Faculty

Benny Andres
My course: HIST 2170 / HHUM 3020 Latino/as in US, 1846 to Present is an elective in the Interdisciplinary Program, Health & Medical Humanities (HHUM). Environmental health issues have always been important in my teaching and research. My most recent publication is the first history of Latino/a health care in the US. The forthcoming essay […]

Debra Basalik
I have worked at UNC Charlotte in the Communication Studies Department for many years, primarily teaching on the Health Communication Track. Now, I teach full-time in Interdisciplinary Studies. I obtained my bachelor’s degree from WVU and my master’s and doctorate from UNC Charlotte. My research interests include health literacy, caregiver stress, and public health communication. […]

Erin Basinger
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. My program of research focuses on how people cope with stress in the context of their interpersonal relationships (e.g., family relationships, romantic partnerships), recognizing that stress and relationships are mutually impactful. My primary research questions focus on stress and coping and stem from the […]

Jennifer Byrd
Areas of specialization: feminist theory, activism and outreach, gender and literary criticism, third-wave feminism, ecofeminist studies, gender studies in early modern period Read More

Shanice Jones Cameron
I am Shanice Jones Cameron, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. My dissertation is titled Locating the Everyday: Black Women, Well-being, and Digital Media. I utilized digital ethnographic methods to explore Black women’s health and well-being discourses distributed through information and communication technologies. These […]

Julie Cannon
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. My program of research investigates the narrative mechanisms that are theorized to improve intergroup attitudes and support, especially in areas where these findings indicate ambivalence. Specifically, I have studied the ways people respond to messages about nutrition and parenting experiences when the source is […]

Christine S. Davis
I am an Emeritus Faculty in the Communication Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. My research interests are in the intersection of family, culture, health humanities, and health communication. I publish regularly on topics such as children’s health, children’s mental health, end-of-life communication, family disability, and qualitative research methods. I specifically […]

Catherine Fuentes
I am a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. My research interests are in domestic violence, trauma, and incarceration among girls and women. I teach courses on topics of violence, urban problems and solutions, culture and health, and others. My most recent research focuses on breaking the […]

Susanne Gomoluch
Susanne Gomoluch is a Teaching Professor of German and the Elementary and Intermediate German Coordinator. She received her PhD. in German from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. After teaching at liberal arts colleges in the Northeast, she returned to North Carolina to teach at UNC Greensboro, and later UNC Charlotte. She teaches all […]

Dan Grano
I am a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. My work focuses on intersections between sport and politics, with particular emphasis on health, the body, race, religion, and public memory. I have published work on the head trauma crisis in football, the medical and regulatory infrastructures behind performance enhancement, and the politics of bodily […]