Mark Callister
Professor of Communications
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Profile
Mark Callister has served in leadership positions in national communication academic associations. He has provided communication training and development for numerous companies and organizations. He is the father of five children and married to Colette Williams Callister.
Education
Dr. Mark Callister is the current Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Student Issues in the College of Fine Arts and Communications, and the former Director of the School of Communications at Brigham Young University. Prior to joining the BYU faculty in 2005, he taught at Western Illinois University. He received his Baccalaureate degrees in International Relations and in English and earned a Master's in Business Administration at BYU. In addition, he received a PhD in Communication with an emphasis in theories of persuasion at the University of Arizona. He is the recipient of two University awards: University Alumni Professorship Award and the University Randall L. Morgan Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellowship Award. His general research interests include visual imagery in advertising, and the role of persuasion in nonprofit fundraising and storytelling. He teaches courses in research methods, persuasion, and world religions and the media.
Name: Mark Callister
Title: Associate Dean | Professor of Communications
Room: 188 WCO
Phone: 801-422-6143
Email: mark_callister@byu.edu
"Socrates once said that “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” For me, an education is a life-long pursuit, and at BYU we believe it extends into the eternities. As Socrates highlights, an education is not just about acquiring and storing facts and data into the mind like “filling of a vessel” with knowledge, but implies the igniting of passion, learning, critical thinking, and curiosity that builds in power and energy."
-Mark Callister