Faculty | B.A. in Communication Studies
Joy Qualls
- Associate Dean, Division of Communication, School of Fine Arts and Communication
- Associate Professor, Communication Studies
- Ph.D., Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- M.A., Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- B.A., Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, California
Joy Qualls, associate professor of communication studies, is pleased to be joining the communication studies department as chair and associate professor. Qualls is an alumna of Vanguard University and Regent University, where she earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate, respectively in communication studies, with research emphases in religious and political rhetoric. Most recently Joy...
Courses
Public Relations and Communication
The
Articulate Person I, II, & III
Communication Ethics
Gender Communication
Rhetoric: Effective Communication
Frameworks Interdisciplinary Core: Order & Disorder
Argumentation and Debate
Public Speaking & Rhetoric
Political Communication
Timothy Muehlhoff
- Professor of Communication
- Author, Speaker and Research Consultant
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- B.A., Eastern Michigan University
While teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tim Muehlhoff received his department's highest award for teaching and has been recognized by the International Communication Association for outstanding teaching. In his M.A. thesis, Muehlhoff developed a method of encouraging civil dialogue and perspective-taking between groups who perceive themselves as morally opposed with...
Research Interests
- Interpersonal communication
- Persuasion
- Cultural analysis
- Rhetoric
- Hate speech
- Social justice
- Marital communication
- Gender
Arianna Molloy
- Associate Professor, Communication Studies
- Ph.D., University of Denver
- M.A., University of Portland
- B.A., Seattle Pacific University
Arianna Molloy is an associate professor in the Communication Studies Department at Biola University, where she teaches courses in: organizational communication, research methods, nonverbal communication, small group communication and communication and calling. Her love for teaching is reflected in a variety of outstanding achievement awards, such as the Provost Award for “Excellence in...
Dorothy Calley
- Chair, Department of Communication Studies
- Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- Ph.D., Loughborough University (2019)
- M.A., School for International Training
- B.A., Biola University
Dorothy Alston Calley serves at Biola as an assistant professor of communication studies. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, has a masters degree in social justice in intercultural relations from the School for International Training and a B.A. in communication studies from Biola University. Professor Calley has served as an AmeriCorps member...
Courses
Communication and Diversity, Interpersonal Communication, Oral Interpretation, Introduction to Public Communication, First Year Seminar
Research Interests
- Birth Communication
- Third Culture Learners
- Gender
- Diversity
Zachary Bortot
- Assistant Professor, Theatre
- M.F.A., Regent University
- B.F.A., University of Nevada, Reno
Prior to his work at Biola, Zachary Bortot served as the director of development for the Chicago based non-profit Christian theatre company, Honest Theatre. During this time he also studied improvisational comedy at the legendary iO theatre. In his career, he has spent years working as an actor, director, writer, fight director and instructor in a variety of locales and venues in the United...
Courses
Presently teaching: Production Practicum I, Theatre Appreciation, Voice and Speech for the Actor, Theatrical Makeup, Theatre Topics: Improvisation, Beginning Acting, Intermediate Acting, Production Practicum II, Playwriting for Performance, Communication Practicum, Advanced Acting: Shakespeare and the Business of Acting, Communication Seminar: Stage Combat, Movement for the Actor and Directed Research.
Research Interests
- Theatre of Cruelty
- Immersive Theater
- Augmented and Virtual Reality in Performance
- Faith Integration in the Performing Arts
Bryan Moe
- Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- Rhetoric, Food, and Social Movements
- Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2015
- M.A., California State University of Fullerton, 2009
- B.A., University of Hawaii, 2007
Bryan Moe, assistant professor of communication studies, grew up in Southern California but spent seven of the last 10 years living and traveling in the American South and Pacific Islands. These journeys inform his academic interest in the communication practices of diverse cultures and in particular the rhetorical qualities of their food and foodways. Currently he is finishing his...