Communication and Media Studies Department Faculty and Staff

Amanda Alampi 
Adjunct
[email protected]
MAR 702

Amy Aronson
Professor
[email protected]
Martino 701
Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Media Studies, Magazines, Feminity, Masculinity

Jesse Baldwin-Philippi
Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
[email protected]
FMH 434
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Areas of Interest: Civic Participation, Citizenship, Social Media

Heidi C. Bordogna
Lecturer
FMH 300
Areas of Interest: Film/TV Production, Screenwriting, Media Theory

Christopher Brandt
Adjunct
MFA, Sarah Lawrence College
FMH 450
Areas of Interest: Poetry, Theatre, Political history

Eli Bromberg
Adjunct
Ph.D. English, UMass Amherst
FMH 450
Areas of Interest: Jewish American popular culture, sexual antisemitism, media studies

Hopeton Campbell
Director of Walsh Media Lab, A/V Equipment Coordinator
FMH 317
M.A., Fordham University

Jennifer Clark
Associate Chair, Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Martino 710
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Areas of Interest: Feminist Television Studies, Celebrity Cultures, and Film and Television Production Studies

Cornelia Connors
Adjunct
MAR 702
Areas of Interest: Communications and Public relations

Alan D'Aiello
Lecturer
MAR 714 / FMH 418
PhD Sussex University 2016
Research Interests: Digital Media, digitization of public and private spaces

Gregory Donovan
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Martino 704
Ph.D., City University of New York
Areas of Interest: Digital Geography, Social Justice, Participatory Research and Design

Mary Durkin
Adjunct
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MAR 702

Eric English
Adjunct
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MAR 702

Ashar Foley
Lecturer
MAR 707
Areas of Interest: Films/TV, Media Theory, Communication

Lewis Freeman
Study Abroad Advisor, Senior Lecturer
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FMH 439
Areas of Interest: Children & Media, Social Awareness, Social Justice

Matthew Hockenberry
Assistant Professor
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FMH 430
PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University
Areas of Interest: Media History, Media Industries, Logistics, Infrastructure, and Mobile Media

James Jennewein
Lecturer
MAR 715
Areas of Interest: Films and TV, Screenwriting, TV Drama

Diana Kamin
Internship Coordinator, Advanced Lecturer
PhD, Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
MAR 712
Areas of Interest: Ethics and policy, visual culture, knowledge production and the public sphere

Mathias Klang
Associate Chair, Associate Professor
[email protected]
FMH 436
Ph.D., University of Göteborg (Sweden)
Areas of Interest: Digital Activism, Privacy & Surveillance, Digital Rights

Catherine Katsafouros
Personal Website
NMDD Program Co-Director, Advanced Lecturer
FMH 300
MFA in Studio Art, Stony Brook University

Kavita Kulkarni
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
MAR 716

Beth Knobel
Associate Professor
Ph.D., MPP, Harvard University
Areas of Interest: Journalism, Watchdog Journalism, TV Production

Emily Krebs
Assistant Professor
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PhD., Utah University
Areas of Interest: Disability Justice, Mad Studies, Critical Suicidology

Dee LaDuke
Adjunct
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MAR 702

Nick Leshi
Adjunct
M.A. Public Communication, Fordham University
FMH 450
Areas of Interest: Public relations, crisis communication, media relations

Paul Levinson
Professor
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FMH 453
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: Politics in Media, Popular Culture, Media Ethics

Frank LoBuono
Adjunct
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Brandy Monk-Payton
Assistant Professor
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FMH 435
Ph.D., Brown University
Areas of Interest: Black Film and Media Cultures, Television Studies, Celebrity

Jennifer Moorman
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
FMH 451
Ph.D., UCLA
Areas of Interest: Gender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, Film/TV

Sharif Mowlabocus
Chair, Professor
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Martino 717
Ph.D., University of Sussex
Areas of Interest: Sexuality and Media Studies, Identity

Michelle O'Dwyer
Administrator, PMMA, McGannon
FMH 430

Michele Prettyman
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Martino Hall, Room 711
MA and PhD from Georgia State University
Areas of Interest: Race and Visual Aesthetics, Narrative, Black Cinema

Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto
Assistant Professor
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FMH 437

Margaret Schwartz
Associate Professor
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Martino 703
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Areas of Interest: Feminism, Embodiment, Communication Ethics.

Justin Shanitkvich
Adjunct
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MAR 702

Lance Strate
Professor
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FMH 434a
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: Media Ecology, Tech., Popular Culture

Lori-Ann Tenn
Senior Executive Secretary
Martino 702

Marie Trombetta
Senior Secretary
FMH 430

Ralph Vacca
NMDD Program Co-Director, Assistant Professor
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Martino 716
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: Mental Health, Data Literacy, Participatory Design

Kara Van Cleaf
Lecturer
[email protected]
704 Martino Hall
PhD in Sociology from The Graduate Center of the CIty University of New York
Areas of Interest: Motherhood, Fashion, Feminism

Chris Vicari
Educational Technologist, A/V Equipment Coordinator
Martino 709
Areas of Interest: Games for change, digital narrative, educational technology

Qun Wang
Assistant Professor
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FMH 454
PhD in Communication, Information, and Media, Rutgers University
Areas of Interest: Journalism, Global Media, Technology

Julianne Welby
Lecturer
[email protected]
FMH 418
Areas of Interest: Public Media, Audio & Multimedia Journalism 

Tim Wood
Assistant Professor
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FMH 452
Ph.D., New York University
Areas of Interest: Promotional Culture, Corporate Political Advocacy

Karen Williams
Senior Lecturer
[email protected]
FMH 438
PhD in Cinema Studies, New York University
Areas of Interest: Film and Television