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