
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.
- See Also
- "On Comments" blog
- Faculty Profile Video
- Google Scholar
- For the Media
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Teaching
Spring 2025
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COMM-735 Communication Theory
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COMM-744 Strategic Comm Capstone
Fall 2025
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COMM-738 Research for Strategic Comm
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Graf, Joseph, Joseph Erba and Ren-Whei Harn (2017). The Role of Civility and Anonymity on Perceptions of Online Comments. Mass Communication and Society, 20(4), 526-549.