LeiLani Nishime is a Professor of Communication. Her research areas are multiracial and interracial studies, the intersection of race and gender, Asian American media representations, and Asian American subcultural production. Her book Undercover Asian: Multiracial Asian Americans in Visual Culture (University of Illinois Press) looks at the visual representation of multiracial people in mass media. … Read More

Wang Liao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. He studies everyday interactions (mediated or not) and their social consequences, typically in the contexts of groups and interpersonal relationships. He is particularly interested in the roles that communication dynamics and related technologies play in the emergence of solidarity … Read More

Matt McGarrity, Teaching Professor, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public speaking, argumentation, classical rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, and communication pedagogy. Dr. McGarrity is the founder and director of the Center for Speech & Debate, which offers speech coaching to students. His research and publishing focuses on communication education and public speaking. He has won a number of … Read More

Valerie Manusov (PhD, University of Southern California, 1989), Professor, has served as Chair for the Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication Divisions of the National Communication Association and for the Interpersonal Communication Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association. She was the 2022 recipient of the Mark L. Knapp award in Interpersonal Communication that recognizes individuals who … Read More

Website: https://mako.cc/academic/ Benjamin Mako Hill is a social scientist and technologist. In both roles, he works to understand the social dynamics that shape online communities. His work focuses on communities engaged in the peer production of digital public goods—like Wikipedia and Linux. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington and a founding member of the Community … Read More

Ralina L. Joseph, Professor of Communication and adjunct Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, San Diego and B. A. in American Civilization from Brown University. Professor Joseph is not currently accepting new graduate students. Dr. Joseph is … Read More

Dr. Carmen Gonzalez is the Dart Endowed Associate Professor in Trauma, Journalism, and Communication. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Communication, and B.A. in Journalism and American Studies, from the University of Southern California. Through interdisciplinary and community-based research, Dr. Gonzalez’ work is focused on digital equity and health communication. She applies communication theory … Read More

Christine Harold is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication. Her scholarship analyzes the rhetoric of consumer capitalism and explores opportunities for meaningful political action in a world increasingly defined by the logic of the marketplace. Her latest book, Things Worth Keeping: The Value of Attachment in a Disposable World (2020, University of Minnesota Press), looks … Read More

Kirsten Foot, Dart Endowed Professor in Trauma, Journalism, and Communication and adjunct faculty in the iSchool, currently studies organizing processes between groups, organizations, and sectors of society, and the communication practices that advance collaboration for social change. Prior to joining the faculty at the U. of Washington, she held a postdoctoral research appointment at the U. … Read More

Dr. Friz specializes in the rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM) and Science and Technology Studies (STS), particularly queer feminist STS. Her research utilizes rhetorical criticism as well as rhetorical field methods to examine rhetorical-scientific constructions of women’s sexual health, broader public understanding of health and medical science, and vernacular bioethics. Research on these topics … Read More