Online Bachelor of Arts in Communication 

offered by Cincinnati University

Lisa Beckelhimer teaches Composition, Intro. to Copyediting & Publishing, and the capstone research course for the Interdisciplinary Studies program; she is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Dept. of English. Prior to teaching, Lisa was a professional writer and editor in marketing and public relations. Prof. Beckelhimer's professional interests include distance learning and service-learning pedagogy. Her articles on teaching writing online and integrating social justice into service-learning frameworks have been published in journals such as English Journal, CEA Forum, and The Ohio Journal of English Language Arts. Lisa is also interested in the intersections of social expectations and popular culture. She has written book chapters and articles and presented at conferences on heteronormalizing queerness in Hallmark Christmas movies, the impact of the pandemic on digital sports fandoms, the role of parents on The Bachelor/Bachelorette, morality and religion in Hallmark Channel programming, social justice movements in the NFL and NBA, and sexuality and gender roles on Dancing with the Stars.

Stephen P. Depoe, PhD (Northwestern, 1986), is a Professor of Communication. He is currently the co-editor of a book series on Media and Environmental Communication published by Palgrave MacMillan. He was the founding editor of ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: A JOURNAL OF NATURE AND CULTURE (www.tandfonline.com/renc) from 2007-13, and was also the founding chair of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA) (http://theieca.org). His research areas include environmental and risk communication, particularly the role of the public in environmental decision-making; and public communication. His recent work includes the co-edited volumes VOICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION (Palgrave MacMillan, 2014); NUCLEAR LEGACIES: COMMUNICATION, CONTROVERSY, AND THE U. S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX (Lexington Press, 2007) and COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING (SUNY Press, 2004). Dr. Depoe teaches courses in Environmental Communication, Communication and Sport, Rhetoric of Social Movements, Rhetorical Research Methods, and Advanced Rhetorical Theory.