Office: Treadway Hall 379
Phone: (210) 431-2263
Email: eakhahenda@stmarytx.edu

Ph.D., Journalism/Mass Communication, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
M.A., Communication, Wheaton College
B.A., Biblical Studies, Wheaton College

Office: Treadaway Hall 373
Phone: (210) 431-2008
Email: acirlin@stmarytx.edu

Ph.D., Human Communication Theory, University of Iowa, 1981
M.A., Speech Communication, California State University, Northridge, 1978

Dr. Cirlin's research interests are focused in two broad areas effective rhetorical and debating skills and practical interpersonal communication skills. He has taught courses on a wide range of related subjects, including business & professional communication, argumentation theory, persuasion & advocacy, courtroom communication, public speaking, professional speech writing, interviewing, group dynamics, interpersonal communication, marital communication and communication theory. He is the author of numerous professional articles and book chapters. He has also written eight books, including: Academic Debate and Program Development for Students and Teachers Around the World and Every Moment Counts: Communication Habits that Build a Happy Marriage.

Office: Treadway Hall 378
Phone: (210) 431-6777
Email: fcoley@stmarytx.edu

Ph.D., Oklahoma State, 1994
M.A., University of Incarnate Word, 1986
B.A., English, University of Incarnate Word, 1984

Dr. Coley teaches critical theory, primarily focusing on feminism, Marxism and cultural studies. In addition, she also explores issues of gender in relation to cultural ideology and biology, and her work in this area was published in 2008 in The Forum on Public Policy. She also has taught film theory, using the scene sequence analysis as a basic tool for comprehending the fundamental structure of film and how a film can be deconstructed via the shot itself.

Office: Chaminade Tower 403
Phone: (210) 431-2004
Email: pcuret@stmarytx.edu

Ph.D., English, University of Southwestern Louisiana
M.A., English, University of Southwestern Louisiana
B.A., English, Notre Dame College of St. Louis

Office: Chaminade Tower 401
Phone: (210) 436-3652
Email: bdattnergarza@stmarytx.edu

Ph.D., English, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
M.A., English, University of Nebraska-Omaha
B.A., English, University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Dattner-Garza teaches Qualitative Research Methods for Communication, Foundations in Communication Studies, and Business Communication. She serves on the admissions and review board for the Graduate Communication Program's M.A. candidates and on the Advisory Board for the McGraw Hill Annual Editions Publication of Mass Media. She has served as the Associate Editor for The International Journal of the Humanities and has published her work in that journal. Her research focuses on cultural and postcolonial theories, exploring both the interpersonal and intrapsychic social relations that take place within various kinds of cultures and discourses. Her ongoing research, both in and outside the classroom, examines how various conceptual systems limit and engender the dynamics that take place.

Associate Professor, Journalism and Political Communication
Director, Graduate Communication Studies
Office: Treadway Hall 378
Phone: (210) 436-3650
Email:bisrael@stmarytx.edu

B.A., The University of Iowa
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Israel studies the interplay of media and power. He began his work by reporting for a number of prominent news organizations. He also worked as press secretary for politicians in Iowa, California, and Washington, D.C.

At the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a master's and doctorate, Israel taught "Politics and the Press" with political strategist Karl Rove. Israel's book, A Nation Seized How Karl Rove and the Political Right Stole Reality (Spokane, WA: Marquette Books, 2011) connects what Rove taught to the larger rise of propaganda and the political Right, to the fracture of mainstream news, and to the phenomenon Israel calls "stealing reality."

Assistant Professor of English and Communication Studies
Office: Treadaway Hall 377
Phone: (210) 436-3655
Email: kwelch@stmarytx.edu

M.F.A., Northwestern University
B.S., Abilene Christian University

Kevin Welch is a filmmaker and screenwriter, in addition to his role as a professor at St. Mary s University. Working mostly in narrative forms, he has explored issues of gender, infidelity, psychological fracturing in personal and national disasters and the funnier sides of dissenting in the face of your oppressors. He worked professionally on commercials, films and corporate spots in San Antonio and Chicago.

At Northwestern University, Welch was awarded the Barbara and Garry Marshall Award for Media Arts for his film UFO. He was also named a Coca Cola Refreshing Filmmaker finalist for his short film The Negative Consequence. Currently, he is developing a documentary about an early faux-reality film about Teddy Roosevelt hunting in Africa, and is gearing up for production of his short film, The Absent Ministry of Mr. Leonard.