For Academic Advising

Welcome to Academic Advising for the department of Communication Studies!  For any information or questions regarding the department requirements or general advising, you should read over this page and contact the appropriate person.

For information regarding internship credit, transfer credit, Lambda Pi Eta and writing an honors thesis please visit our Opportunities for Undergraduates page.  Here you will also find links to the appropriate forms you may need for any of these items. 

For additional information, please see our FAQ sheet

For any additional questions on policies and procedures, please see the Undergraduate Bulletin

Steve May-Director of Undergraduate Studies

General advising questions, honors theses, Lambda Pi Eta

201B Bingham Hall

919-962-4945

Office Hours: T, Th 10:00 am -11:00 am or by appointment

skmay@email.unc.edu

Wenhua Shi-Academic Advisor

Academic Advising for all concentrations, course selection, internship and career advising

111 Bingham Hall

919-926-4955

Office Hours: T, W, Th 1-3pm; F 10am-12pm; or by appointment

wenhua@email.unc.edu

TBA-Undergraduate Student Services

Course registration, study abroad and transfer credit, general Communication Studies curricular information, course restrictions, campus and department resources

117 Bingham Hall

919-962-4981

Office Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm or by appointment

Departmental Peer Advisors:

Basic Communication Studies course information, student perspective, and campus resources

Samantha Ryan samryan@email.unc.edu

Cameron Wardell wardell@email.unc.edu

During registration periods, the following faculty members will also be available for advising for the following concentrations in Communication Studies:

If you would like a face-to-face advising appointment, please sign up on each faculty member's office door after October 9th.

Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
Professor Mike Waltman
Monday, October 26th - 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Bingham 311
^{waltmanm@email.unc.edu}

Media Studies and Production
Professor Ed Rankus
Monday, October 26th - 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Bingham 201
^{rankus@email.unc.edu}

Media Studies and Production
Professor Michael Palm
Monday, October 26th - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bingham 316
mpalm@email.unc.edu

Rhetoric
Professor Eric Watts
Monday, October 26th - 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Bingham 313
^{ekwatts@email.unc.edu}

Performance Studies
Professor Paul Ferguson
Tuesday, October 27th - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Bingham 312
^{andreapf@aol.com}

Speech and Hearing Sciences
Professor Brenda Mitchell
October 28th 2:00 p.m. - 5 p.m.; October 28th 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Bondurant Hall, 1023
brenda_mitchell@med.unc.edu

General Advising
Professor Wenhua Shi
Tuesday, October 27th - 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Bingham 111
^{wenhua@email.unc.edu}

General Advising
Professor Steve May
Tuesday, October 27th - 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Bingham 201B
skmay@email.unc.edu