Faculty profiles

Robert Danisch

Associate Professor

rdanisch@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 48603
Location: ML 236B

Robert Danisch has a PhD in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh (2004) and a BA from the University of Virginia in History and Philosophy.

Andrew Houston

Associate Professor

houston@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 47029
Location: ML 119B

Andy Houston earned his BA in Drama and Sociology from the University of Guelph (1989), where he was awarded a College of Arts Medal.

Shana MacDonald

Associate Professor

shana.macdonald@uwaterloo.ca

Anders Bergstrom

Lecturer

ajbergstrom@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 47955
Location: ML 309

Anders is a film and media scholar, with a background in literature, composition, and critical theory.

Paul Cegys

Lecturer

pcegys@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 47911
Location: ML 129

Paul Cegys’ work merges multiple practices of performance creation and design, from theatre and opera to site-specific installation and intermedial VR/MR scenographies.

William Chesney

Professor Emeritus

wchesney@uwaterloo.ca
(226) 339 - 3954

KC Collins

Associate Professor

collinsk@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 48326
Location: ECH 2112

KC Collins’ research focuses on sound and music in technology, and explores how new technologies impact our auditory experience. This research has included studies of sound on smart tables (horizontal computers), mobile phones, video games, and slot machines.

Kevin Carey

Lecturer

kcarey@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 46820
Location: ML 240

Kevin is an interdisciplinary teacher-scholar (English/Rhetoric PhD, Russian Literature MA, Philosophy BA) whose work focuses on higher education and its discontents.

Jordana Cox

Assistant Professor

j8cox@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 46809
Location: ML 243

My scholarship bridges communication studies, performance history, and the public humanities.

Shannon Hartling

Lecturer

shartling@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 48997
Location: ML 257B

Shannon Hartling has a PhD in English (2003) and an MA and BA in English from the University of Waterloo.

David Janzen

Lecturer

david.janzen@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 43383
Location: ML 308

David Janzen’s teaching and research takes an interdisciplinary approach to environmental and science communication, cultural and decolonial studies, and crisis theory.

Naila Keleta-Mae

Associate Professor

nailakm@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 42198
Location: ML 131

Naila Keleta-Mae holds a PhD in Theatre Studies (York University), an MFA in Theatre (York University) and a BA with distinction (Concordia University).

Sarah Klein

Assistant Professor

sarah.klein@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 48477
Location: ML 254A

Sarah’s research centers on how methods travel across time and space.

Sorouja Moll

Lecturer

smoll@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 41985
Location: ML 238

Sorouja Moll has a PhD in Humanities (Concordia) specializing in the fields of Communication, English, and Art History.

Lennart Nacke

Associate Professor

lennart.nacke@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 47822
Location: ML 239

Professor Nacke teaches User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction, and Game Design at the University of Waterloo.

Kim Nguyen

Associate Professor

kim.h.nguyen@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 49152
Location: ML 236A

Kim Hong Nguyen (she/her, they/them) is a scholar of Vietnamese descent appointed as Associate Professor of Communication Arts, at the University of Waterloo.

Tim Paci

Associate Chair, Undergraduate Communication Outcomes Initiative- Lecturer

tppaci@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 48494
Location: ML 254B

Tim Paci has taught in Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo since his days as a graduate student in the 1990s.

Jennifer Roberts-Smith

Associate Professor

jennifer.roberts-smith@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 45785
Location: ML 119C

Dr. Jennifer Roberts-Smith (PhD, Toronto) is an award-winning artist-researcher, whose transdisciplinary, design-based work explores performance, digital media, history, education, and social justice.

Glenn Stillar

Associate Professor

gstillar@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 47836
Location: ECH 2102

Professor Glenn Stillar is an Associate Professor in the Digital Arts Communication program in the Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo.

Henry Adam Svec

Assistant Professor

henry.adam.svec@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 46432
Location: ML 205

Imre Szeman

Professor

iszeman@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 47621
Location: ML 241

Imre Szeman holds a PhD in Literature (Duke University), an MA in Theory and Criticism (University of Western Ontario) and a BA in Philosophy (Queen’s University).

Gerald Voorhees

Associate Chair, Undergraduate Advisor For Speech Communication - Associate Professor

gerald.voorhees@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 48691
Location: ML ML 257A

Gerald Voorhees earned a Ph.D. from The University of Iowa (2008) and holds a B.S. in Speech Communication from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Senior Fellow in the Honors Program of the College of Communication.