University of Delaware Graduate Catalog 1996-1997 College of Arts and Science Department of Communication Faculty in the Graduate Program John A. Courtright, Ph.D. (Iowa), Professor and Chair: Interpersonal communication, statistics and research methodology, multi-media presentation technology. B.J. Haslett, Ph.D. (Minnesota), Professor: Conversational analysis, psychology and sociology of language, communication theory, organizational culture. Nancy Signorielli, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania), Professor: Mass communication, media effects, media and children, television and conceptions of social reality. Juliet L. Dee, Ph.D. (Temple), Associate Professor: Mass communication, mass media law. Douglas M. McLeod, Ph.D. (Minnesota), Associate Professor: Mass communication theory and methodology. Charles Pavitt, Ph.D. (Wisconsin), Associate Professor: Communication theory, interpersonal and small group communication, language. Elizabeth M. Perse, Ph.D. (Kent State), Associate Professor: Uses and effects of mass media, interface of personal and mediated communication. Wendy Samter, Ph.D. (Purdue), Associate Professor: Interpersonal communication and social development. Walid Afifi, Ph.D. (Arizona), Assistant Professor: Interpersonal communication. Benjamin H. Detenber, Ph.D. (Stanford), AssistantProfessor: Mass communication, television production.