Associate Directors of the Center for Sports Communication & Media

Dr. Natalie Brown Devlin
Natalie Brown Devlin, assistant professor in Stan Richard School of Advertising and Public Relations, researches crisis communication and digital media in the context of sport. Her work examines how social media empowers organizational stakeholders during sports-related crises. In her capacity as CSCM Associate Director, Dr. Devlin coordinates Center-affiliated research initiatives.

Kevin Robbins
Kevin Robbins, senior lecturer in the School of Journalism, joined the journalism faculty in 2012 after 22 years in daily newspapers including stints at The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Austin American-Statesman. His biography on the legendary golf instructor, "Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf,” was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2016. In his capacity as CSCM Associate Director, Robbins coordinates Center-related student initiatives.
Moody College faculty affiliates of the Center for Sports Communication & Media

Dr. Joshua Barbour
Joshua Barbour, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, studies the confluence of the macromorphic and communicative in organizational life. He focuses on the difficult conversations that professionals have in the conduct of their work.

Dr. Mary Bock
Mary Bock, assistant professor in the School of Journalism, is a former journalist turned academic with an interest in the sociology of photographic practice, the rhetorical relationship between words and images, and digital media.

Dr. Barry Brummett
Barry Brummett, professor in the Department of Communication Studies, maintains research interests are in the rhetoric of popular culture. He has developed a general theoretical basis for understanding this rhetoric based largely on symbolic forms.

Dr. Isabella Cunningham
Isabella Cunningham is the Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor in Communication in the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations. Her major expertise is in the area of legal and ethical aspects of advertising and promotional communications with a particular interest in the management of the communications effort, which includes media effectiveness and message appeals.
James Dalthorp
James Dalthrop, a lecturer in the Stan Richard School of Advertising and Public Relations, has worked as director, producer, filmmaker, writer, art director and creative director in many different career engagements. He was co-producer for "Masters Playoffs" and writer, director, producer for "Phil at Augusta", both for CBS Sports.

Dr. Matthew Eastin
Matthew Eastin is a professor in the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations. Dr. Eastin's research focuses on new media behavior. From this perspective, he has investigated information processing as well as the social and psychological factors associated with game play involvement, new media adoption, e-commerce, e-health, and organizational use.

Joel Lulla
Joel Lulla, J.D., lecturer in the Stan Richard School of Advertising and Public Relations, has been engaged in the sports media industry for over 30 years, working for ABC Sports, IMG and, most recently, as a consultant, providing media rights assessment and negotiation services. A number of Lulla’s clients have been involved in the intercollegiate sports media space including The Fiesta Bowl, the Big 12 Conference, WAC, Sun Belt, University of Nebraska athletic department, University of Texas athletic department and Boise State University. Mr. Lulla is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

Dr. Jennifer McClearen
Jennifer McClearen, lecturer in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, is a feminist media scholar who's work examines the cultural production of difference in contemporary society with an emphasis on the mediation of gender, race, and sexuality. She researches how intersecting subjectivities are written onto active female bodies in popular media such as action films or sports.

Dr. Matthew McGlone
Dr. Matthew McGlone is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies. He studies social influence, persuasion, and deception, with an emphasis on the key role language plays in these processes. His current research projects explore the strategic arousal of fear to promote healthy behavior; how people interpret and misinterpret tweets and other social media content; deception tactics used by identity thieves. He teaches courses on persuasion, deception, and identity management in interpersonal communication.

Dr. Kathleen McElroy
Kathleen McElroy, senior lecturer in School of Journalism, received her Ph.D. from the School of Journalism in December 2014, after nearly 30 years as a professional journalist. At The New York Times, she held various management positions, including associate managing editor, dining editor, deputy sports editor and deputy editor of the website. She previously worked for The National, an all-sports daily, as well as Long Island's Newsday and the Austin American-Statesman.

Dr. Jeff Treem
Jeff Treem, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, studies the relationship between technology use and social perceptions of expertise, primarily in organizational contexts. This research explores how communication technologies facilitate recurrent, interactive practices that affect attributions of knowledge individuals make regarding coworkers.
UT-Austin faculty affiliates of the Center for Sports Communication & Media

Dr. Matthew Bowers
Matthew Bowers is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Health Education.

Dr. Ethan Burris
Ethan Burris is a Professor of Management in the McCombs School of Business and the Department Chair of the Center for Leadership and Ethics.

Dr. Louis Harrison
Louis Harrison is the Charles H. Spence, Sr. Centennial Professor in the College of Education's Curriculum & Instruction Department with joint appointments in the Center for African and African American Studies and the African and African Diaspora Studies Department, both in the College of Liberal Arts.

Conor Heffernan
Conor Heffernan, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Health Education.

Dr. Thomas M.Hunt
Thomas Hunt is Associate Professor in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Health Education as well as the Assistant Director for Academic Affairs at the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports.

Dr. Darren Kelly
Darren Kelly is Assistant Professor of Instruction for the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Health Education as well as Associate Vice President for the Division for Diversity and Community Engagement - Academic Diversity Initiatives.

Dr. Brian Mills
Brian Mills is Associate Professor in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Health Education.

Dr. Miriam Solis
Miriam Solis is an Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning in the School of Architecture.

Dr. Jan Todd
Jan Todd is a Professor in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology and Health Education (with a joint appointment at the Center for Women and Gender Studies) as well as the co-founder of the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports.