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Nobleza Asuncion-Lande Mary Banwart Nancy Baym Tom D. Beisecker Kristine Bruss Diana B. Carlin Jay Childers

Suzy D'Enbeau Jeffrey Hall Alesia Hanzal Scott Harris Mary Lee Hummert Adrianne Kunkel Beth Innocenti

Donn Parson Dorthy Pennington Robert C. Rowland Tracy Russo Dave Tell Yan Bing Zhang Emeritus Faculty

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Diana B. Carlin Email: dbcarlin@ku.edu Voice: 785-864-9875 Office: 407 Bailey Hall

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Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Carlin's research and writing interests focus on political communication, especially political debates, speech writing, public sphere, and women in politics. She developed a national research project on presidential debates, DebateWatch, which began in 1996 and has been a part of the Commission on Presidential Debates voter education programs in every election cycle since. Carlin served on the advisory board for the Commission for 13 years and conducted research that provided input into current debate formats. She was selected by the U.S. State Department and several Nongovernmental Organizations to lecture or serve as an advisor on debate and voter education projects in Russia, Moldova, Benin, Belarus, and Georgia. She was selected as a Mortar Board Outstanding Educator in Fall 1998, and in Spring 1999 she received the Steeples Award for Outstanding Service to the state of Kansas. In August 1999 Dr. Carlin was selected as a Kemper Teaching Fellow, and she received the Order of Omega Outstanding Faculty Award in 2001 and a Faculty Award of Merit from the KU Athletics Department in 2007. She was President of the Central States Communication Association in 2006 and was Dean of the Graduate School and International Programs at KU from 2000-2007. She served as the Dean in Residence and Director of International Outreach at the Council of Graduate Schools in 2007-2008.

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