College of Communication

Faculty

Judith Austin Associate Professor of Communication. BFA, University of the Arts

Fred Bayles Associate Professor of Journalism. 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 at Austin

Susan Blau Director of the Writing Center and Writing Program; Associate Professor. BA, University of Connecticut; MA, University of Vermont

Kathryn Burak Preceptor in the Writing Program. BA, Kutztown University; MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Christopher Cakebread Assistant Professor of Communication. BA, St. Lawrence University; MS, EdD, Boston University

Ray Carney Professor of Film. AB, Harvard University; PhD, Rutgers University

John Carroll Assistant Professor of Communication. BA, Xavier University

T. Barton Carter Chair, Department of Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations; Professor of Communication. AB, Yale University; MS, Boston University; JD, University of Pennsylvania

Christopher 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 Assistant Professor of Mass Communication and Public Relations. BA, MS, Boston University

Christopher Daly Associate Professor of Journalism. AB, Harvard University; MA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Debbie Danielpour Chappel Assistant Professor of Film. AB, Harvard College; MA, San Francisco State; MFA, Bennington Writing Seminars

Ellen Davis Preceptor in the Writing Program. BA, Amherst College; MAT, Simmons College; MA, Dartmouth College; MFA, Emerson College

Mary Jane Doherty 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

Edward J. Downes Associate Professor of Communication. BA, St. Bonaventure University; MPA, George Mason University; PhD, Syracuse University

Michael G. Elasmar Director, Communication Research Center; Associate Professor of Communication. BA, MA, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; PhD, Michigan State University

Thomas Fauls Associate Professor of Advertising. BA, University of Notre Dame; MS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Roy Grundmann Associate Professor of Film. MA, PhD, New York University

John Hall Preceptor in the Writing Program. BS, University of Minnesota; MS, Boston 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

Linda Killian Director, Journalism Program, Boston University Washington Center; Professor of Journalism. BA (hon.), Boston University; MA, Harvard University

Jonathan M. Klarfeld Director of Journalism; Associate Professor of Journalism. AB, Colgate University

Cheryl Ann Lambert Assistant Professor of Public Relations. BA, Illinois State University; MA, Temple University; PhD, University of Tennessee—Knoxville

Hyun-Yeul Lee Assistant Professor of Mass 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

William Linsman Associate Professor of Film. BA, University of California, Irvine; MFA, University of Southern California

Michael Loman Professor of Television. BS, New York University

Joyce W. Macario Assistant Professor of Communication. BS, University of Pittsburgh; MFA, Boston University

H. Joachim Maître Professor of Journalism and International Relations. Undergraduate study, Muenster, Innsbruck, and Bonn Universities (Germany); PhD, McGill University (Canada)

Robert Manoff Professor of Journalism. BA, Haverford College; MCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Mehren Professor of Journalism. BA, MA, University of California, Berkeley

Charles Merzbacher Associate Professor of Film. BA, Williams College; MFA, University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television

Nick Mills Associate Professor of Journalism. BS, Boston University

Peter Morrissey Associate Professor of Public Relations. BS, Boston University

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

Susan Parenio Associate Professor of Communication. BA, MA, University of Detroit

Cathy Perron 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

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

John J. Schulz Professor of Communication; Professor of International Communication. BA, University of Montana; MA, PhD, University of Oxford (England)

Ellen Ruppel Shell Co-Director, Science Journalism; Professor of Journalism. BA, University of Rochester

Frank Shorr Assistant Professor of Journalism. BS, MS, Boston University

Peter Smith Assistant Professor of Photojournalism. BS, Boston University

Peter Southwick Associate Professor of Photojournalism. BA, Harvard College

Douglas Starr Co-Director, Science Journalism; Professor of Journalism. BA, Rutgers University; MS, Boston University

Scott Thompson Assistant Professor of Film. BA, MFA, University of Southern California

Lou Ureneck Chair, Department of Journalism; Professor of Journalism. BA, University of New Hampshire; Nieman Fellow (95), Harvard University

John Verret Associate Professor of Advertising. BA, St. Michael’s College

Tammy R. Vigil Assistant Professor of Communication. BA, MA, University of Kansas; PhD, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Susan Draper Walker Associate Professor of Journalism. BA, Brown University

Garland Waller Assistant Professor of Television. BS, University of Virginia; MS, Boston University

Donald K. Wright Professor of Public Relations. BA, Washington State University; MA, California State University; PhD, University of Minnesota

H. Denis Wu Associate Professor of Mass Communication. MA, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert Zelnick BS, Cornell University; LLB, University of Virginia Law School

Mitchell Zuckoff Professor of Journalism. BA, University of Rhode Island; MA, University of Missouri

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Emeriti

Brent Baker Dean Emeritus; Professor of Communication. BS, Northwestern University; MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Michael Berlin Associate Professor Emeritus of Journalism. BS, 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 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 College; 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; Professor Emeritus of Journalism. AB, City College of New York; MS, Columbia University; DHL (hon.), Florida International University

Harris G. Smith Professor Emeritus of Journalism. BS, MS, University of Illinois

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Lecturers

Lecturers and Adjunct Faculty are part-time, normally employed outside of the University.

Christopher Anderson Lecturer in Film & Television. Berkelee College of Music

Cynthia Anderson Lecturer in Writing Program. BA, Cornell University; MS, Boston University

David Armstrong Lecturer in Journalism. BS, Syracuse University

George Bachrach Lecturer in Journalism and Communication. BA, Trinity College; JD, Boston University

Edward Barron Lecturer in Film. BA, Syracuse University; MA, Boston University

Julie Beck Lecturer in Communication. BS, Boston University; MS, Villanova University

Pam Berry Lecturer in Photojournalism. BA, Texas Tech University; MA, Ohio University

Christopher J. Bowen Lecturer in Film. BA, Brandeis University; MS, Boston University

Victor Burg Lecturer in Writing Program. 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

Donald Carlin Lecturer in Communication. BS, MA, Boston College

Larry Carpman Lecturer in Communication. BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Judy Carter Lecturer in Communication. BFA, Massachusetts College of Art

Leigh Chodos Lecturer in Communication. BS, Boston University

Joanne Ciccarello Lecturer in Journalism. BS, MA, Emerson College

Terry Clarke Lecturer in Communication. BS, MS, Boston University

Anne Danehy Lecturer in Communication. BA, Smith College; MA, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Lawrence DeLamarter Lecturer in Communication. BA, University of Colorado; MA, Universidad de las Americas (Mexico)

Gino Del Guercio Lecturer in Journalism. BA, Brown University

Anthony E. Dolan Lecturer in Film & Television. BA, North Adams State College

Michael Dowding Lecturer in Communication. BA, MS, Boston University; MBA, Suffolk University

Robert Duboff Lecturer in Communication. BA, Amherst College; JD, Harvard Law School

Gary Duehr Lecturer in Writing Program. BA, Illinois State University; MFA, University of Iowa

Thomas Dwyer Lecturer in Communication. BA, Boston University; MBA, Northeastern University

Stephen Eliopoulous Lecturer in Film. BS, Tufts University

Veronica F. Ellis Lecturer in Writing Program and Communication. BA, Boston University; MA, Northeastern University

Stephanie Finks Lecturer in Communication. BA, New York University

Anne Fleche Lecturer in Film. BA, State University of New York; MA, University of Massachusetts; MA, PhD, Rutgers University

Maureen Flynn Lecturer in Communication. BA, Kansas State University; MS, Boston University

John Gates Lecturer in Film & Television. BS, Emerson College

Rudi Golyn Lecturer in Communication. BA, San Jos é University

Doug Gordon Lecturer in Film. BA, University of North Carolina; MFA, Boston University

Stephen B. Haines Lecturer in Photojournalism. BS, Boston University

Ginna Hall Lecturer in Communication. AB, Smith College; MS, Boston University

Michelle Johnson Lecturer in Journalism. BS, University of Maryland; MS, Columbia University

Phyllis Karas Lecturer in Journalism. BA (hon.), George Washington University

Geoffrey L. Klapisch Lecturer in Communication. BA, Hofstra University

Terry Knopf Lecturer in Journalism. BA, Queens College; MA, Harvard University

Andrew Kramer Lecturer in Communication. BA, MBA, Boston College

William Lautzenheiser Lecturer in Film. BA, MFA, Boston University

Ida Lewis Lecturer in Journalism. BA, Boston University

Joseph Lippincott Lecturer in Journalism. BA, University of Iowa

Leita Hagemann Luchetti Lecturer in Television. BS, Boston University; MS, University of California, Los Angeles

Jennifer Malone Lecturer in Film. BS, Towson State University

Stephen Mason Lecturer in Writing Program. BA, University of California, Berkeley; MFA, University of Iowa

George Matson Lecturer in Communication. BA, Boston University; MA, Emerson College

James Matte Lecturer in Journalism. BA, Fordham University; MS, Boston University

Thomas Mickey Lecturer in Communication. BA, MA, Mt. Carmel College; MS, Boston University; PhD, University of Iowa

Allison Miracco Lecturer in Communication. BS, James Madison University; MS, Boston University

Nancy Moss Lecturer in Communication. BA, Simmons College; MA, University of Colorado

Peter Nowak Lecturer in Communication. BA, Eastern Kentucky University; MA, Catholic University

Gerard O’Neill Lecturer in Journalism. AB, Stonehill College; MS, Boston University

Gerald M. Peary Lecturer in Film. BA, Rider College; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Patricia Peknik Lecturer in Communication. BS, Ohio University; MA, Boston University

Marilyn D. Pennell Lecturer in Journalism. BA, Emmanuel College; MS, Boston University

Mark Reilly Lecturer in Television. BS, Suffolk University; JD, New England School of Law

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, State University of New York; MA, MEd, Boston College; EdD, Boston University

David Schaefer Lecturer in Communication. BA, Dartmouth College

Robert Schmidt Lecturer in Communication. BFA, Massachusetts College of Art; MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

James Schuh Lecturer in Journalism. BA, University of Wisconsin; JD, Boston University

Anne Sears Lecturer in Communication. BA, Wichita State University; MA, University of Connecticut; PhD, Ohio State University

Michael Seele Lecturer in Communication. BA, St. Michael’s College; MS, Boston University

Pam Shorr Lecturer in Television. BA, Hampshire College

Brent Skinner Lecturer in Communication. BA, University of New Hampshire; MS, Boston University

Susan Sprecher Lecturer in Television. JBA, University of Wisconsin

Sherman Spritz Lecturer in Television. BS, University of Massachusetts

Karen Stahl Lecturer in Communication. BA, Franklin & Marshall College; MBA, University of Chicago

Sheldon Toplitt Lecturer in Journalism. BS, Boston University; JD (hon.), Suffolk University

Taline Voskeritchian Lecturer in Writing. BA, Beirut College for Women; MA, American University of Beirut; PhD, University of Iowa

Charles Warren Lecturer in Film. BA, Harvard College; MA, PhD, Princeton University

Joshua Young Lecturer in Communication. BS/BA, Syracuse University; MBA, Boston College

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