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Creating Connections

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Our faculty and staff are dedicated to giving you the education you deserve –the best. Through collaborations, office hours, and spending time in the classroom, we feel like we get to know you pretty well. We are excited to get to know you and hope you're ready to get to know us.

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Department Chair
Kris Knutson
she/her/hers
Communication and Journalism Department
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Hibbard Humanities Hall 158
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Fall 2024
Mondays & Wednesdays: 9:00-11:00am
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 3:00-4:00pm
& By Appointment

Kris is an Associate Professor in and Department Chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism. She teaches classes in communication studies and organizational communication.

Faculty and Staff
Professional portrait of Pechulano Ngwe Ali
Communication and Journalism Department
Assistant Professor of Communication, Journalism & Digital Storytelling
Co-Adviser, The Spectator
Hibbard Humanities Hall 105A
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Fall 2024
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays: 4:00-5:20pm.

Pechulano teaches advanced journalism and introductory (writing and editing) and storytelling across platforms, immersion/field reporting on civil rights issues, and podcasting and audio storytelling, as well as introductory public speaking and communication.

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Communication and Journalism Department
Teaching Professor
Director of Forensics
HHH 174
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Fall 2024
Monday 9-11am
Tuesday 2:30-4pm
Wednesday 10:30am-12pm
By appointment

I am a teaching professor in the Communication + Journalism department, teaching mostly in the Communication Studies emphasis. I also serve as the director of UWEC Forensics, the intercollegiate competitive speech team on our campus 

Julia Perkins
she/her/hers
Communication and Journalism Department
Department Assistant
Hibbard Humanities Hall 152
124 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701

Department Assistant 

Nicole Schultz
Communication and Journalism Department
Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department
Professor
Hibbard Humanities Hall
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
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Communication and Journalism Department
Professor
Hibbard Humanities Hall 166
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
On sabbatical. Will return to campus Fall 2025.

My teaching and research are primarily in the analysis of public forms of communication (i.e., rhetoric & media studies), especially as applied to our communication about the environment. 

Mary Worley
she/her
Communication and Journalism Department
Associate Professor
Hibbard Hall 156
Students can sign up for in person (HHH156) or virtual (Zoom) office hours using Calendly (linked below!)
Kelly Jo Wright
Communication and Journalism Department
Teaching Professor
Assistant Director of Forensics
Hibbard Humanities Hall 173
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
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Communication and Journalism Department

Hibbard Humanities Hall 152
124 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
United States