Full-time Faculty

Bibi Reisdorf
Diplom (M.A.) in Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany, 2008 D.Phil. in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 2012 Dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. Her work focuses on the intersection of inequalities and digital media and the Internet, with a focus on […]


Robin Rothberg
B.S. in Communication Studies (Public Relations) and English (Literature), Florida State University, 1999 M.A. in Journalism (Business and Economics Reporting), New York University, 2000 Professor Robin Rothberg is a Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies. She teaches primarily public relations concentration courses including COMM 2145 Principles of Public Relations, COMM 3245 Public Relations Writing, and COMM […]

Cliff Scott
B.S., Bradley University, 1997 M.A., Northern Illinois University, 2001 Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2005 Dr. Cliff Scott is a Professor in Communication Studies. His research examines the relationships among formal and informal organizational communication processes, high reliability organizing, identity, and occupational safety. Much of his research focuses on how post incident discussion among first responders […]

Brandy Stamper
B.A. in Communication Studies & Psychology, UNC Charlotte, 2006 M.A. in Communication Studies, UNC Charlotte, 2009 Post-Master’s Certificate in University and College Teaching and Learning, UNC Charlotte, 2018 Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, UNC Charlotte, 2020 Dr. Brandy Stamper is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Director of the Professional Studies Program in the Department of […]

Ashli Q. Stokes
B.A., Virginia Tech University, 1996 M.A., Wake Forest University, 1998 Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2004 Dr. Ashli Quesinberry Stokes is a Professor of Communication Studies and the former Director of the Center for the Study of the New South at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A 20-21 Fulbright Scholar, her research about communicating […]

Henrique Viana
B.A. in Communication with a Public Relations Concentration, East Carolina University M.A. in Communication Studies with an International Public Relations Concentration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Professor Henrique Viana is a senior lecturer in Communication studies. His areas of interest include intercultural competence, justice, equity & inclusion, diversity & leadership, crisis communication, business communication […]