Geri Gay, chair of the Department of Communication and director of the Human-Computer Interaction Group at Cornell, is the first holder of the Kenneth J. Bissett '89 Senior Professorship in Communication. Under Gay's leadership, the faculty of the Department of Communication have expanded the definition of communication studies at Cornell to integrate human-computer interactions, information science, psychology, and law.
For more information, see: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec05/Bissett.html