Faculty & Staff

Ph.D., Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University
 

Dr. Scott Dillard received his B.A. in Speech Communication from Blackburn College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Dr. Dillard’s specialty is in performance studies. He has published articles in journals such as Text and Performance Quarterly and Storytelling, Self, and Society. He is the co-author with his colleague Dr. Janet Hoffmann of the textbook The Speaker’s Voice. Dr. Dillard is also a performer who has created a number of one-person shows, acted in local theatre, and done voice over work.

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, Georgia College

M.A., Journalism and Public Affairs, American University

The new faces of journalism; how politics has remade journalism​

Media Law & Ethics, Professional Media Writing ​

MFA, Film & Television, Savannah College of Art & Design

New technologies and innovative film and television production processes in storytelling for the purposes of informing, persuading, and entertaining audiences across multiple platforms.

Multimedia Storytelling, Documentary Filmmaking, Digital Media Production, Electronic Editing, Senior Career Development, Internships

M.A., Integrated Marketing Campaigns, Emerson College

Ph.D., Georgia State University

Broadcasting and Reacting to the Past

Enterprise Journalism, Introduction to Business Journalism, Shooting for News, TV Newscast, History of Broadcasting, Comparative International Media, Media Literacy

Ph.D., Mass Communication, The University of Iowa

Community Journalism, Sociology of News, Identity and Qualitative Research Methods

Race, Class, Gender in Media, Investigative Journalism, Community Journalism, Advocacy Journalism, Feature Writing, Sports Reporting, Professional Media Writing, Media Literacy, Enterprise Journalism, Media Management, GC1Y Critical Thinking: We the People, Interviewing & Listening

Ph.D., University of Missouri

Crisis communication, news consumption and political knowledge, political communication.

Mass Communication Theory and Research, Advanced Strategic Writing.

Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

 Digital Media, Social Media, Radio/Podcasting, Streaming, Journalism

Media Literacy, Professional Media Writing, Radio Operations, Media Management

Ph.D., Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University
 

Dr. Scott Dillard received his B.A. in Speech Communication from Blackburn College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Dr. Dillard’s specialty is in performance studies. He has published articles in journals such as Text and Performance Quarterly and Storytelling, Self, and Society. He is the co-author with his colleague Dr. Janet Hoffmann of the textbook The Speaker’s Voice. Dr. Dillard is also a performer who has created a number of one-person shows, acted in local theatre, and done voice over work.

Ph.D., Speech Communication, University of Washington

Janet Hoffmann, (B.A. Florida State University, M.A. San Jose State University, Ph.D University of Washington) teaches Public Deliberation, Public Speaking, Public Achievement, Persuasion, Parliamentary Debate, Classical Communication Theory, Small Group Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Instructional Communication. Selected as a Georgia Governor’s Teaching Fellow, serves as Coordinator of Georgia College’s American Democracy Project, hosts the campus Times Talk weekly current events discussion series, and is a National Issues Forum Institute Network Partner. Awards include the 2014 Georgia College Irene Rose Community Service Award, inaugural Georgia College ENGAGE Fellow, and the 2018 University Distinguished Service Award.

Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Nebraska

Dr. Jamie Downing teaches the fundamentals of public speaking and small group communication.

Ph.D., Rhetoric and Political Culture, University of Maryland 

Dr. Meridith Styer teaches courses in rhetorical theory and methods, public address, feminist rhetoric, and argumentation. Her research uses critical feminist rhetorical theory and archival scholarship to study how people in oppressive or marginalizing contexts create a voice for themselves. She has published articles in journals such as Women's Studies in Communication and Rhetoric Review.