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Administration and Staff

The Department of Communication and Media

5370 North Quad | 105 S. State Street 
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1285
Telephone: (734) 764-0420
comm.media.dept@umich.edu

Department Leadership | Office of the Chair
Chair Jan Van den Bulck
Associate Chair for Undergraduate StudiesJohn Barry Ryan
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies — Sonya Dal Cin 
Assistant to the ChairLana Naqshbandi 

Administrative Staff 
Chief Administrator  — Thea Bude 
Student Services ManagerSofia Carlsson
Graduate Program Coordinator — Jessica Argiero 
Undergraduate Program Coordinator —  Kashmir Preston 
Student Services Assistant — Alycia Bird

Events, Communication and Alumni Engagement Specialist - Melissa Bauernfeind

Jessica Argiero
Graduate Program Coordinator
5378 North Quad
105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
Melissa Bauernfeind
Events, Communication and Alumni Engagement Specialist
5370 North Quad
105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
734.764.6646
Alycia Bird
Student Services Assistant
5370 North Quad
105 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
Thea Bude
Chief Administrator
5378 North Quad
105 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1285
734.647.0778
Sofia Carlsson
Student Services Manager
5368 North Quad
105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
734.647.9723
Sonya Dal Cin
Professor; Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
5419 North Quad
105 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
734.615.0380
Lana Naqshbandi
Executive Assistant
5372 North Quad
105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
734.764.0423
Kashmir Preston
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
5360 North Quad
105 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
734.647.5996
John Barry Ryan
Associate ProfessorCommunication and Media; Political Science
5427 North Quad
105 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Jan Van den Bulck
Professor
5369 North Quad
105 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
734.615.4038