Faculty Spotlight
Department Chairs
Faculty
Holly Bartecki
Instructional Areas
Holly teaches in the Communications and Media Innovations department. Her courses include PR Issues & Crises, Introduction to PR, PR seminar (graduate) and Communications Essentials (general elective).
Zeline Bates
Instructional Areas
Media Planning and Buying, Communication Ethics, and Communication Essentials
DeRondal Bevly
Instructional Areas
Social Media, Strategy, Strategic Communications, Public Relations, Media Relations, Copywriting
Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin
Instructional Areas
Solutions Journalism, narrative journalism, magazine writing, magazine editing, travel writing, interviewing, blogging, grammar.
Dominic Calabrese
Instructional Areas
Media relations, journalism, public speaking
Kevin Christophersen
Instructional Areas
Advertising/Marketing/Social Media
Matthew Cunningham
Instructional Areas
Podcasting, Radio, Interviewing
Betsy Edgerton
Instructional Areas
Teaching and research interests focus on magazine editing, copy editing, business-to-business magazine and general business writing, grammar pedagogy, curriculum development, interdisciplinarity, teacher training.
Yonty Friesem
Instructional Areas
Data Storytelling, Media & Social Impact, Nonviolent Communication, Media and Digital Literacy, Leadership & Team Building, Research Methods in Social Sciences
Kevin Kellam
Elio Leturia
Instructional Areas
Graphic design, typography, visual communication, visual journalism, visual literacy, reporting in Spanish, video storytelling, image making, publication design, documentary video
Kathleen Lorden
Instructional Areas
Branded Entertainment, Concepting, Production
Suzanne McBride
Instructional Areas
Investigative reporting, political reporting, community news
Marcella Mencotti
Instructional Areas
Communications: Commercial Radio Audio Drama Voiceover
Laurence Minsky
Instructional Areas
Creative Advertising Portfolio Development, Advertising Creative Development, Copywriting, Digital Content and Analytics (including Social Media). •
Peg Murphy
Instructional Areas
Advertising, Creative Strategy/Account Planning, Marketing Research, Integrated/360 Communication, Interdisciplinary Competitions, Interdisciplinary Community Engagement Projects, Account / Brand Management, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Communication
Diane Odell
Instructional Areas
Teaching interest includes use of professional dialects necessary in professional settings.
Carlos Ortiz
Peggy Parfenoff
Brian Plocharczyk
Instructional Areas
Voice Acting, Voice over, Narration.
Rachel Ready
Instructional Areas
Consumer Behavior Fall 2022. Past courses included Advertising Workshop, Campaign Practicum, Introduction to Advertising, Introduction to Media, and PR Presentation Skills.
Jackie Spinner
Instructional Areas
Digital Storytelling, Photojournalism, International Reporting, Conflict Reporting, News Reporting
Erik Zachary
Joshua Zagoren
