Dec 13, 2025  
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Communication Studies and Theatre


Degree Offered:

  • MS Communication Studies and Journalism
    • Communication Studies specialization
    • Journalism specialization (see also Journalism Program)

Department Head: Professor Laurie L. Haleta
Graduate Coordinator:  Associate Professor Elizabeth Tolman
For additional information contact:
Mailing address: SDSU Box 2218                                Phone: 605/688-6131
Pugsley Center — SPC 115                                           Fax: 605/688-6551
WWW: http://www3.sdstate.edu/Academics/CollegeOfArtsAndScience/CommunicationStudiesandTheatre/Index.cfm
E-mail: elizabeth.tolman@sdstate.edu

Graduate Faculty
J.D. Ackman, Professor, MFA, University of Montana, 1984 Theatre Performance Studies

Christopher Guyotte, Assistant Professor, MFA, Wayne State University, 1996 Theatre/Directing

Laurie L. Haleta, Professor, PhD, University of Nebraska, 1994 Instructional Communication

Karla Hunter, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Oklahoma, 2000 Political/Mass Communication

Jerry Jorgensen, Professor, PhD, University of Nebraska, 1990 Media Studies, Organizational Communication

Hollie Petit, Assistant Professor, PhD, Wayne State University, 2007 Rhetoric

Corey Shelsta, Associate Professor, MFA, Wayne State University, 1993 Lighting/Scene Design

Elizabeth Tolman, Associate Professor, PhD, Southern Illinois University, 1999, Speech Communication

Lonnie Wilburn, Assistant Professor, MFA, Michigan State University, 2007 Costume/Scene Design