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USD FACULTY WAGE GAP
Position: Associate Professor
Salary: $55,874.56
Education:
• Ph D, Communication, University of Missouri, 2005
• MS, Higher Education, Community College Teaching, Southern Illinois University, 1984
• BA, English, Southern Illinois University, 1979
Awards and Honors
• Top Conference Paper Award, Group Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2007
• Top Student Conference Paper, Instructional Communication division, Central States Communication Association, 2005
• Top Student Conference Paper, Family Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2004
Associate Professor
Communication Studies Faculty
Carolyn Prentice
Position: Assistant Professor
Salary: $47,643.65
Education:
• Ph D, Communication, University of Oklahoma, 2010
• MA, Communication Studies, University of South Dakota, 2004
• BS, Political Science, Black Hills State University, 2001
Awards and Honors
• Top Faculty Paper Award, International Communication Association, Intergroup Communication Interest Group, 2014
• Top Faculty Paper Award, National Communication Association, International and Intercultural Communication Division, 2013
• Ralph Cooley Award for Top Faculty Paper in the Division, International/Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2013
• Intercultural Communication Division Dissertation Award, International Communication Association, 2011
• Ralph Cooley Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in Intercultural Communication, University of Oklahoma (OU) Department of Communication, 2010
• Provost Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Area of Social Science, Education, and the Professions, University of Oklahoma (OU) Graduate College, 2008
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award , OU Department of Communication, 2008
• International Communication Association (ICA) Award for Excellent Teaching by a Graduate Student , International Communication Association (ICA), 2007
• Top Graduate Student Paper Award, Sooner Communication Conference , 2006
• Top Paper Award, Central States Communication Association Conference, Political Communication Interest Group, 2003
• Top Paper Award, National Communication Association, Political Communication Division, 2003
Position: Assistant Professor
Salary: $50,446.23
Education:
• Ph D, Communication, University of Oklahoma, 2010
• MA, Communication Studies, University of South Dakota , 2004
• BA, Government, Augustana College, 1994
Awards and Honors
• Top Four Papers in Intergroup Communication: Advances in Theorizing and Measuring Intergroup Contact , National Communication Association: Intergroup Communication Interest Group, 2014
• Ralph Cooley Award for Top Faculty Paper in the Division (co-author), National Communication Association: International/Intercultural Division, 2013
• Top Faculty Paper Panel (co-author), National Communication Association: International/Intercultural Division, 2013
• Belbas-Larson Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee, University of South Dakota, 2013
• Outstanding Dissertation Award Nominee, Political Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2010
• Top Graduate Student Paper, Sooner Communication Conference, 2007
• Top Paper Award, Environmental Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2006
• Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Communication: University of Oklahoma, 2005
• Vera Way Marghab Writing Competition, South Dakota State University, 2004
• Top Graduate Student Paper, Political Communication Division of the Central States Communication Association, 2003
Shane Semmler
Kelly McKay-Semmler
Assistant Professor
Position: Chair of the Communication Studies department
Salary: $70,347.33
Education:
• Ph D, Communication Studies, The University of Iowa, 2007
• MA, Communication Studies, The University of Iowa, 1989
• BA, Theater Arts/Business Management, Simpson College, 1983
Awards and Honors
• Msgr James Doyle Humanities Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities Division of the College of Arts and Sciences, the University of South Dakota, 2009
Jill Tyler
Lecturer
Position: Lecturer
Salary: N/A
Education:
• Ph D, Audiology and Hearing Sciences, Northwestern University, 1999
• Research Fellowship in Neuroaudiology, Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center, 1994
• MA, Speech and Hearing Science, University of California, 1985
• BA, Communication Disorders, University of Northern Colorado, 1983
Mark DeLaurier
Instructor
Position: Instructor
Salary: $32,772.86
Education:
• MS, Communication Studies, South Dakota State University, 2007
• BA, Communication Studies and Theatre, South Dakota State University, 1999
Nicole Ackman
Position: Instructor
Salary: $35,783.51
Education
• N/A
