School Administration
The Dean of the School of Communication is Annenberg University Professor Barbara J. O'Keefe. The Assistant to the Dean is Kate Bolgrien. The Dean's staff is grouped in six functional areas:
- The Office of Administration and Finance is headed by Associate Dean Rick Morris
- The Office of Research is headed by Associate Dean Jane Rankin
- The Office of Graduate Programs is headed by Associate Dean Jane Rankin
- The Office of Undergraduate Programs and Advising is headed by Assistant Dean Sally Ewing
- The Office of External Programs, Internships, and Career Services (EPICS) is headed by Director Kate Neal
- The Office of Communications is headed by Director Lori Rader-Day.
Administration and Finance
Associate Dean Rick Morris
Dean's Office, Frances Searle Building 1-122
Included in this office are:
- The SoC Business Office, staffed by Gaye Markov, Sonia Waters, and Oksana Shylnov.
- Information and Media Technology, headed by Jim Webb and managed by Andy Jelagin, Jared Magill, Brandon Grill, Paul Riismandel and Ann Knauth.
Research
Associate Dean Jane Rankin
Frances Searle Building
847-491-5380
This office includes:
- Grants administration (Sheri Carsello)
- Undergraduate research grants
- Research support for faculty
- Communication Century Scholars Program
- Infant and Child Studies
Graduate Programs
Associate Dean Jane Rankin
Frances Searle Building
847-491-5380
This office serves as a liason between the SoC graduate programs (see the PROGRAM FINDER) and Northwestern's Graduate School.
Undergraduate Programs + Advising
Assistant Dean Sally Ewing
Undergraduate Resource Center, Frances Searle Building
847-491-7214
This office is staffed by a program coordinator and academic advisors.
- Program coordinator: Vickie Myrick Smith
- Academic advisors:
- Communication Sciences and Disorders: Jeannette Ortiz, Fran Block, Anna Wagner
- Communication Studies: Debra Webster, Harold Gulley
- Radio-Television-Film: Roberta Stack, Jen Baker
- Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies: Kyla Brundage, Lynn Kelso, Cecilia Klinger
External Programs, Internships, and Career Services (EPICS)
Director Kate Neal
Frances Searle Building, 1-184
847-467-0270
kathryn-neal@northwestern.edu
- EPICS Program coordinator: Vickie Myrick Smith
- EPICS Advisor (RTVF, Theatre/Dance, Performance Studies): Jen Baker
Communications
Director Lori Rader-Day
Dean's Office, Frances Searle Building, 1-117
- Events Manager: Tricia David
- Publications Writer: Emily Hiser Lobdell
