Steven McCornack
Dr. Steve McCornack is Professor and Basic Course Director in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His scholarly interests include deceptive discourse production and deception detection. Dr. McCornack teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on public speaking, interpersonal communication, relational communication, and language/discourse. He has received several awards for undergraduate teaching excellence, including the Amoco Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award, the Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship, and the National Communication Association Donald H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education.
Kelly Morrison
Dr. Kelly McCornack teaches classes on gender, health, instructional communication, and team-teaches interpersonal communication as Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Before UAB, she spent more than 20 years teaching at Michigan State University where she garnered several teaching awards. She enjoys mentoring her McNair Dreams scholars in their summer research opportunities, and she is currently serving as an Honors College Advisor.