School of Communication and Media

J. Duane Meeks, Ph.D., Dean
Antonio Zarro, M.F.A., Assistant Dean

Faculty

Professors

Stephanie Bennett, Ph.D
Don Piper, M.A.
Thomas Parham, III, Ph.D.
Tom St. Antoine, Ph.D.
Antonio Zarro, M.A.

Associate Professors

Wes Jamison, Ph.D.
Allen McCoy, M.F.A

Assistant Professors

Israel Balderas, J.D.
Danilda Martinez, M.A.
Kyle Schnack, M.F.A.
Joseph Sowers, M.A.
Dana White, M.F.A.

The School of Communication and Media is the home to an eclectic community of scholars, artists, and media professionals, who are committed to helping students discover and prepare for their life’s calling in human and organizational communication, the media, and the dramatic arts. Students will find a learning environment that is rigorous yet caring; exciting artistically yet thoroughly grounded in scholarship and a Christian worldview; and technologically state-of-the-art yet built upon age-old aesthetic, ethical, and rhetorical principles. In addition, those who desire to study the art and science of communication, various forms of public storytelling, and media technology will encounter programs of study designed to help them become dynamic and effective in their communication skills.

Our School exists to equip students studying communication, the media, and the dramatic arts to live fulfilling lives through learning, leadership, and service within the context of a liberal arts education and thoroughly grounded on a Christian worldview.

The vision for our School is to offer premier programs of study of exceptional quality, whose graduates are intellectually and ethically prepared to enter the public sphere, aspiring to high moral character and outstanding citizenship as servant leaders in their communities, the nation, and the world. Our goal is for the School of Communication and Media to become the premier center for the study, teaching, and practice of redemptive storytelling.

Our mission is to prepare students for lifelong learning and leadership by offering excellent undergraduate programs of study in communication, journalism, public relations, television broadcasting, sports broadcasting, and the cinematic and dramatic arts. Our School is dedicated to the intentional integration of Christian principles into our scholarship, professional endeavors, and artistic activities. As a community of learners, the School provides students with a rigorous educational environment that leads to intellectual, spiritual, and personal character development.

The School of Communication and Media offers eight majors and ten minors. Two of those majors and one minor are available exclusively in an online format.