Professor Joan Bucy joined Dana's communication department full time in the fall of 2002 after teaching at Dana part time for many years. She received her bachelor of arts in communication from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1983 and her master of arts in communication from UNO in 1996.

Her special areas of interest include gender communication, interpersonal communication and communication in the media. Her master's thesis examined "Sex-role Stereotypes in Children's Storybooks".

Prof. Bucy has extensive writing experience and is the past recipient of several Nebraska Press Association awards for newswriting, feature writing, photography and design. Community service work includes grant writing for local non-profit organizations and schools.