Dr. James joined the faculty in 1983. Her research interest include issues related to ethnic and gender diversity, and teaching and intervention in diversity issues. This has recently led Professor James to exploring the role of motherhood and the images of the Madonna. She also serves as the Undergraduate Director.

Undergraduate course offerings

• Communication and Cultural Diversity
• Interpersonal Communication
• Women and Communication

Graduate course offerings

• Communicating Race and Racism
• Social Construction of Race and Class
• Media Studies

Representative publications

• "When Miss America Was Always White" Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity, and Communication: An Intercultural Anthology (eds. A. Gonzalez, M. Houston, and V. Chen) Los Angeles: Roxbury, 1999.

Awards

• Affirmative Action in Higher Education in Florida Award, USF, 1989
• Town and Gown Community Service Award, USF, 1989
• Outstanding Professor Award, Senior Class, USF, 1984

Education

Ph.D., Speech Communication, Ohio University, 1982.