Melanie Loehwing, PhD

Dr. Melanie Loehwing serves as the Associate Vice President for Student Success, overseeing the Academic Advising Center, Academic Success Center, Career Development Center, Student Accessibility Services, Student Success Scholarship Programs, and First Year Experience. She comes to YCP from Mississippi State University, where she was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Arts & Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies.

Dr. Loehwing earned her PhD from the Department of Communication & Culture at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her research examines civic rhetorical practices of advocacy, deliberation, and protest, and shows how the health of a democracy is tied to the quality of its rhetoric. She has published widely in communication and political science journals, and her book, Homeless Advocacy and the Rhetorical Construction of the Civic Home (Penn State, 2018) was awarded the National Communication Association's 2019 Diamond Anniversary Book Award.