David Adkins
255 Smith Hall
adkins1350@marshall.edu
Office Hours for Spring 2024 Will Be Posted in January.
Tatum Bock
255 Smith Hall
ferris32@marshall.edu
Office Hours for Spring 2024 Will Be Posted in January.
Tatum is from Barboursville, West Virginia. In addition to serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Communication Studies, she is the Office Administrator for the Campus Christian Center and has recently started tutoring in the Buck Harless Student-Athlete Academic Center. Tatum graduated with her RBA from Marshall in 2021. She has developed a passion for teaching strategies and student advising in higher education and after earning her graduate degree, plans to get a doctorate in Educational Leadership.
Jack Cross
255 Smith Hall
cross82@marshall.edu
Office Hours for Spring 2024 Will Be Posted in January.
Jack is from Youngstown, Ohio, loves to play video games, and thinks that sugar-free Coke is better than regular. He received his Bachelor of Science in Communication from Ohio University, where he competed for the Speaking Bobcats forensics team for four years. At Marshall, in addition to teaching and completing his own coursework, Jack coaches for the Thundering Word forensics team, specializing in Dramatic Interpretation, Prose Interpretation, and Program of Oral Interpretation. He is a Communication Studies scholar because of the field’s intense focus on the nature of social reality, and the process of creating shared meaning. Jack’s primary interest is how minority identity groups (namely queer and autistic folks) both influence and are influenced by social norms and stigma.
Duncan Crowley
255 Smith Hall
crowley4@marshall.edu
Office Hours for Spring 2024 Will Be Posted in January.
After stopping out of college as an undergraduate, Duncan came back after five years to finish his undergraduate degree in Health Sciences. After starting the Communication Studies graduate program, he became fascinated with the critical perspective and spends his free time reading texts about Gramsci, Marx, and modern American Socialists. He’s an award-winning West Virginia writer and also a craftsman “of sorts,” building and painting miniatures and dabbling in woodworking.
Frankie Marrs
255 Smith Hall
frankie.marrs@marshall.edu
Office Hours for Spring 2024 Will Be Posted in January.
Frankie comes from a background in the performing arts with her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the American Dramatic and Musical Academy in both New York City and Los Angeles. After living in two of the largest cities, as well as attending European arts programs, Frankie has returned home to Marshall in the Communication Studies Department to further her education journey. Outside of school, you can often see her performing with the Charleston Light Opera Guild or at Starbucks attempting to complete all her homework.”
Alexis McComas
255 Smith Hall
mccomas160@marshall.edu
Office Hours for Spring 2024 Will Be Posted in January.
Alexis has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Communication Studies. She decided to continue her education within the Communication Studies Department because they are able to help build her future and give her opportunities for the best experiences possible. Her other interests include crime and sitcom shows, Pinterest creativity, and her cat babies!
Makaylah Wheeler
255 Smith Hall
wheeler152@marshall.edu
Office Hours for Spring 2024 Will Be Posted in January.
Makaylah Wheeler is a graduate of the Marshall University School of Journalism. Her B.A. focused on Broadcast Journalism with a special interest in Radio. Wheeler has won over 76 awards in Mass Communications in the last five years, including The Paul G. Watson Award, the WMUL-Fm Board Excellence Award, Second Place News Operations at Associated Press 2023, and numerous awards of excellence for newscasts and news packages. Wheeler is pursuing her graduate degree in Communications Studies and is also the Station Manager of WMUL-Fm. Her area of interest lies in Mass Communications. She is excited to be a new addition to the department and is eager to watch it grow and adapt.