Faculty
Benny Andres
My course: HIST 2170 Latino/as in US, 1846 to Present is an elective in the Interdisciplinary Program, Health & Medical Humanities (HHUM). Environmental health issues have always been an important topic in my teaching and research. My most recent publication is the first history of Latino/a health care in the US. The forthcoming essay is […]
Debra Basalik
I have worked at UNC Charlotte in the Communication Studies Department for seven years, primarily teaching on the Health Communication Track. 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. The course HHUM 2100, Intro to Health […]
Erin Basinger
I am an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ruth Grouenhout
Research Interests Healthcare ethics focused on gender health systems and organizations health policy Read More