Department of Communication

Phone Contact: 474-1876

Charu Uppal

Charu Uppal in New York

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  • Bachelors in Political Science
  • Post Graduate diploma in International Humanitarian Law

 
 
Areas of Interest:
  • Organizational Communication
  • Leadership and Training

E-mail contact: cuppal@alaska.edu

Linda Bergsone

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  • § Bachelors in Business Management and minor Quality Management
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Interest/Specialties:

  • Intercultural communication(effective group decision making),
  • Organizational Communication,
  • and Interpersonal Communication.

E-mail contact: lbergsone@alaska.edu

Office Hours Fall 2009:   Thursday noon - 3:00 pm

Amanda Brander

Graduate Teaching Assistant


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Degrees:

  • B.S. Communication

Areas of Interest/Specialties:
  •  Intercultural Communication,
  • Speech Communication,and
  • Health Communication

Email contact: albrander@alaska.edu

Office Hours Fall 2009: Tues/Thurs 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Ross Imbler

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  • AA Liberal Arts, Santiago Canyon College, BA Sociology UAF

Interest/Specialties:

  • Communication Stuff . . .

Email contact: rmimbler@alaska.edu

Office Hours Fall 2009: Tues 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Inna Ishchenko

Inna

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  • BA in Communication from University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2007);
  • Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Management from University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2007);

 Areas of Interest:

  • Gender Communication,
  • Conflict Management Communication and
  • Intercultural Communication

Email contact: iishchenko@alaska.edu

Office Hours Fall 2009: Tues 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Thurs 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Donald Crocker

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  •  B.A. English , UAF,   2005
  • B.A. History, UAF, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Areas of Interest/Specialties:

  •  Intercultural Communication
  • Poststructural Communication
  • Phenomenology

Outside Interests:

Poetry slams, soccer, baseball, live music, beer

 

Email contact: djcrocker@alaska.edu

Alan Fredericksen

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  • A.A. Liberal Arts,
  • B.A. Religious Studies with an emphasis on Western Religions

Interests:

  • Political Communication
  • Rhetoric
  • Spirituality, Theater, Film, Lost (T.V.) and hiking.


Major Life Experiences:

  • Working in Guatemala with Habitat for Humanity, Bungee Jumping, Volunteering for various organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters and several GLBTQ non-profits.

Email contact:  acfredericksen@alaska.edu

Office Hours Fall 2009: Tues/Thurs 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Wed 11:00 am - noon

Marsha Schirack

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  • B.A in Communication

Areas of Interest/Specialities:

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Nonverbal communication

Email contact: maschirack@alaska.edu

Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Megan Sweeney

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

BA Communication UAF 2008
BA Sociology UAF 2008

Areas of Interest/Specialties:

Computer Mediated Communication
Organizational Communication
Nonverbal Communication

E-mail contact: masweeney@alaska.edu

Office Hours Fall 2009: Mon, Wed 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Estrella Lee

Graduate Teaching Assistant


Degrees:

B.A. Psychology
 

Area of Interest:

Family Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Nonverbal Communication

Email contact: edlee2@alaska.edu

Office Hours Fall 2009: Tues/Thur  9:45 am - 11: 45 am

Janejira (Jane) Piyamahapong

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Degrees:

  • B.A.  Business Administration

Areas of Interest:

  • Basketball
  • Thai boxing
  • Travel
  • Photography

Office Hours:

T 9:00-10:00,

W 10:00-11:00,

F 11:00-12:00

Email contact: jpiyahamapong@alaska.edu