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Joseph Graf Senior Professorial Lecturer SOC | Public Communication

Additional Positions at AU
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Communication
Degrees
BA Journalism, University of Wisconsin - Madison; MA Journalism and Mass Communication, The Ohio State University; Ph.D., George Mason University

Bio
Joseph Graf is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Communication. He also teaches in the Public Communication division. He is former research director for the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, which promoted Internet politics to improve civic engagement. He has published in political communication and online politics and is focused on the intersection of civic involvement and new media technology. Graf has taught as a visiting professor at The George Washington University. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
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Teaching

Spring 2025

  • COMM-735 Communication Theory

  • COMM-744 Strategic Comm Capstone

Fall 2025

  • COMM-738 Research for Strategic Comm