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Faculty & Staff

Communication Department Administration

Mauro Porto Associate Professor Tulane University Department of Communication

Mauro Porto

Department Chair, Professor

William Saas, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

William Saas

Associate Chair, Senior Professor of Practice

Michael Syrimis Department of French & Italian Tulane University

Micheal Syrimis

Cinema Studies Coordinator, Associate Professor of Italian

Peter Kunze Communication Department Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Peter Kunze

Internship Coordinator, Assistant Professor

Ava L'Herisse, Communication Department, Tulane University

Ava L'Herisse

Administrative Operation Manager

Donnie T. Parharm, Tulane University

Donnie T. Parharm

Communication Administrative Secretary

Core Faculty

Constance J. Balides Associate Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Constance J. Balides

Associate Professor

Hongwei Thorn Chen Assistant Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Hongwei Thorn Chen

Assistant Professor, Communication and Asian Studies

Krystal Cleary

Senior Professor of Practice, Communication and Gender and Sexuality Studies

Jerome Dent, Communication and Africana Studies, Tulane University

Assistant Professor, Communication and Africana Studies & Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor in the Humanities

Edmond Ernest dit Alban, Tulane University

Edmond Ernest dit Alban

Assistant Professor

Nathan Halverson, Department of Communication Tulane University

Nathan Halverson

Professor of Practice, Communication and Digital Media Practices

Eric Herhuth Assistant Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Associate Professor

Laura-Zoë Humphreys Assistant Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Laura-Zoë Humphreys

Associate Professor

Peter Kunze Communication Department Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor

Vicki Mayer Professor Tulane University Department of Communication

Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Curriculum

Muira McCammon, Tulane University

Assistant Professor

Esra Özcan, Department of Communication Tulane University

Senior Professor of Practice

Jolene Pinder, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Professor of Practice, Communication and Strategy, Leadership & Analytics Minor (SLAM)

Watufani M. Poe, Tulane University

Watufani M. Poe

Assistant Professor

Mauro Porto Associate Professor Tulane University Department of Communication

Professor

William Saas, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Senior Professor of Practice, Communication and Digital Media Practices

Michele White Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Professor

Ferruh Yilmaz Associate Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Associate Professor

Daniella Zalcman, Tulane University

Daniella Zalcman

Professor of Practice

Affiliated Faculty

Kate Baldwin, Professor of English and Communication, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Professor of English, Communication, and Gender & Sexuality Studies

Ana María Ochoa Gautier, Department of Communication at Tulane University

Ana M. Ochoa Gautier

Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology, and Communication

Cinema Studies Faculty

Constance J. Balides Associate Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Constance J. Balides

Associate Professor

Casey Beck Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Professor of Practice

Hongwei Thorn Chen Assistant Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Hongwei Thorn Chen

Assistant Professor, Communication and Asian Studies

Jerome Dent, Communication and Africana Studies, Tulane University

Assistant Professor, Communication and Africana Studies & Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor in the Humanities

M. Kathryn Edwards Department of History Tulane University

M. Kathryn Edwards

Associate Professor

Antonio Gómez Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Tulane University

Associate Professor

Eric Herhuth Assistant Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Associate Professor

Laura-Zoë Humphreys Assistant Professor Department of Communication Tulane University

Laura-Zoë Humphreys

Associate Professor

Felicia McCarren Professor Department of French & Italian Tulane University

Felicia McCarren

Professor of French

Michael Syrimis Associate Professor Department of French & Italian Tulane University

Michael Syrimis

Associate Professor of Italian

Justin Wolfe Associate Professor Department of History Tulane University

Associate Professor

Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé Department of English at Tulane University

Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé

Associate Professor of English

Visiting Faculty

James Bliss Tulane University Department of Communication

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cheree Franco, Tulane University

Visiting Assistant Professor

Charlotte Orzel, Tulane University

Charlotte Orzel

Visiting Assistant Professor

Benjamin Pearson, Tulane University Department of Communication

Benjamin Pearson

Visiting Assistant Professor

Adjunct Faculty and Instructors

Kai-man Chain, Professor of Communication, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Instructor

Kelley Crawford, Communication Department, Tulane University

Kelley Crawford

Adjunct Lecturer

Clare Daniel, Tulane University, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Administrative Associate Professor

Aidan Smith, Communication Department, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Adjunct Professor

Emeritus Professor

Carole Spitzack Daruna, Communication Department, Tulane University

Carole Spitzack Daruna

Professor Emerita

In Memoriam

Ana López, Communication Professor, Tulane University. Photo Paula Burch-Celentano

N. Frank Ukadike, Department of Communication, Film Studies, and Africana Studies

James Mackin, Communication Department, Tulane University