By Grant Clark
We often hear about and celebrate those courageous students who return to finish their degree after a long absence, but what about professors who return to teaching after a prolonged absence?
Clark Hirschi is one such professor. Hirshi taught at the BYU Salt Lake Center seven years ago. After teaching for about four [...]

Public relations professor Dr. Robert Wakefield is currently serving on a committee to organize a 2010 conference on the international history of public relations.
The conference will examine how public relations has developed across the globe in different nations and cultures. Wakefield described it as taking a comprehensive look on the evolution of public relations worldwide.
Wakefield [...]

BYU Communications professor Dale Cressman knows all about making contacts through letters that have sparked thousands of genuine “light bulb” moments for countless people over the years; and this refers to more than the unique way he connects with his students.
Overseeing a New York City internship program for BYU communication students, Cressman taught in parks, [...]

Eleven years ago, Dr. Kevin Stoker was sitting with three LDS colleagues from around the country at a national convention in Baltimore when then chair of the BYU communications program Laurie Wilson gave an inspiring appeal for new faculty.
After nearly eight years as a journalist, Stoker started a master’s degree at the urging of an [...]

Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Communications, Ed Carter, and graduate student, James Phillips, found in their recent study how U.S. Supreme Court justices use oral arguments to persuade other justices, prompt responses and shed light on their own decision making process.
“The most important finding of our research is that justices use [...]

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. A is for apple. We are looking for an ant hill. What do primary songs, the alphabet and ant hills all have in common?
The answer, Imagine Island. Imagine Island is the culmination of creative thinking, [...]

The communications research lab currently provides SPSS predictive analytics software, but starting in Fall 2009, the research director is hoping to implement additional software.
Several communications students utilize the lab during their research methods classes, but other than those hours, the lab is underutilized, said Mark Callister, the communications research director.
He said he believes the implementation [...]

Salt Lake City announced a new transparency initiative on Tuesday, January 6, that includes an open-access Web site which would make most government documents available.
Joel Campbell, an associate professor in the BYU Department of Communications, has advised Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker on the initiative and spoke at the press conference.
“Open government is better [...]

Originally from Edmonton, Canada, Assistant Professor, John Davies came to BYU to teach in the Communications Department.
Davies came to Utah from Jacksonville, Fla. where he lived for four years. He is here at BYU because of a job opening as well as it being a good fit for him.
“I came to BYU because it was [...]

One of the newest additions to the BYU Communications faculty is Professor Jared Johnson. Johnson joins the BYU faculty after having taught at Georgia College since 2000.
While at Georgia College, Professor Johnson mainly taught broadcast journalism classes. He also taught international and new technology classes.
In his first semester at BYU, Johnson is teaching a class [...]