Sr. Mary Ann Flannery, SC, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Department Chairperson
O'Malley Center, Room 39
Phone: (216) 397-4240 Fax: (216) 397-1759
Email: mflannery@jcu.edu

Sr. Mary Ann Flannery, SC, Ph.D. Associate Professor, researches and teaches rhetorical theory and journalism. In July of 1999, she was appointed department chair. She earned her B.A. from Siena Heights College in Michigan, and both her M.A. and Ph.D. from Kent State University. Sister Flannery has taught all levels of education, from elementary school through university. She is also a free lance journalist whose articles have been published in magazines and newspapers. Her interests are in Critical Theory of Communication, and in advocacy, especially for the oppressed of the Third World. She has made several fact-finding trips to El Salvador in order to write and speak on behalf of conditions there. She is also a consultant for parishes and religious organizations in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese.