Benjamin R Bates

Benjamin R. Bates (Ph.D., University of Georgia) is the Barbara Geralds Schoonover Professor of Health Communication in the School of Communication Studies. He is also an affiliated faculty member in the Communication and Development Studies Program and in the Center for African Studies and for Asian Studies. Dr. Bates is an affiliated researcher with the Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, the Appalachian Rural Health Institute, and the Translational Biomedical Sciences doctoral program. He also serves as an affiliate member of the University’s Social Medicine faculty in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Dr. Bates served as President of the Eastern Communication Association (ECA), the nation’s oldest professional organization for communication academics and pr