Faculty and Staff

Grace Adeyemo

Graduate Teaching Assistant

goadeye@IllinoisState.edu

Chinyere Agbasiere

Graduate Teaching Assistant

clagbas@IllinoisState.edu

Beatrice Amissah

Graduate Teaching Assistant

bamissa@IllinoisState.edu

Janet Laadi Anani

Graduate Teaching Assistant

jlanani@IllinoisState.edu

Deborah Appiah

Graduate Teaching Assistant

daappia@IllinoisState.edu

Nana Yaa Asare

Graduate Teaching Assistant

mnasare@IllinoisState.edu

Isaac Asare Kwakye

Graduate Teaching Assistant

iasarek@IllinoisState.edu

Bryan Asbury

Lecturer

(309) 438-3671

beasbur@IllinoisState.edu

Mark Ofosu Asirifi

Graduate Teaching Assistant

moasiri@IllinoisState.edu

Tamekia Bailey

Director of Student Success & CAST Connections

(309) 438-7609

tybaile@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. John Baldwin

Professor

(309) 438-7110

jrbaldw@IllinoisState.edu

Jessa Benson

Lecturer

(309) 438-7604

jnhend1@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Joseph Blaney

Professor of Communication

(309) 438-8550

jrblane@IllinoisState.edu

Kate Boutilier

Academic Advisor

(309) 438-3792

kmsies@IllinoisState.edu

Jenifer Bowman

Assistant Instructional Professor

(309) 438-8379

jmbowm2@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Lauren Bratslavsky

Associate Professor

(309) 438-7977

lbratsl@IllinoisState.edu

Kevin Capie

Vidette Editorial Advisor

(309) 438-7688

kbcapie@IllinoisState.edu

Ms. Shanna Carlson

Director of Debate

(309) 438-7820

sjcarl3@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Caleb Carr

Professor

(309) 438-7056

ctcarr@IllinoisState.edu

Bob Carroll

Television Production Coordinator and Lecturer

(309) 438-7780

rcarro3@IllinoisState.edu

Phillip Chidester

Associate Professor

(309) 438-7746

pjchide@IllinoisState.edu

Elizabeth Chupp

Director of Advising & Undergraduate Programs

(309) 438-4637

elchupp@IllinoisState.edu

Krystal Cicenas

Graduate Teaching Assistant

kkcicen@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Byron Craig

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-3671

bbcraig@IllinoisState.edu

Sarah Crist

Unknown

(309) 438-3671

smdrake1@IllinoisState.edu

Gabrielle Crothers

Graduate Teaching Assistant

gkcroth@IllinoisState.edu

Evangeline Cruz

Graduate Teaching Assistant

otcruz@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Mary Beth Deline

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-7747

medelin@IllinoisState.edu

Hannah Delorto

Graduate Teaching Assistant

hrdelo1@IllinoisState.edu

Stephanie Duquenne

Associate Director of Alumni Relations

(309) 438-3815

saduque@IllinoisState.edu

Clementina Edema

Graduate Teaching Assistant

cedema@IllinoisState.edu

Megan Epperson

Graduate Teaching Assistant

lmeppe1@IllinoisState.edu

Ellanore Foltz

Graduate Teaching Assistant

ejfoltz@IllinoisState.edu

Jim Gee

TV-10 News Director and Instructor

(309) 438-5484

jpgee@IllinoisState.edu

Emmanuella Ama Gyamfi

Graduate Teaching Assistant

egyamfi@IllinoisState.edu

Lee Anne Hale

Lecturer

(309) 438-3674

lrhale@IllinoisState.edu

Ms. Sarah Hall

Instructional Assistant Professor

(309) 438-7727

sghall1@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Jodi Hallsten Lyczak

Instructional Assistant Professor

(309) 438-7741

jlhalls@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Rebecca Hayes

Professor

(309) 438-8869

rahayes@IllinoisState.edu

Jorgi Henson

Instructional Assistant Professor

(309) 438-5224

jnhens1@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. John Hooker

Professor and Co-Director of Communication as Critical Inquiry

(309) 438-7578

jfhooke@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Megan Hopper

Associate Professor

(309) 438-2688

khopper@IllinoisState.edu

Eric Hoss

Unknown

(309) 438-3671

echoss@IllinoisState.edu

Nichole Hughes-Liss

Academic Advisor & Lecturer

(309) 438-8621

nehugh1@IllinoisState.edu

Professor Stephen Hunt

Professor

(309) 438-3671

skhunt2@IllinoisState.edu

Kyah Joseph

Office Support Specialist

(309) 438-5898

kljose1@IllinoisState.edu

Jillian Joyce

Instructional Assistant Professor

(309) 438-5339

jajoyc1@IllinoisState.edu

Linda Kabaalu

Graduate Teaching Assistant

lckabaa@IllinoisState.edu

Megan Koch

Director of Forensics

(309) 438-8447

mkoch@IllinoisState.edu

Valentine Kondo

vkondo@IllinoisState.edu

Ms. Kelly Lambert

Unknown

(309) 438-7139

klambe2@IllinoisState.edu

Tom Lamonica

Instructional Assistant Professor/Director of Field Experiences

(309) 438-8578

talamon@IllinoisState.edu

Deb Lesser

Media Business Director, WZND Radio & TV-10 News

(309) 438-7409

dllesse@IllinoisState.edu

Lance Lippert

Professor

(309) 438-7329

llipper@IllinoisState.edu

Robi Mahan

Lecturer and Assistant Forensics Coach

(309) 438-3671

rdmahan@IllinoisState.edu

Dillon Maher

Unknown

(309) 438-8488

djmaher@IllinoisState.edu

Kathryn Mayer

Communications Lecturer

(309) 438-3671

kadelro@IllinoisState.edu

Tina McGuire

Instructional Assistant Professor

(309) 438-4634

tmmcgui@IllinoisState.edu

John McHale

Professor

(309) 438-7969

jpmchal@IllinoisState.edu

Matt Merkling

Graduate Teaching Assistant

mmerkli@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Kevin Meyer

Associate Professor

(309) 438-3298

kmeyer@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Aimee Miller-Ott

Director of the School of Communication & Professor

(309) 438-3277

aeott@IllinoisState.edu

Madeline Moore

Graduate Teaching Assistant

mgmoor1@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Maria Moore

Associate Professor

(309) 438-3671

mmoore2@IllinoisState.edu

Kate Mueller

Graduate Teaching Assistant

kgmuell@IllinoisState.edu

Taylor Murray

Graduate Teaching Assistant

tdmurr1@IllinoisState.edu

Julie Navickas

Lecturer

(309) 438-3671

janavic@IllinoisState.edu

Edikan Nkanta

Graduate Teaching Assistant

ednkant@IllinoisState.edu

Chris O'Quinn

Graduate Teaching Assistant

cjoquin@IllinoisState.edu

Alfred Kwabena Obiri

Graduate Teaching Assistant

aobiri@IllinoisState.edu

Blessing Okafor

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-3671

beokafo@IllinoisState.edu

Ebuka Okoli

Graduate Teaching Assistant

eokoli1@IllinoisState.edu

Deborah Pappoe

Graduate Teaching Assistant

dapappo@IllinoisState.edu

Abbie Paul

Instructional Assistant Professor & Academic Advisor

(309) 438-4585

alpaul1@IllinoisState.edu

John Plevka

General Manager Vidette

(309) 438-3671

jpplevk@IllinoisState.edu

Charlie Pujol

Graduate Teaching Assistant

cjpujol@IllinoisState.edu

Alexis Quick

Graduate Teaching Assistant

anquick@IllinoisState.edu

Steve Rahko

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-7630

serahko@IllinoisState.edu

Kenzie Reimers

Graduate Teaching Assistant

mpreime@IllinoisState.edu

Haley Rey

Graduate Teaching Assistant

(309) 438-3671

hjrey@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Jessica Rick

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-3671

jmrick@IllinoisState.edu

Haley Roiland

Graduate Teaching Assistant

hmroila@IllinoisState.edu

Makayla Roller

Graduate Teaching Assistant

mrrolle@IllinoisState.edu

Elena Roth

Unknown

(309) 438-2657

ecroth@IllinoisState.edu

Karen Schieler

Instructor

(309) 438-3671

kmschie@IllinoisState.edu

Amy Secretan

Lecturer

(309) 438-7405

amsecre@IllinoisState.edu

Bobby Selzer

Instructional Assistant Professor

(309) 438-3671

rfselze@IllinoisState.edu

Fernando Severino

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-4350

fseveri@IllinoisState.edu

Michael Shelly

Emeritus

mbshell@IllinoisState.edu

Daniel Sherrick Apambila

Graduate Teaching Assistant

dapambi@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Brent Simonds

Professor

(309) 438-3532

bksimon@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Cheri Simonds

Professor

(309) 438-7550

cjsimon@IllinoisState.edu

Courtney Smith

Master's Student

cpolion@IllinoisState.edu

Ralph Smith

Emeritus

rsmit2@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Pete Smudde

Professor

(309) 438-7339

psmudde@IllinoisState.edu

Nick Steinmetz

Lecturer and Assistant Forensics Coach

(309) 438-3671

nsteinm@IllinoisState.edu

Derek Story

Dir HR Sys Training & Com; Instructor

(309) 438-8587

djstory@IllinoisState.edu

Edward Streeter

Emeritus

estree@IllinoisState.edu

Steve Suess

Director of Convergent Radio Broadcasting

(309) 438-5493

sssuess@IllinoisState.edu

Jason W Taylor

Office Manager

(309) 438-3673

jwtaylo2@IllinoisState.edu

Ms. Denise Thomas

Business Manager II

(309) 438-3645

dethoma@IllinoisState.edu

Lindsey Thomas

Associate Professor

(309) 438-7977

ljthom3@IllinoisState.edu

Ryan Tinlin

Assistant Director of Individual Events

(309) 438-2321

crtinl1@IllinoisState.edu

Vera Turkson

Graduate Teaching Assistant

vbturks@IllinoisState.edu

David Valadez

Graduate Teaching Assistant

dcvalad@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Andrew Ventimiglia

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-7310

amventi@IllinoisState.edu

Tracy Widergren

Instructor

(309) 438-8719

tlwider@IllinoisState.edu

Miriam Wolff

Graduate Teaching Assistant

mewolf1@IllinoisState.edu

Dr. Chad Woolard

Instructional Assistant Professor

(309) 438-8270

cewoola@IllinoisState.edu

Ellie Yang

Assistant Professor

(309) 438-3671

fyang8@IllinoisState.edu

Raechel Zoellick

Graduate Teaching Assistant

rkzoell@IllinoisState.edu

Joseph Zompetti

Professor

(309) 438-7876

jpzompe@IllinoisState.edu