Faculty

Nobleza Asuncion-Lande Mary Banwart Nancy Baym Tom D. Beisecker Kristine Bruss Diana B. Carlin Jay Childers Michael Dennis

Paul G. Friedman Jeffrey Hall Scott Harris Mary Lee Hummert Adrianne Kunkel Beth Manolescu Donn Parson

Dorthy Pennington Robert C. Rowland Tracy Russo Amy Schmisseur Dave Tell Yan Bing Zhang Emeritus Faculty

Diana B. Carlin Email: dbcarlin@ku.edu Voice: 785-864-9875 or 785-864-6161 Office: 407 Bailey Hall or 300 Strong Hall

Professor
Dean of Graduate School, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Carlin's research and writing interests focus on gendered communication and political communication, especially political debates, speech writing, and women in politics. She is Director of a national research project on presidential debates, Debate Watch, which took place in 1996 and 2000, and she currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Commission on Presidential Debates. She was selected as a Mortar Board Outstanding Educator in Fall 1998, and in Spring 1999 she received the Steeples Award for Outstanding Service to the state of Kansas. In August 1999 Dr. Carlin was selected as a Kemper Teaching Fellow, and she received the Order of Omega Outstanding Faculty Award in 2001. She is currently Dean of the Graduate School and International Programs.

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