Faculty & Staff

The Communication Studies faculty is committed to giving you the critical concepts you need to explore the elements of the communication process, the options in assessing them, the significance of selections among those alternatives, and the ample opportunities for misunderstanding and disagreement as well as rapport and accord.

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Faculty

Issac Bailey

  • Professor of the Practice in Communication Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Race and journalism
  • Criminal justice and media
  • Child welfare coverage
Isaac "Ike" Bailey

Sara Baugh

  • Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Rhetorical Studies
  • Chicana/o/x & Latina/o/x Feminist Rhetorical Studies
  • Decoloniality
  • Memory Studies

sabaugh@davidson.edu

704-894-2752

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Pronouns: she/her/hers

Amanda Martinez

  • Chair & Associate Professor of Communication Studies | Associate Professor of Sociology | Speaking Center Director

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Media Effects
  • Race & Stereotypes
  • Culture & Health Communication
  • Gender & Society
  • Diversity & Inclusion
Amanda Martinez

Joshua Smith

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental Rhetoric
  • Public Lands
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Spatial Theory

josmith@davidson.edu

704-894-2847

Chambers 3010

Pronouns: he/him/his

Joshua Smith

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Staff

Alexis Yates

  • Departmental Coordinator
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