Full-time Faculty

B.A., Mass Communication, University of Memphis, 1995 M.A., Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, 1997 Ph.D., Communication Studies-Rhetoric & Public Address, Louisiana State University, 2003 Dr. Daniel A. Grano is the Department Chair and a Professor in Communication Studies. His work focuses on intersections between sport and politics, with particular emphasis on health, the body, race, […]

Education   B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte Professor Tim Horne is a senior lecturer in Communication Studies and has been with the department since 2006. Professor Horne served as the Director of Forensics from 2006-2017. While serving as director, the team received 309 individual awards, including nine […]

B.A. in English, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 1999 M.A. in English and International Affairs, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2002 Ph.D. in Communication, Purdue University, 2007 Dr. Min Jiang is a Professor of Communication Studies, an affiliate faculty member of International Studies at UNC Charlotte, and CyberBRICS Visiting Professor at FGV Law School (Rio de Janeiro, […]

B.A. in English  with a Journalism minor, Wartburg College,  1969 M.A. in Journalism with a Public Relations sequence, Northern Illinois University,  1974 Ph.D. in Mass Communications, University of Iowa, 1985 Dr. Dean Kruckeberg, APR, Fellow PRSA, is a tenured full professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. […]

B.A. in Communication Studies, Marshall University, 1994 M.A. in Communication Studies, Marshall University, 1996 Professor Staci Kuntzman is a Senior Lecturer and the Internship Director for the Department of Communication Studies. She has held this position since August 2005. As a senior lecturer, Prof. Kuntzman makes regular use of the Canvas learning management system to […]

B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1985 M.A., Wake Forest University, 1993 Professor Carol Leeman is the Undergraduate Coordinator and a Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies. She has been teaching at UNC Charlotte since 1988, and became a full-time member of the faculty in August 1997. Specific courses taught include Small Group Communication, Interpersonal […]

B.S., Shippensburg State University, 1977 M.A., University of Maryland, 1982 Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1990 Dr. Richard Leeman is a Professor in Communication Studies and has been a member of the faculty since 1989. He teaches undergraduate courses in Rhetorical Theory, Public Advocacy, and African American oratory, and graduate courses in Textual Analysis. He has […]

B.A. in Communications, Broadcast Journalism, Temple University, 2008 M.S. in Television and Media Management, Drexel University, 2011 Ph.D. student in Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design, Clemson University,  expected 2028 Professor Brittney Nix-Crawford is a lecturer in communication studies, journalism, and public relations. Prior to joining the faculty at UNC Charlotte, Professor Nix-Crawford was the Assistant […]

M.A. in Mass Communications, University of South Carolina Professor Craig Paddock is a lecturer in Communication Studies teaching undergraduate courses in journalism, including editing, media ethics, and introduction to journalism. His past teaching experience has been as adjunct teaching communications at various area universities over the past six years. In addition to teaching, Professor Paddock […]

B.S. in Psychology, Marist College, 2003 M.S. in Communication Studies, Illinois State University, 2005 Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Ohio University, 2009 Dr. Margaret Quinlan’s research and teaching explore how communication creates, resists, and transforms knowledge about health. She examines the nexus of public perceptions of medicine, science, and technology, both historically and presently. She investigates […]