Communication and Media Studies Department Faculty and Staff

Members of the Communication and Media Studies department teach, research, and publish in virtually every field of Media Studies. Staff are available to also support student needs and you can find contact for all CMS personnel here.

  • 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
    [email protected]
    MAR 702

    Eric English
    Adjunct
    [email protected]
    MAR 702

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

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

    Matthew Hockenberry
    Assistant Professor
    [email protected]
    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
    [email protected]
    PhD., Utah University
    Areas of Interest: Disability Justice, Mad Studies, Critical Suicidology

  • Dee LaDuke
    Adjunct
    [email protected]
    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
    [email protected]
    FMH 453
    Ph.D., New York University
    Areas of Interest: Politics in Media, Popular Culture, Media Ethics

    Frank LoBuono
    Adjunct
    [email protected]

    Brandy Monk-Payton
    Assistant Professor
    [email protected]
    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
    [email protected]
    Martino 717
    Ph.D., University of Sussex
    Areas of Interest: Sexuality and Media Studies, Identity

    Hamidreza Nassiri
    Lecturer
    [email protected]
    MAR 701

    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
    [email protected]
    FMH 437

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

    Justin Shanitkvich
    Adjunct
    [email protected]
    MAR 702

    Lance Strate
    Professor
    [email protected]
    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
    [email protected]
    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
    [email protected]
    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
    [email protected]
    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