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Communication Program

For more information about our program, please visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/utpbcomm. While you are here, however, let us introduce you to the members of our team and the courses we hope to offer for the next few terms:

Faculty

Dr. Helen Sun
Associate Professor
Office: MB 4142
Phone: (432) 552-2322
E-mail: sun_h@utpb.edu
Course Offerings:  Communication Law, Modern Media and Society, Propaganda, Public Relations, Telecom Policy and Regulation, Writing for Mass Media, and Intercultural Communication.
Scholarly Interest: Helen Sun¹s scholarly interests include the First Amendment, digital censorship, and communication/telecommunications policy. After her book ³Internet Policy in China: A Field Study of Internet Cafes² was published by Lexington Books-Rowman & Littlefield (2010), as a keynote speaker, she presented her book at Global Intellectual Property Academy invited by United States Patent and Trademark Office. Sun was also interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com/blogs/college20/in-chinas-internet-cafes-content-blocking-is-largely-effective/26872).
Dr. Sun's Official Letter of Invitation to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Global Intellectual Property Academy.
 

Dr. William Harlow
Assistant Professor and Area Coordinator
Office: MB 4144
Phone: (432)552-2323
Email: harlow_w@utpb.edu
Website: http://utpb.academia.edu/WilliamHarlow
Course Offerings: Advanced Public Speaking, Argument and Persuasion, Communication Theory, Public Messages, Public Speaking,  

Rise Lara, ABD
Instructor in Communication and Basic Course Director
Office: MB 4140
Phone: (432) 552-3319
Email: lara_l@utpb.edu
Course Offerings: Advanced Interpersonal Communication, Communication and Conflict, Interpersonal Communication, Organizational Communication, Public Speaking, Small Group Communication

Ryan Loyd, MA
Part-Time Lecturer in Communication
Email: loyd_r@utpb.edu
Course Offerings: Academic Debate, Gender Communication, Instructional Communication, Introduction to Communication, Public Speaking, 

Dwaine Osborne, MA
Part Time Lecturer in Communication
Email: osborne_d@utpb.edu
Course Offerings: Public Speaking

Dr. Linda Ward
Part-Time Lecturer in Communication
Email: ward_l@utpb.edu
Course Offerings: Public Speaking

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The Communication Program at UTPB offers expertise in three different fields: Communication Studies, Speech, and Mass Media. Our course offerings are tentative and subject to change, but we also want to provide you with an idea of what courses are likely to be offered in future semesters. This schedule assumes you are part of our traditional face to face program and may be taking some online courses, although we anticipate offering additional classes and a completely online degree starting in Fall 2012. Please contact Dr. William Harlow if you have questions about any of these offerings:

Sample Degree Plan