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Marcus Breen
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 139 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-7246
EMAIL: m.breen@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday: 3:30-5:00
Friday: 3:30-5:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne
Litt.B., The Australian National University, Canberra
B.A., The University of Queensland, Brisbane
B.H.M.S., The University of Queensland, Brisbane
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication Studies
Theories of Media & Culture
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Marcus Breen has worked as a researcher, an academic, a consultant and a journalist. He currently teaches in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, Boston. He moved from Melbourne, Australia where he was teaching at The University of Melbourne, to teach in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996. His academic specialization is political economy and policy in the Information and Communication Technology industries.
Dr. Breen’s work background includes consulting and advisory experience with Gartner, Multimedia Victoria -State Government of Victoria, Austrade - Federal Government of Australia, Center for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies and numerous clients. As a journalist he worked for Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Music Business International, News Corporation. His most recent book is Rock Dogs: Politics and the Australian Music Industry, Pluto Press.
Walter J. Carl
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 119 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-4075
EMAIL: w.carl@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 12:00-1:30
Thursday: 8:00-9:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Interpersonal and Small Group Communication, University of Iowa
MA Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS Professional and Technical Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication Studies
Principles of Organizational Communication
Advanced Organizational Communication
Consulting Skills
Interpersonal Communication: The Management of Everyday Conversation
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Carl's research focuses on social interaction in various institutional and organizational contexts. A primary goal of this research is to better understand how organizational actors manage their identities and employ a range of discursive constructions to manage the process of organizational change. Recent studies have investigated multilevel marketing e-commerce business presentations in the United States and United Kingdom
LINK TO FACULTY MEMBER’S WEB SITE
http://www.waltercarl.neu.edu
Elise J. Dallimore
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 125 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-4074
EMAIL: e.dallimore@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday: 3:15-4:45
Friday: 1:45-3:15
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Organizational and Instructional Communication, University of Washington
MS Organizational Communication, University of Utah
BA Communication Studies and Philosophy, Brigham Young University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Principles of Organizational Communication
Advanced Organizational Communication
Consultation Skills
Teaching and Training Across Disciplines (Fall 2002)
Theories of Conflict and Negotiation Skills
Interpersonal Communication
Communication in the Classroom
Public Speaking
Business and Professional Speaking
Business and Professional Communication
Developing Your Educational Plan
Becoming a Master Student
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dallimore's research focuses on the role
of communication in the process of organizational learning including methods
for enhancing organizational development activities. Some of her current research
projects include research which explores the role of discursive formations in
the organizational and occupational socialization of organizational newcomers.
This research examines the impact of organizational discourse on employee individualization
and assimilation. Some of her research also examines organizational factors
impacting employee decision making. This research includes a focus on organizational
structures which both enable and constrain employees in decision making and
explores the impact of these structures on organizational identification and
job satisfaction among employees. Some of her research explores pedagogical
strategies for enhancing teaching and organizational training efforts. This
research generates methods for increasing the likelihood that instructional
outcomes will be achieved and that effective organizational change will be accomplished.
Max Fetissenko
POST DOCTORAL FELLOW
OFFICE LOCATION: 126 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-5161
EMAIL: m.fetissenko@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 9:30-10:15
Wednesday: 9:30-10:15
Thursday: 9:30-10:15
By appointment
EDUCATION:
PhD in Speech Communication, Florida State University
MA in Speech Communication, Florida State University
MA in Philosophy & Political Science, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) State University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communications
Public Speaking
Persuasion & Rhetoric
Rhetorical Criticism I and II
Rhetorical Theory
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Maxim Fetissenko was born and grew up in Leningrad, where he attended Nakhimov Naval School and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) State University. Upon graduation with a degree in philosophy and political science, Maxim attended Florida State University, where he received master’s and doctoral degrees in speech communication. His dissertation, “Communication, Coercion, and Prevention of Deadly Conflict,” focused on redefining the concept of coercion as a mode of communication and a means of conflict prevention and resolution. Prior to coming to Northeastern University, Dr. Fetissenko worked as Associate and Acting Executive Director of Rhode Island Service Alliance, a state commission for national and community service.
Maxim Fetissenko teaches courses in the Public Advocacy and Rhetoric track (including Persuasion & Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism), as well as Public Speaking and Introduction to Communication Studies. His current research interests include political rhetoric, the rhetoric of animal liberation, communication and conflict resolution theory, and the uses of non-violence as a mode of communication, among other topics.
Murray Forman
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 209 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-5004
EMAIL: m.forman@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
On Sabbatical Spring 2008
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Communications, McGill University (Montreal)
MA Media Studies, Concordia University (Montreal)
BA Mass Communication and Film Studies, Carleton University (Ottawa)
COURSES TAUGHT:
Media, Culture, & Society
Theories of Media & Culture
Media Audiences
Television: Text and Context
Television, Culture, and Society
Media Criticism
History and Analysis of Media Arts
Popular Music, Technology, and Society
Music and Politics
The Social History of Popular Music
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Forman's main research interests are
in the social uses of popular music and the critical analysis of media industries,
cultural production, and communication. His work also engages with issues of
media and representation in contemporary society, with particular emphasis on
images and discourses pertaining to race and ethnicity and issues of youth,
elders, and age in society. He is the author of "The 'Hood Comes First:
Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop" (Wesleyan University Press,
2002) and Co-editor, with Mark Anthony Neal, of "'That's the Joint!': The
Hip-Hop Studies Reader" (Routledge, 2004), as well as authoring numerous
articles on youth, race, popular music, television, and film. He is currently
completing a book length project titled "One Night on TV is Worth Weeks
at the Paramount: Music on Television Before Elvis" (forthcoming, Duke
University Press) for which he received a 2003-2004 National Endowment for the
Humanities Fellowship. Dr. Forman is currently Co-editor of "The Journal
of Popular Music Studies."
Gregory Goodale
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION:
OFFICE PHONE:
EMAIL: g.goodale@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 4:30-6:30
Wednesday: 4:30-6:30
By appointment
EDUCATION:
PhD, Speech Communication, University of Illinois, UC
JD, University of Virginia
MA, HIstory, George Mason University
BA, International Relations, George Mason University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Political Communication
Legal Argumentation, Advocacy, & Citizenship
Free Speech Law & Practice
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Rhetorical Criticism II
Public Speaking
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Greg Goodale is a graduate of George Mason University (BA and MA), the University of Virginia School of Law (JD), and the University of Illinois (PhD) where he performed research in Rhetoric and American Studies. A former lawyer, lobbyist, and congressional aide, Greg Goodale continues his interest in democracy and in particular how American citizenship intersects with race, gender, and disability. As a public advocate (mostly for people with disabilities), Greg brings his Washington, DC experience into the classroom and into his scholarship. Greg also employs his experience as a radio disk jockey and new media content developer in the classroom. Currently, Greg serves as an elected member of the Northeastern University Faculty Senate.
His dissertation focused on how institutions (like universities) empower individuals to become citizens. Of particular interest is how women, African Americans, and white laborers have employed institutions as platforms from which to challenge the authority of established elites over the course of American history. Though his current scholarship ranges from Political Rhetoric to Health Communication, Greg is now primarily researching how sound and vision manipulate and persuade through vocalization, dialects, popular music, appearances, photographs, and film. The book he is currently researching covers the employment of sound from the earliest Edison recordings of American presidents, to jazz and blues, to 1930s radio superheroes, to 1950s “Duck and Cover” films.
Julie Hall
LECTURER
OFFICE LOCATION:120 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-8602
EMAIL: ju.hall@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
By appointment
EDUCATION:
COURSES TAUGHT:
Public Speaking
Theories of Media and Culture
Media, Culture, Society
Political Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Instructor Hall's interests include Political Communication; Communication, Social Capital and Social Inclusion; and Researching and Developing Media and Information Technology projects which can contribute to building participatory democracy and social capital.
Richard A. Katula
PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 135 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-5040
EMAIL: r.katula@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 10:45-12:00
Wednesday: 10:45-12:00
Thursday: 10:45-12:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Speech Communication, University of Illinois, UC
MA Speech, Northern Illinois University
BA English, Western Michigan University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Classical Rhetorical Theory
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Rhetorical Criticism I and II
Public Speaking
Argumentation & Debate
International Communication Abroad
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Richard A. Katula is Professor of Communication and Education at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Professor Katula received his BA in English from Western Michigan University, his MA in Speech from Northern Illinois University, and his PhD in Rhetoric from the University of Illinois in 1974. Professor Katula has taught at the University of Rhode Island, DePaul University, and Northeastern University, where he served as Chair of the Department of Communication Studies from 1990-1999. In 2003, Professor Katula was presented with the Advisor-of-the-Year award from the College of Arts and Sciences. From 1994 to 2006, he was a member of the faculty of the American Academy of Judicial Education. He served on the faculty of the Institute for Reading, Writing, and Civic Education at Harvard University (1985-1999). He presently serves as Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities workshop on “The American Lyceum and Public Culture.” Professor Katula is also a member of the Fulbright Foundation Advisory Board for the Aegean/Black Sea Region.
Professor Katula is the author or co-author of three books, the most recent of which is A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric, 3rd ed. (Erlbaum, 2003) co-authored with James J. Murphy. Professor Katula has also written and produced two documentaries, the most recent of which is, The Gettysburg Address: A Speech for the Ages (1999). This documentary received the 2000 Everett Lee Hunt award for public scholarship from the Eastern Communication Association. Professor Katula has also written numerous articles on political communication for popular and scholarly publications, the most recent of which is, “Was Abraham Lincoln Really Greek: America’s Embrace of Greek Culture in the 19th Century.” Professor Katula’s scholarly interests have focused on classical rhetoric and applications of rhetorical theory to public discourse in American society. He is especially interested in 19th century oratory, and is currently writing a book on the oratory of Edward Everett. In 1997 and again in 2001, Professor Katula was invited to lecture at the University of Athens in Greece on contemporary American Presidential campaign politics. In June, 2004, he completed a four-month appointment at the University of Athens in political rhetoric under the auspices of a Fulbright Scholarship. He received a Fulbright Senior Specialist scholarship to return to Greece in 2005.
Do Kyun Kim
POST DOCTORAL TEACHING ASSOCIATE
OFFICE LOCATION: 118 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-7403
EMAIL: d.kim@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Wednesday: 10:00-12:00, 2:00-3:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio University, Communication Studies
MA, Ohio University, Communication Studies
MA, Ohio University, International Politics
BA, Political Science and International Relations, Korea University
BA, Economics, Korea University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication Studies
Public Speaking
Communication Research Methods
Media and Persuasion
Advanced Organizational Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS:Dr. Kim was the first winner of Everett
M. Rogers award from Ohio University and has studied diffusion of innovations
in the context of media effects and organizational/interpersonal/intercultural
communication. Related to his diffusion studies, He is an expert in designing
opinion leader-based diffusion strategies coupled with information dissemination
through mass media. Dr. Kim has a special research interest on triangulation
of communication research methods encompassing both quantitative and qualitative
methods and applies the idea to enhance the validity of social network data
construction. Recently, He is investigating ways of applying opinion leader-based
diffusion strategies to the diffusion of climate change prevention information/practices
to the public. As a part of the efforts, he delivered the inaugural lecture
for the opening of the Center of Excellence in Climate Chance Communication
Research at George Mason University in August 2007. He serves as a reviewer
of Asian Journal of Communication.
Bill Lancaster
OFFICE LOCATION: 203 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-8335
EMAIL: w.lancaster@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 3:00-5:00
Thursday: 3:00-5:00
By appointment
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication
Inside the Media Industry
The Audience in Mass Communications
Programming for Radio & TV
Broadcast Management
Sam Lotuff
ASSOCIATE ACADEMIC SPECIALIST
OFFICE LOCATION: 124 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-4072
EMAIL: s.lotuff@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 3:00-4:00
Thursday: 3:00-5:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
MA Journalism, Northeastern University
BS Communication Studies, Northeastern University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Digital Editing
Advanced Digital Editing
Television Studio Production
Television Field Production
Radio Production
Advanced Television Production
Internship in Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS:Sam's interests include screenwriting, photography, producing, lighting, directing, and editing.
P. David Marshall
PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 101 Lake Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-5517
EMAIL: d.marshall@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
On Sabbatical for the 2007/2008 Academic Year
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Communication, McGill University, Montreal
MA Communication, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby
BA Honours- Political Science, University of Western Ontario
COURSES TAUGHT:
New Media Culture
Methods & Research in Communication Studies
Advertising and Promotional Culture
Senior Seminar
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Marshall is the author of Celebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary Culture (Minnesota, 1997), New Media Cultures (Edward Arnold/Oxford 2004) and the co-author of Fame Games: The Production of Celebrity in Australia (Cambridge, 2000/01), Web Theory (Routledge, 2002 with Robert Burnett) and many articles on the media, new media and popular culture. He has two principal research areas: the study of the public personality and the study of new media forms. He is currently working on several related book-length projects including an edited collection entitled The Celebrity Culture Reader (For Routledge) and another monograph entitled Modes for Cultural Analysis (for Sage) . Professor Marshall has been a regular commentator on media and contemporary culture with appearances on BBC, CNN, the ABC, Australia's Radio National and other radio and television programs and commentary for many newspaper and magazine articles. He is also the founder of m/c- a journal of media and culture <www.media-culture.org.au>, one of the premier Internet journals in the field with a readership in over 60 countries. Before coming to Northeastern as Chair in 2001, Professor Marshall was the director of the Media and Cultural Studies Centre at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane Australia. His work has been translated into several languages including Japanese, French, and Bulgarian.
LINK TO FACULTY MEMBER’S WEB SITE
www.atsweb.neu.edu/pdavidmarshallmc/d.marshall
Carmen McClish
POST DOCTORAL TEACHING ASSOCIATE
OFFICE LOCATION: 202 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE:
EMAIL: c.mcclish@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Wednesday: 11:45-1:15
Thursday: 3:00-4:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph. D., Communication, University Of Massachusetts Amherst
M.A., Communication, Boise State University
B.A., Communication, Boise State University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Public Speaking
Introduction to Communication Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
David Monje
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 126 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-7342
EMAIL: d.monje@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
By appointment
COURSES TAUGHT:
New Media Culture
Social Movements
Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
Joanne Morreale
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 223 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-2506
EMAIL: j.morreale@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
On Sabbatical for the 2007/2008 Academic Year
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Speech Communication, Temple University
MA Speech Communication, Temple University
BA Communication Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
COURSES TAUGHT:
Rhetorical Theory & Criticism
Persuasion in Contemporary Culture
Advertising and Promotional Culture
Television: Text & Context
Theories of Media & Culture
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Professor Morreale has written several
books and articles that critically analyze media texts. She is editor of Critiquing
the Sitcom, a compilation of essays addressing race, class, and gender issues
in the television situation comedy. She is also the author of A New Beginning:
A Rhetorical Frame Analysis of the Presidential Campaign Film (SUNY Press,
1987), and A History and Criticism of the Presidential Campaign Film
(Praegar, 1992). She is contributing author of The Persuasion Society
(Sage, 2001), written with Herb Simons and Bruce Gronbeck. Currently, she is
working on Comedy on the Edge, a study of contemporary television comedies that
is under contract with I.B. Tauris Press.
Carey Noland
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 221 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-7261
EMAIL: c.noland@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Wednesday: 10:30-2:30
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Organizational Communication, Ohio University
MPAff Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
BA Economics/Statistics, Boston University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication Studies
Interpersonal Communication
Methods and Research in Communication
Principles of Organizational Communication
Advanced Organizational Communication
Health Communication
Health Promotion and Social Changes
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Noland’s research and scholarship
focuses on health communication and the ability of communication to provide
direct social impact to ameliorate societal health crises. The purpose of each
of her projects is to address societal medical crises (HIV/AIDS, medication
errors, obesity), to understand the root causes of these trends, and demonstrate
how a fundamental understanding of the issues from a communication perspective
can provide valuable knowledge that will serve to increase the success of programs
in each of these areas. Dr. Noland has published book chapters and numerous
peer reviewed articles in competitive journals such as Health Communication,
Journal of Health Communication, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, The American
Communication Journal, The Journal of Men’s Studies, Journal of Research
Practice, International Journal of Communication, and Communication Quarterly.
Susan E. Picillo
LECTURER
OFFICE LOCATION: 114 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-5542
EMAIL: s.picillo@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday 3:00-5:30
Wednesday 11:00-1:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
MA Education, Cambridge College
BFA Acting, Emerson College
COURSES TAUGHT:
Voice and Articulation
Oral Interpretation of Literature
Public Speaking
Interpersonal Communication
Communication and Gender
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ms. Picillo has most recently worked with
Sojourns Productions in the historical documentary, "Phillis Wheatley;
make her black and bid her sing." She also continues to create the many
voices for the Curious George Interactive CD Rom series. She is the Director
of Drama for Archbishop Williams High School and has directed 20 works, many
original during the past ten years. Ms. Picillo continues to lectures and perform
in the art of oral interpretation and platform art at various venues. She is
also a faculty member for Northeastern's School of Professional and Continuing
Studies and she works with numerous private clients as a voice and speech coach.
Craig Robertson
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 211 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-7726
EMAIL: cr.robertson@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday: 11:30-12:30, 3:30-5:00
Friday: 11:30-12:30, 3:30-5:00
By appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
M.A. Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
P.G. Dip., Journalism, University of Canterbury (New Zealand).
B.A. (Hons), History, University of Otago (New Zealand).
COURSES TAUGHT:
Theories of Media and Culture
20th Century Media
Television: Text and Context
Methods and Research in Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Robertson has two main research interests: communications/media history and identification technologies. In the former his work focuses on the emergence of communications technologies, and in the later on the intersection of communications, identification technologies and surveillance. He is the co-editor of Thinking with James Carey: Essays on Communications, Transportation, History (Peter Lang, 2006), and the author of several articles which analyze the writing of cultural history through a critique of “the archive.” Dr. Robertson has two forthcoming articles: “Locating the Border” in Social Identities (2008) and “A Documentary Regime of Verification: The Emergence of the U.S. Passport & the Archival Problematization of Identity” in Cultural Studies (2009). Currently he is working on a book length project that examines the emergence of the passport in the United States. Dr. Robertson is the Vice-Chair of the Critical Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association. He is also on the editorial boards of The Communication Review and the Journal of Communication Inquiry.
Vincent Rocchio
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 219 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-8423
EMAIL: v.rocchio@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
On leave during the 2007/2008 Academic Year
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Cinema Studies, New York University
MA, Cinema Studies, New York University
BA, Communications and English, University of Detroit
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to College
Media, Culture, Society
Television Studio Production
New Media Culture
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Professor Rocchio's research focuses on three main areas: contemporary theories of media, teaching pedagogy, and independent film and video production. An increasingly active media practitioner, Professor Rocchio has directed and produced documentaries, music videos, and narrative shorts, and most recently, video for web distribution by political campaigns. He has also directed studio productions for community organizations. His interest in politics and the media has led to his work in two Massachusetts gubernatorial gampaigns as an issues advisor, media designer, and debate coach. His last screenplay, “Keys to the Kingdom,” placed as a finalist in two international screenplay competitions, and a quarterfinalist in two others.
Professor Rocchio's main interest as a practitioner is examining how the lower cost of digital video production can create more opportunities for alternative approaches, styles and programming in our contemporary media landscape, as well as making video technology accessible to more people . He is particularly active in developing the internet as the future distribution network for video production--allowing small, independent groups the opportunity to compete for niche audiences with traditional broadcast networks.
In media studies, Dr. Rocchio's work incorporates contemporary theories of cultural studies such as psychoanalysis, semiotics, and critical theory to examine how media texts persuade their audiences, shape public opinion, and drive social agendas. In particular, his work examines the rhetorical and aesthetic strategies that moving image texts employ to promote social heirarchies and inequality, and repress or marginalize discourses of social equality. His work also explores how images and discourses transcend and resist the representational strategies that organize them. He has published two books with this research focus: Cinema of Anxiety: A Psychoanalysis of Italian Neorealism (University of Texas Press, 1999) and Reel Racism: Confronting Hollywood's Construction of Afro-American Culture (Westview Press, 2000).
His most recent work in media studies examines the limitations of analytical critique. In essays on the music of Michael Jackson and Madonna, and the evolution of computer networking models, Dr. Rocchio advocates using analytic critique as a foundation for constructing strategic solutions to specific social problems. He is particularly interested in the marginalization of peace making in contemporary culture, and developing new strategies to counter militarism.
In addition to his work in media studies, Dr. Rocchio's research examines higher education pedagogy. He has lectured on media studies pedagogy at an NIH seminar, and published a chapter on teaching race and media literacy in Teaching Ethnic Diversity in Film (McFarland, 2006). He is currently co-developing a theory oriented and analytically based textbook for introductory courses in mass communications. With a particular focus on the teaching of writing, Dr. Rocchio has lead seminars on teaching the analytic essay, and is co-authoring a book on teaching writing through literary theory.
Kumi Silva
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 215 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-4855
EMAIL: k.silva@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
By Appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Oregon
MA. Miami University,
B.Sc. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication Studies?
Theories of Media & Culture
Global and Intercultural Communication
Gender and Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Silva’s research primarily engages with mediated constructions of race, ethnicity and gender, particularly in transnational and diasporic contexts and is influenced by feminist and postcolonial theory. Her research focuses on how the rise of “Brown” disrupts a simple White/Black binary, introducing new and complex racial relationships and identities, which are made most visible through the media. Her most recent publications are in the areas of global media, popular film, and media literacy. She is currently putting together a special issue titled “Conjunctures of Brown” for the journal Cultural Studies and is also working on a book length manuscript that engages with popular media, including film and television, to theorize the popularity of South Asia as a cultural trope within the United States and its impact on changing notions of race and ethnicity within contemporary U.S. culture.
Steven Totosy de Zepetnek
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 223 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 339-368-2166
EMAIL: steventotosy@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 1:30-2:30
Thursday: 1:30-2:30
By appointment
EDUCATION:
PhD Comparative Literature, University of Alberta, Edmonton
BEd English as a Second Language and History, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
MA Comparative Literature, Carleton University, Ottawa
BA History and German, The University of Western Ontario, London
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication Studies
Advertising and Promotional Culture
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek's areas of scholarship are in comparative
cultural studies incl. comparative media and communication studies, intercultural
communication, audience studies, postcolonial and ethnic minority studies, film
and literature, English, French, German, Central European, US-American, and
Canadian cultures and literatures, history, bibliographies, new media and knowledge
management, and editing. He taught at the University of Alberta Department of
Comparative Literature 1984-2000 where he also served as associate director
of the Research Institute for Comparative Literature. Residing in Boston since
2000, Tötösy lectured in communication and media studies at Northeastern
University 2000-2001 and he is professor of media and culture studies at the
University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, since 2002. Author of numerous papers
and books, Tötösy's recent solo book publications include Comparative
Cultural Studies (forthcoming) and Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application
(1998) and his collected volumes include Comparative Central European Holocaust
Studies (forthcoming), The New Central and East European Culture (2006), Comparative
Cultural Studies and Michael Ondaatje's Writing (2005), Imre Kertész
and Holocaust Literature (2005), Comparative Literature and Comparative Cultural
Studies (2003), Comparative Central European Culture (2002). Tötösy is editor of the journal CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu
(ISSN 1481-4373) and he is series editor of the Shaker Publisher Series of Books in Comparative Culture, Media, and Communication Studies http://www.shaker.eu/catalogue/booklist.asp?Reihe=451
and of the Purdue University Press series of Books in Comparative Cultural Studies http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/compstudies.asp. His current research includes The Politics of Culture: Nationhood, Interculturalism and Citizenship in the New Europe http://www.ucm.es/info/comparativeculturalstudies.org,
a collaborative project with universities in the European Union, Canada, the
USA, Africa, and Asia. His work has been translated into Chinese, French, German,
Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish.
LINK TO FACULTY MEMBER’S WEB SITE
http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu/totosycv(complete).html
Michael Woodnick
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 217 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-8263
EMAIL: m.woodnick@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
By appointment
EDUCATION:
MA Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, Emerson College
BA Broadcasting & Public Communication, Emerson College
COURSES TAUGHT:
Interpersonal Communication
Advanced Interpersonal Communication
Communication and the Quality of Life
Senior Seminar in Communications
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Professor Woodnick, a founding member of the Communication Studies Department, returned to the Department in 2003, after serving for three years as the first full-time university appointed Director of Spiritual Life. His research interests focus on the application of psycho-spiritual principles to interpersonal relationships and leadership development.
Professor Woodnick received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Emerson College and is a recipient of the Northeastern University Excellence in Teaching Award.
Alan Zaremba
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 123 Lake Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-4073
EMAIL: a.zaremba@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
Wednesday 2:30-5:00
By Appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Organizational Communication, University of Buffalo
MA College Student Personnel, University at Albany
BA Speech Education, University at Albany
COURSES TAUGHT:
Principles of Organizational Communication
Advanced Organizational Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Zaremba has received four awards for Excellence in Teaching. He has twice been recognized with Northeastern University's award and before coming to Northeastern was a recipient of the State University of New York's Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2001 he was one of two University of Albany alums to be honored with an Excellence in Education award. Dr. Zaremba developed and is the Academic Coordinator for the School of Professional and Continuing Studies Masters, Bachelors, and Certificate programs in Corporate and Organizational Communication. The second edition of his book Organizational Communication: Foundations for Business and Collaboration, was published by Thomson-South-Western in January 2005. Another book, Speaking Professionally: A Concise Guide, was published by Thomson South-Western in August 2005. Current research interests involve critical analysis of theories supporting strategic ambiguity in organizational contexts.
Co-op Faculty
Pamela Goodale
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION FACULTY COORDINATOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 417 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-3423
EMAIL: p.goodale@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
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EDUCATION:
MA English, Boston College
BA English, Drama, Tufts University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Professional Development for Co-op
Professional Development for Communication Studies
Senior Seminar
ADVISING: Responsible for advising majors about co-op whose
last names begin with the letters A-H
BIOGRAPHY: As a Cooperative Education faculty coordinator,
Pamela manages the Co-op program for Communication Studies majors. She counsels
students to help them identify their professional interests and to guide them
through the co-op curriculum of preparation, experience, and reflection. Faculty
coordinators also develop co-op positions with employers related to students'
majors and interests.
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Jacqueline Sweeney
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION FACULTY COORDINATOR
OFFICE LOCATION: 127 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-3409
EMAIL: j.sweeney@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
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EDUCATION:
MS Human Resource Counseling, Northeastern University
BS in marketing and Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
COURSES TAUGHT:
Senior Seminar in Communication
Professional Development for Communication Studies
Life/Career Planning
ADVISING: Responsible for advising majors about co-op whose last names begin with the letters I-Z
RESEARCH INTERESTS: As a Cooperative Education faculty coordinator, Jacqueline manages the Co-op program for Communication Studies majors. She counsels students to help them identify their professional interests and guides them through the co-op curriculum of preparation, experience, and reflection. Sweeney also develops co-op positions with employers related to students' majors and interests.
Part-time & Adjunct Faculty
Jim Anderson
OFFICE LOCATION: 345 Ryder Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-7086
EMAIL: jamusic@rcn.com
OFFICE HOURS:
By appointment
COURSES TAUGHT:
Audio Production
RESEARCH INTERESTS: After high school, Mr. Anderson toured
for a year as an original member of Liberty/United Artists’ recording
group “the Jackals”, and began working as a studio guitarist in
the NYC area. In 1974, he graduated with a B.M. in Applied Music from Berklee
College of Music, where he taught guitar and theory for five years. As one of
the founders of Sound Techniques in Boston, for the last 19 years he has performed
on, produced and/or engineered dozens of projects with artists as diverse as
Livingston Taylor, Clark Terry, Yo Yo Ma, and Guns ‘N Roses. He has been
composing for over twenty years, and has worked extensively for The Discovery
Channel, The Learning Channel, and Animal Planet. He has won numerous awards
including a Platinum Album Award for “The Spaghetti Incident” by
Guns “N Roses, an ITVA Gold award for “Ninety Years” for Monterrey,
Mexico, and an ITVA Gold Award for the score for “Bass Shoe of Wilton,
Maine”. Mr. Anderson also composed the score for Fablevision’s award-winning
animated film “Living Forever”, composed music for the highly acclaimed
documentary, “Mai’s America”, and composed the score for recently
released “Pilgrimage into the Past”. His most recent television
project was the theme for the “Ask This Old House” series on PBS.
His most recent project was composing original music for Boston University’s
newly opened Welcome Center.
His most recent album production credits are “Noisy Old Men”, a
CD featuring John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick, Steve Swallow, and Gary Chaffee,
and “Playing Time” by The Larry Baione Trio.
Michelle Carr
OFFICE LOCATION: 208 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE:
EMAIL: macarr513@hotmail.com
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday: 11:00-1:00
Tuesday: 11:00-1:00
COURSES TAUGHT:
TV Studio Production
TV Field Production
Joe Castiglione
OFFICE LOCATION: 208 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE:
EMAIL: castig@msn.com
OFFICE HOURS:
No Office Hours for Spring 2008
COURSES TAUGHT:
Sports Broadcasting
Jo Doherty
OFFICE LOCATION: 208 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE:
EMAIL: jo@elicense.com
OFFICE HOURS:
Mondays and Tuesdays by appointment
COURSES TAUGHT:
Advertising Principles and Practices
Thomas Downard
LECTURER
OFFICE LOCATION: 114 Holmes Hall
OFFICE PHONE: 617-373-7277
EMAIL: t.downard@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday 8:30-9:30
Friday 8:30-9:30
By appointment
EDUCATION:
MA Management Communication and Public Relations, Emerson College
BA Journalism, Iowa State University
MA Candidate, School of Journalism, Northeastern University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to Communication Studies
Group Communication
Public Speaking
Media, Culture, & Society
Theories of Conflict and Negotiation
Interpersonal Communication
Principles of Organizational Communication
Advanced Organizational Communication
Consultation Skills
RESEARCH INTERESTS:Downard's research interests include the study of organizational communication and the tendency for communication breakdown between superior and subordinate. Downard's interest in film and theatre lead to his paper entitled Semantic and Syntactical Variation in Dialogue for the Theatre and Film: The Evolution of Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page which was presented to the Cultural Studies Association conference. He is the recipient a Faculty Undergraduate Research Initiative grant, and a participant in the Center for Experiential Education and Academic Advising program to incorporate "learning outside the classroom" into the courses at Northeastern University.
Downard's passion for the media, especially film, comes through in the divergent courses he teach such as Introduction to Communication Studies or Theories of Conflict & Negotiation or Public Speaking, all of which can benefit from the themes and messages of mediated communication. Students in his classes are also challenged to stay in touch with current events which relate to their coursework. Downard's previous careers were in the worlds of journalism, small business ownership, working in both corporate America as well as in a historically renowned non-profit organization.
Downard finds it particularly rewarding to work with communication students during their college careers. He sees the student in the introductory course before they move to organizational communication and other courses where they study conflict, negotiation, and beyond. Downard also enjoys meeting students majoring in other disciplines who always open a new window into our home.
Ed Klotzbier
OFFICE LOCATION: 104 EL
OFFICE PHONE:
EMAIL: e.klotzbier@neu.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
By appointment
COURSES TAUGHT:
Crisis Communication and Image Management
Karen Lauffer
OFFICE LOCATION: 208 Holmes
OFFICE PHONE:
EMAIL: KarenLauffer@aol.com
OFFICE HOURS:
By Appointment
COURSES TAUGHT:
Public Speaking
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