Faculty

  • Judith Austin
    Associate Professor of Communication
    BFA, University of the Arts
  • Fred Bayles
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    Director, Boston Statehouse Program
    BS, Boston University
  • Tobe Berkovitz
    Associate Professor of Communication
    BFA, MA, University of Connecticut
    PhD, Wayne State University
  • John Bernstein
    Associate Professor of Film
    BA, University of Michigan
    PhD, The University of Texas, Austin
  • Susan R. Blau
    Director of the College Writing Program
    Associate Professor
    BS, University of Vermont
    MA, University of Connecticut
  • Kathryn Burak
    Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, Kutztown University
    MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Christopher Cakebread
    Master Lecturer
    BA, St. Lawrence University
    MS, EdD, Boston University
  • Ray Carney
    Professor of Film and American Studies
    AB, Harvard College
    PhD, Rutgers University
  • John Carroll
    Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
    AB (hon.), Xavier University
  • T. Barton Carter
    Chair, Department of Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations
    Professor of Communication and Law
    BA, Yale University
    MS, Boston University
    JD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Christophor Cavalieri
    Assistant Professor of Television
    BS, Boston University
  • Carolyn E. Clark
    Associate Professor of Communication
    BS, Montclair State University
    MS, Pennsylvania State University
  • Dorothy S. Clark
    Master Lecturer
    BA, MS, Boston University
  • Christopher B. Daly
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    AB (hon.), Harvard University
    MA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Debbie Danielpour
    Assistant Professor of Film
    AB, Harvard College
    MA, San Francisco State University
    MFA in fiction and literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars
  • Ellen Davis
    Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, Amherst College
    MAT, Simmons College
    MA, Dartmouth College
    MFA, Emerson College
  • Mary Jane Doherty
    Director, Film Production Program
    Associate Professor of Film
    BA, Bowdoin College
    MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Anne Donohue
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    MS, Boston University
    MA, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  • Edward J. Downes
    Associate Professor of Public Relations
    BA, St. Bonaventure University
    MPA, George Mason University
    PhD, Syracuse University
  • Jan Egleson
    Associate Professor of the Practice of Film & Television
    MFA (Certificate), Yale School of Drama
    Certificate Diploma, Bristol Old Vic (Bristol, England)
  • Michael G. Elasmar
    Associate Professor of Communication
    Director, Communication Research Center
    BA, MA, Southern Illinois University
    PhD, Michigan State University
  • Thomas Fauls
    Associate Professor of Advertising
    BA, University of Notre Dame
    MS, University of Illinois
    Web Commerce program graduate, DePaul University Institute for Professional Development
  • Roy Grundmann
    Director, Film Studies Program
    Associate Professor of Film
    MA, New York University
    PhD, New York University
  • John Hall
    Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BS, University of Minnesota
    MS, Boston University
  • Deborah L. Jaramillo
    Assistant Professor of Film and Television
    BS in Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin
    MA in Media Arts, University of Arizona
    PhD in Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin
  • Michelle Johnson
    Associate Professor of the Practice, Journalism
    BA, Journalism, University of Maryland
    MS, Journalism, Columbia University
  • Samuel H. Kauffmann
    Associate Professor of Film
    BA, University of Pennsylvania
    MS, Boston University
  • John Robert Kelly
    Associate Professor of Film
    BA, State University of New York, New Paltz
    MA, Syracuse University
    USC/Universal Studio Graduate Program
    PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Jonathan M. Klarfeld
    Director of Journalism Program
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    AB, Colgate University
  • Cheryl Ann Lambert
    Assistant Professor of Public Relations
    PhD, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    MA, Temple University
    BA, Illinois State University
  • Hyun-Yeul Lee
    Assistant Professor of Communication
    BFA, BID, Rhode Island School of Design
    MDES, Carnegie Mellon University
    SM, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Richard Lehr
    Professor of Journalism
    BA, Harvard College
    JD, University of Connecticut School of Law
    John S. Knight Journalism Fellow, Stanford University
  • Bill Linsman
    Associate Professor of Film and Television
    BA, University of California
    MFA, University of Southern California
  • Michael Loman
    Professor of Film and Television
    BS, New York University
  • H. Joachim Maître
    Professor of Journalism and International Relations
    Undergraduate study, Münster, Innsbruck, and Bonn Universities (Germany)
    PhD, McGill University (Canada)
  • Robert Manoff
    Professor of Journalism
    BA, Haverford College
    MCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • William McKeen
    Chair, Department of Journalism, Professor of Journalism
    BA, MA, Indiana University
    PhD, University of Oklahoma
  • Elizabeth Mehren
    Professor of Journalism
    BA, MJ, University of California, Berkeley
  • Charles Merzbacher
    Associate Professor of Film
    BA (hon.), Williams College
    MFA, University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television
  • Nick B. Mills
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    BS, Boston University
  • Peter Morrissey
    Associate Professor of Public Relations
    BS, Boston University College of Communication
  • Sasha Norkin
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    BA, Wellesley College
    MS, Boston University
  • Jo O’Connor
    Associate Professor of Communication
    BA, Ohio State University
    MS, Boston University
  • Patrice Oppliger
    Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
    BA, University of Nebraska at Kearney
    MA, University of Maine
    PhD, University of Alabama
  • Sue Parenio
    Associate Professor of Advertising
    BA, MA, University of Detroit
  • Cathy Perron
    Director, Media Ventures Programs; Associate Professor of Television
    BA, Simmons College
    MS, Boston University
  • Geoffrey Poister
    Associate Professor of  Television
    BS, State University of New York
    MS, PhD, Syracuse University
  • Stephen Quigley
    Associate Professor of Public Relations
    BA, University of Massachusetts
    MEd, Boston University
  • Safoura Rafeizadeh
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    BFA, MFA, Boston University College of Fine Arts
    Dean’s Scholar
  • Peter Rand
    Senior Lecturer in the Writing Center
    MA, Johns Hopkins University
  • Caryl Rivers
    Professor of Journalism
    AB, Trinity College
    MS, Columbia University
  • Paul Schneider
    Chair, Department of Film & Television; Associate Professor of Television
    BA, Stanford University
    MFA, Columbia University
    MFA, The American Film Institute
  • James Shanahan
    Professor of Communication
    BA, Tufts University
    MS, Boston University
    PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  • Ellen Ruppel Shell
    Co-director of Science Journalism Program
    Professor of Journalism
    BA, University of Rochester
  • Frank H. Shorr
    Senior Lecturer of Journalism
    BS, MS, Boston University
  • Peter Smith
    Senior Lecturer of Photojournalism
    BS, Boston University
  • Peter Southwick
    Associate Professor of Photojournalism
    BA, Harvard College
  • Douglas Starr
    Co-director of Science Journalism Program; Professor of Journalism
    AB, Rutgers University
    MS, Boston University
  • Dustin W. Supa
    Assistant Professor of Communication
    BA, University of Maine
    MA, University of Miami
    PhD, University of Miami
  • Scott Thompson
    Director of Screenwriting Program; Assistant Professor of Film
    BA, MFA, University of Southern California
  • Mina Tsay
    Assistant Professor of Communication
    BA (Honors), University of Michigan

    PhD, Pennsylvania State University
  • Lou Ureneck
    Professor of Journalism
    BA, University of New Hampshire
  • John Verret
    Associate Professor of Advertising
    BA, St. Michael’s College
  • Tammy R. Vigil
    Associate Dean
    Assistant Professor of Communication
    BA, Augustana College
    MA, PhD, University of Kansas
  • Susan Walker
    Associate Professor of Journalism
    BA, Brown University
    MA, Boston University
  • Garland Waller
    Assistant Professor of Television
    BS, University of Virginia
    MS, Boston University
  • Joyce Walsh
    Associate Professor of the Practice, Digital Design
    BS, University of Pittsburgh
    MFA, Dean’s Scholar, Boston University College of Fine Arts
  • Isabel Wilkerson
    Professor of Journalism
    BA, Howard University
  • Donald K. Wright
    Harold Burson Professor and Chair in Public Relations
    BA, Washington State University
    MA, California State University
    PhD, University of Minneapolis
  • H. Denis Wu
    Associate Professor of Mass Communication
    BA, National Taiwan University
    MA, University of Pennsylvania
    PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Robert Zelnick
    Professor of Journalism and National Affairs
    BS, Cornell University
    LLB, University of Virginia Law School
  • Mitchell Zuckoff
    Professor of Journalism
    BA, University of Rhode Island
    MA University of Missouri

Emeriti

  • Brent Baker
    Dean Emeritus
    Professor of Communication
    BS, Northwestern University
    MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Michael Berlin
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Journalism
    BA, MS, Columbia University
  • George Bluestone
    Professor Emeritus of Film
    AB, Harvard College
    MFA, University of Iowa
    PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • James W. Brann
    Professor Emeritus of Journalism
    BA, Pennsylvania State University
  • Carol L. Hills
    Professor Emerita of Public Relations
    AB, Tufts University
    MS, Boston University
  • Otto Lerbinger
    Professor Emeritus of Public Relations
    BA, City University of New York, Brooklyn College
    PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Walter Lubars
    Professor Emeritus of Communication
    BS, City University of New York, City College
    MA, Rutgers University
  • Lawrence M. Martin
    Professor Emeritus of Journalism
    MA, JD, Universita Karlova (Czech Republic)
  • Robert H. Montgomery
    Professor Emeritus of Communication
    BA, Baldwin-Wallace College
    MA, Case Western Reserve University
    Cert., ME, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
    DScC, Applied Research Institute, University of London (England)
  • Norman Moyes
    Professor Emeritus of Journalism
    AB, West Liberty State
    AM, West Virginia University
    PhD, Syracuse University
  • Gerald Powers
    Professor Emeritus of Public Relations
    AB, Harvard University
    MS, Boston University
  • Bernard S. Redmont
    Dean Emeritus, College of Communication
    AB, College of the City of New York
    MS, Columbia University
    DHL (hon.), Florida International University
  • John J. Schulz
    Professor Emeritus, of International Communication
    BA, University of Montana
    MA, PhD, University of Oxford (England)
  • Harris Smith
    Professor Emeritus of Journalism
    BS, MS, University of Illinois

Part-Time Lecturers

  • Christopher Anderson
    Lecturer in Film
    Berklee College of Music
  • Cynthia Anderson
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, Cornell University
    MS, Boston University
  • Meghan Keaney Anderson
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Boston College
    MS, Boston University
  • David Armstrong
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BS, Syracuse University
  • George Bachrach
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BA, Trinity College
    JD, Boston University
  • Douglas Bailey
    Lecturer in Communication
    BS, University of Maine
  • Douglas Banks
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA/BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    MFA, University of Pittsburgh
  • Lawrence Bean
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Harvard University
    MA, Emerson College
  • Jennifer Blum
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, Kenyon College
    MA, Boston University
  • Tod Brubaker
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, University of Michigan
  • James R. Buckley
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Marquette University
    MBA, Boston College
  • Victor Burg
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA/BA, MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Glenn Byrne
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, MDiv, St. Mary’s Seminary College
    ThM, Weston School of Theology/Harvard Divinity School
    ThD candidate, Boston University
  • Larry Carpman
    Lecturer in Communication
    BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Judy Carter
    Lecturer in Communication
    BFA, Massachusetts College of Art
  • Terence M. Clarke
    Lecturer in Communication
    BS, MS, Boston University
  • Anne Danehy
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Smith College
    MA, University of Connecticut, Storrs
  • Gino Del Guercio
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BA, Brown University
  • Michael Dodge
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Saint Anselm College
    MS, Boston University
  • Michael Dowding
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, MS, Boston University
    MBA, Suffolk University
  • Robert S. Duboff
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Amherst College
    JD, Harvard University
  • Gary Duehr
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, Illinois State University
    MFA, University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop
  • Thomas Dwyer
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Boston University
    MBA, Northeastern University
  • Veronica F. Ellis
    Lecturer in the Writing Program and Communication
    BA, Boston University
    MA, Northeastern University
  • John Gates
    Lecturer in Film
    BS, Emerson College
  • Rudi Golyn
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, San Jose University
    MA, San Francisco State University
  • Amanda Good-Hennessey
    Lecturer in Film and Television
    BA, Wheaton College
    MFA, New York University
  • Ginna Hall
    Lecturer in Communication
    AB, Smith College
    MA, Boston University
  • Justin Joseph
    Lecturer in Communication
    BS, MS, Boston University
    MA, Gordon-Conwell Theological University
  • Phyllis Karas
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BA (hon.), George Washington University
  • Geoffrey L. Klapisch
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Hofstra University
  • Andrew Kramer
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, MBA, Boston College
  • Ida Lewis
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BS, Boston University
  • Joseph Lippincott
    Lecturer in Photojournalism
    BA, University of Iowa
  • Alla Litovchenko
    Lecturer in Communication
    MA, State Pedagogical Institute, Ukraine
  • Jennifer Malone
    Lecturer in Film
    BS, University of Pittsburgh
    MFA, Boston University
  • Jeffrey Mason
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, University of California, Berkeley
    MFA, University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop
  • George Matson
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Boston University
    MA, Emerson College
  • James Matte
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BA, Fordham University
    MS, Boston University
  • Melanie McNaughton
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, University of Calgary
    MA, Pennsylvania State University
    PhD, University of Georgia
  • Allison Miracco
    Lecturer in Communication
    BS, James Madison University
    MS, Boston University
  • Peter J. Nowak
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Eastern Kentucky University
    MA, Catholic University
  • Gerard O’Neill
    Lecturer in Journalism
    AB, Stonehill College
    MS, Boston University
  • Joe Panepinto
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Hamilton College
    MS, Boston University
    PhD, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
  • Midge Raymond
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, Skidmore College
    MS, Boston University
  • Rebecca Richards
    Lecturer in Communication
    BS, Emerson College
    MS, Boston University
  • Jerome Sadow
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    MA, New York University
    MS, Columbia University
  • Rob Schadt
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, SUNY, Cortland
    MA, MEd, Boston College
    EdD, Boston University
  • Robert H. Schmidt
    Lecturer in Communication
    BFA, Massachusetts College of Art
    MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Andrew Schulman
    Lecturer in Television
    AB, Harvard College
  • Anne Sears
    Lecturer in Communication
    MA, University of Connecticut
    PhD, Ohio State University
  • Michael Seele
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, St. Michael’s College
    MS, Boston University
  • Amy Shanler
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, BS, MS, Boston University
  • Steve Singer
    Lecturer in Television
    BA, State University of New York, Binghamton
    MS, Syracuse University
  • Brent Skinner
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, University of New Hampshire
    MS, Boston University
  • Sue Sprecher
    Lecturer in Television
    IBA degree, University of Wisconsin
  • Marcia Stamell
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BA, Vassar College
    MS, Columbia University
  • Sheldon Toplitt
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BS, Boston University
    JD (hon.), Suffolk University
  • Taline Voskeritchian
    Lecturer in the Writing Program
    BA, Beirut College for Women
    MA, American University of Beirut
    PhD, University of Iowa
  • Charles Warren
    Lecturer in Film
    BA, Harvard University
    MA, PhD, Princeton University
  • Joanna Weiss
    Lecturer in Journalism
    BA, Harvard University
  • Stacey Yeoman
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, Gettysburg College
    MS, Boston University
  • Jonathan Yohannan
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, MS, Boston University
  • Joshua Young
    Lecturer in Communication
    BA, BS, Syracuse University
    MBA, Boston College