Department of Language & Communication

UM-Flint French Hall

Department of Language & Communication

Administrative Office
260 French Hall
303 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48502-1950
Phone: 810-762-3234


Language & Communication Faculty & Staff


Department Chair

James Schirmer
Chair & Associate Professor of English
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Communication Studies Faculty

Jenell Barnard-Keller
Lecturer II in Communication Studies
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Jeyoung (Jenny) Oh
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
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Brian Schrader
Lecturer IV in Communication Studies
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Dan Lake
Lecturer II in Communication Studies
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Marcus Paroske
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
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Heather Seipke
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
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Kimberly A. Laux
Lecturer II in Communication Studies
810-762-3411
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Sarah Rosaen
Professor of Communication Studies
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Michelle Silva
Lecturer IV in Communication Studies
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English Faculty

Bob Barnett
Professor of English
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Kazuko Hiramatsu
Professor of Linguistics
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Stephanie Roach
Associate Professor of English
810-762-3429
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Jacob Blumner
Professor of English & Director of the Marian E. Wright Writing Center
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Maureen Thum
Lecturer IV in English
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Jay Clark
Lecturer II in English
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Mary Jo Kietzman (Gifford)
Associate Professor of English
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Janelle Wiess
Lecturer IV in English
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Emily Feuerherm
Associate Professor of Linguistics
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Dave Larsen
Lecturer IV in English, Director of Writing Placement
Exam (WPX), & Qua Faculty Advisor
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Stephanie Wilhelm
Lecturer II in English
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Foreign Languages & Literatures Faculty

Mohamed Daassa 
Lecturer in Foreign Languages IV & Literatures Arabic & French
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Theresa Knoll 
Lecturer II in Foreign Languages & Literatures Spanish
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Jeanine LeMieux
Lecturer I in Foreign Languages & Literatures Spanish
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Jing Fu 
Lecturer IV in Foreign Languages & Literatures Chinese
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Daniel O’Connell
Lecturer I in Foreign Languages & Literatures German
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Academic Advisors

Kim Laux
Academic Advisor – Communication Studies and Foreign Languages
810-762-3411
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Nicole Altheide, MS
Academic Advisor – English
810-762-3096
568 French Hall
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