexual health with a […]

B.A. in Political Communication, Florida State University, 1998 MA in Communication, Wake Forest University, 2002 Ph.D. in Communication & Rhetoric, University of Maryland, 2006 Dr. Jason Black’s research program is located at the juncture of rhetorical studies and social change, with an emphasis on Indigenous resistance, LGBTQIA2S+ community discourses, and critical music. His work in […]

B.A. in Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2010 M.A. in Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2012 Post-Master’s Certificate in University College Teaching & Learning, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2020 Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2023 Dr. Sayde Brais is the Associate Department […]

B.F.A in Television, Motion, and Recording Arts, Florida State University M.A. in Media, Health, and Society, Purdue University Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Cornell University Dr. Julie S. Cannon is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte incommunication studies and health communication. Dr. Cannon attended the College of MotionPicture Arts at Florida […]

B.A. in Communication Studies, Azusa Pacific University, 2015 MA in Communication, University of California Santa Barbara, 2017 PhD in Communication, University of California Santa Barbara, 2021 Dr. Camille Endacott’s research focuses on how people construct their identities at work, especially with and around emerging technologies, and with what consequences for organizing. Her research has focused […]

Dr. Tiffany Gallicano is an associate professor and director of the Department of Communication Studies’ Honors Program. She teaches undergraduate classes such as Communication Foundations, Principles of Public Relations, Public Relations Ethics, Public Relations Writing, and Personal Branding and Social Media Management. She also teaches Public Relations Theory for graduate students. One of her favorite […]

Dr. Loril Gossett is an Associate Professor in Communication Studies. Her research projects focus on examining how alternative work relationships (out-sourced/contingent employees, volunteers, geographically dispersed workers, etc.) impact our understanding of what it means to be or communicate as an organizational member. Dr. Gossett’s areas of interest include organizational communication, nonstandard labor arrangements, and identification, participation, […]

B.S. in Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, James Madison University, 2013 M.A. in Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, James Madison University, 2015 Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, North Carolina State University, 2019 Dr. Justin Grandinetti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and affiliate faculty in the School of Data […]