Faculty and Staff
As a student, you will have the opportunity to mentor with a number of outstanding faculty members. Each of these nationally recognized and award winning professors have years of educational and research experience and are dedicated and committed educators.
The faculty actively participates in a number of organizations to stay at the forefront of the changing world of communication studies.
Faculty
Michael Arrington, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
CHSS 410S
936.294.4302
mia016@shsu.edu
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Frances Brandau, Ph.D.
Professor/Chair, Department of Communication Studies
CHSS 410R
936.294.1356
fbb@shsu.edu
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Yixin "Cindy" Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
CHSS 410K
936.294.3164
cindychen@shsu.edu
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Lisa Dahlgren (van Raalte), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Director of Communication Studies Research Lab
CHSS 410H
936.294.1970
lxv024@shsu.edu
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Caroline Waldbuersser, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CHSS 410L
936.294.3636
waldbuesserc@shsu.edu
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Melinda R. Weathers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
CHSS 410J
936.294.1848
mweathers@shsu.edu
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Shuangyue "Shaun" Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate Director
CHSS 410N
936.294.1835
shaunzhang@shsu.edu
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Instructors
Tamara Arrington, M.A.
Instructor
When you walk with purpose, you collide with destiny. - Dr. Bertice Berry
CHSS 410U
936.294.4318
txa041@shsu.edu
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Dena Horne, M.A.
Instructor
The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. - Dr. Randy Pausch
CHSS 410T
936.294.1336
drh022@shsu.edu
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Michesha Washington, M.A.
Instructor
We are stronger when we listen and smarter when we share. -Rania Al Abdullah
CHSS 410V
936.294.3743
msk017@shsu.edu
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Anne-Bennett Smithson, Ph.D., J.D.
Instructor
We know what we are now, but not what we may become. -Shakespeare
CHSS 410Z
936.294.3640
abs055@shsu.edu
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Dr. Kelly Weikle
Instructor
It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time - and you are better than you know.- Marianne Williamson
klw121@shsu.eduAdjunct Faculty
Carlton Abernathy, M.A.
Adjunct Professor
Keep plugging away at whatever it is you wish to do in life! And, as my father always told me, “if you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on---then, climb right back up!”
stdcga11@shsu.edu
Shelby Alverson, M.A.
Adjunct Professor
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. -Aristotle
sna013@shsu.edu
Richard Bello, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots. -Albert Einstein
CHSS 410D
936.294.1516
bello@shsu.edu
Payal Cascio, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
In an effective classroom, students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how. - Harry Wong
pdc020@shsu.edu
Allyzah Allene D. Cabugao
Adjunct Professor
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.- Steve Irwin
adc080@shsu.edu
Susan Honeywell, M.A.
Adjunct Professor
Love the Life You Live, Live the Life You Love – Bob Marley
slh101@shsu.edu
Marceleen Mosher, M.A.
Adjunct Professor
Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? - Aldo Leopold
mmm126@shsu.edu
Nilam Patel, M.A.
Adjunct Professor
In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate. – Gene Roddenberry
nxp019@shsu.edu
Margaret Smallwood
Adjunct Professor
The things that divide us are trivial and inconsequential. The things that unite us are long-lasting and important.- Douglas Preston, "Talking to the Ground."
mgs043@shsu.edu
Terry M. Thibodeaux, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
I think teaching is the noblest profession. I feel very fortunate to be able to work in a job where I love what I do and have the opportunity to help students build a better life for themselves.
CHSS 410E
thib@shsu.edu
936.294.3654
Staff
Department of Communication Studies
Mailing Address
Department of Communication Studies
Sam Houston State University
Box 2299
Huntsville, Texas 77341
Phone: 936.294.1497
Physical Address
Department of Communication Studies
1901 Avenue I
Suite 410
Huntsville, Texas 77340
Phone: 936.294.1497