Faculty Experts List

Benny Sato Ambush

Theatrrical Stage Directing

Producing plays

Teaching acting and directing

Artistically helming professional theaters

Conflict resolution

John Dennis Anderson

Performance Studies, particularly the performance of literature and of the life and work of Henry James, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, and Washington Irving.

Miranda Banks

Sam Binkley

Critical social theories of subjectivity, particularly with regard to the work of Michel Foucault. 

Jonathan Boroshok

An accomplished strategist and journalist with 20 years of PR/marcom skills and expertise, producing results for companies in a variety of industries from life sciences, pharmagenomics, and biotech to voice recognition, consumer electronics, e-commerce, and consumer products.

President and founder of TechMarcom, an independent agency specializing in value-based marketing communications for technology companies since 1999.

Harlan Bosmajian

Digital and film cameras, lighting, and the visualization of scripts.

Prrofessional Director of Photography on over 30 feature films and television shows.

Israela Brill-Cass

Attorney with expertise in all forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)/conflict resolution including mediation, negotiation, arbitration and facilitation.  Have worked with courts, private corporations and federal and state agencies to set up dispute resolution programs. Attorney since 1993, mediator and ADR professional and teacher since 1998.

Delia Cabe

Journalism, Publishing

Paul Caldera

"Enthusiast branding" – two decades of experience developing integrated marketing communications for enthusiast clients that include: The North Face, Cessna Aircraft, Parker Guitars, Segway, Teva, Ben Hogan Golf, TomTom, Backroads, JanSport, Hinckley Yachts and many others. Industry experience that ranges from aviation and boating to outdoor, sporting goods, consumer electronics, music and adventure travel.

Founding Partner, Saltworks– Informed Design for Enthusiast Brands.

Claudia Castaneda

women's, gender and sexuality studies; science and technology studies;  issues of cultural diversity;  issues of oppression and privilege.

Mark D. Chesak

Experienced editor for long-form documentaries, and an Avid Certified Instructor.

Credits include: "Crash of Flight 111" for NOVA, "Dangerous Prescription" for Frontline, "Surviving Mars" for the Discovery Channel, plus numerous shows for History Channel, NAT GEO, NBC Sports, as well as the DIY Network.

Martie Cook

Screenwriting. Over 25 years of experience as a writer and producer for television and film. Has worked for NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Studios. Author of the book, Write To TV: Out of Your Head and Onto the Screen.

Scott Cooper

Film and Television Studies, Media Studies, and the Cultural Study of Media and Society

Thomas Cooper

Media consumption, media effects, media ethics and media criticism.

Clarence Courtney

Lighting Design for film, television, music videos, commercials, internet / new media projects

William Dreyfus

23 years of inside Hollywood experience in screenwriting, screen story analysis, script coverage and notes, as well as a working knowledge of the way scripts sell and the procedures writers need to know to successfully navigate the Hollywood film industry

Cathryn Cushner Edelstein

Communication - teaching cultural communication to international students studying in the United States.

Her book, Excuse Me, Can You Repeat That? How to Communicate in the U.S. as an International Student - A Reference Guide will be available Fall 2012 from Five Star Publications.

Timothy Edgar

Development of health communication and social marketing campaigns, evaluation of health-related behavior change initiatives

Ken Feil

Camp and Cult film and television, disaster movies, LGBTQ media studies, sex comedy of the 1950s and 1960s, and "bromance"/buddy comedies of the 2000s

Catherine Flanagan

20+ years corporate and freelance experience in Strategic Marketing and Integrated Communications with particular interest in the Small Business, Not for Profit, and Telecommunications sectors.

Indira Ganesan

Novelist, whose interests center on women's voice, immigrant culture, and fiction.

Third novel, Sweet As Honey, is out in February 2013 from Alfred A. Knopf.

Daniel Gaucher

Two decades in television post-production (editing) of reality and documentary television for NBC, MTV, Bravo, A&E, UPN, Spike, VH-1, TLC, Discovery, History Channel, PBS, and the National Geographic Channel.

Phillip Glenn

Interpersonal conflict, negotiation, and mediation; employment interviews; and laughter and humor in interaction.

Jared M. Gordon

Screenplay structure, the parallels between mythology and storytelling/screenwriting, and social media marketing

Ellen Gurney

Film, Screenwriting, and over 10 years of experience as a studio development executive and as a freelance story and script consultant.

Randy Harrison

Integrated Marketing; helping organizations position their products and services to engage the hearts and minds of customers and propects; and expanding the definition of Integrated Marketing to better meet 21st Century business needs that is aligned with core executive agenda.

Eric Hofbauer

Social, historical, and cultural impact of 20th century American Music, with a focus on Jazz and how its innovations relate to race relations, technology, and popular culture.

Richard Hoffman

 While primarily a poet, I have also published award-winning essays and memoirs, as well as a collection of short stories.

Donald Hurwitz

Proponent and practitioner of Integrated Marketing Communication.  20 years experience as a senior executive strategist and relationship leader at advertising agencies (Arnold, IQJ), direct marketing and internet firms (Pamet River Partners, Digitas), with service to the brand and promotional advertising programs of  retail companies like New Balance and TJ Maxx, database and digital initiatives of FedEx, GM, J&J; and pharmaceutical database marketing for Shire, Wyeth and others. 

Hassan Ildari

American cinema, Iranian and world cinema, Hollywood and its history, screenwriting

Iranian-born movie and television writer-director
 

Rafael Jaen

Rafael Jaen is a Costume Designer, Educator and Author. Jaen has been designing costumes for dance, dramas, comedies, operas and musicals for 30+ years. In addition, he has been teaching workshops on design-tech portfolio development –both traditional and digital as well as digital rendering and painting with Photoshop. Memberships include USA 829, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and the United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT).

Alden Jones

Expertise in writing pedegogy, travel literature, contemporary travel writing, and contemporary fiction.

Author of The Blind Masseuse: A Memoir of Exocitism, and many short works of fiction and nonfiction.
 

Alice Lesch Kelly

Nonfiction writing, writing about women's health including pregnancy, fertility, nutrition, and perfectionism

Daniel Kempler

Language and communication impairments following brain damage; aphasia, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and voice disorders

Spencer Kimball

 Nationally recognized political pollster.

David Kociemba

Joss Whedon, video game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!", union issues in higher education, images of disability in film and TV, and internet cat videos
 

Janet Kolodzy

She can address the ethical, legal and practical challenges journalists face in providing news today. And, how today's journalists must tell stories using any and all media (print, broadcast, online, social) available in order to reach modern news audiences. Kolodzy is the author of two convergence journalism textbooks,

Maria Koundoura

Expertise in the area of aesthetis, ethics, and politics of transnational culture exchange in a global culture setting.

Don Lankiewicz

Educational publishing

Jerry Lanson

Teaches Journalism Ethics and has written on the subject for such places as the Christian Science Monitor, Online Journalism Review, Media Ethics and his blog, jerrylanson.wordpress.com.

In 2011 and 2010, he worked with senior Irish journalists visiting Boston College's Irish Institute in seminars on ethical decision-making. 

Joanne Lasker

Adult with acquired communication problems after stroke, head injury, dementia, or degenerative neurological disease.

Communication strategies for adults and families with severe impairments in speaking.

Aphasia, traumatic brain injury, dementia, right hemisphere stroke, apraxia of speech. 

Mark Leccese

Media critic/blogger for Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/gatekeeper

Political journalism, political blogs, use of social media in politics, use of social media in journalism, media criticism. 

Brad Lemack

Los Angeles-based talent manager, entertainment publicist and author (The Business of Acting: Learn the Skills You Need to Build the Career You Want and The New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape).

Former publicity executive for pioneering TV producer Norman Lear, Lemack established his Lemack & Company Talent Management/Public Relations in 1982. He is also the host of the Web TV series Inside the Business of Acting and is a business of acting career coach.

Kristin Lieb

Dr. Lieb specializes in brand management, entertainment marketing, and person brands.

Theodore R. Life Jr.

Producer/director for theater, film and television, with extensive international experience living and working in West Africa, notably Nigeria and in Asia, notably in Japan.

Amy Litwack

Speech therapist with 17 years of clinical experience working in adult neurogenic disorders, with a specialty in diagnosing and treating swallowing disorders. She has worked as a speech pathologist in acute medical, acute rehab, and subacute settings, and has completed over 3300 modified barium swallow studies. In addition to her clinical work, she has served as a clinical supervisor in the Robbins Center and has been an Emerson clinical instructor since 2004.

Paul Mandelbaum

Literature of Los Angeles, contemporary American short story, and author juvenilia

Brenna McCormick

Brenna McCormick teaches  teaching Creative Thinking and Problem Solving in Emerson's Integrated Marketing Communication graduate program. Her areas of expertise include digital marketing, brand strategy, and visual merchandising technology, She has worked with clients such as Calvin Klein, New Balance, Reebok, and Jones New York.

Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe

Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Leslie Medalie

Strategic public relations message and campaign development including press materials, spokesperson interviews, media tours, social and online media relations.

Paul Mihailidis

Areas of expertise: media literacy, citizenship, social media, global media, news literacy, new civic voices, interactive communication, media, and library spaces.

Cara Moyer-Duncan

South African film, culture and history; culture and identity; African cinema

Pablo Muchnik

Kant and modern philosophy; political philosophy and ethics; and has written extensively on the problem of evil in Kant; edited two books, and co-edited another collection of essays. Currently the VP of the North American Kant Society.

Yasser Munif

Specializes in colonial history, racial identities, and the production of space in marginal sites in France and the US.

Jeffrey Myers

Bethany Nelson

Bethany Nelson teaches in the areas of theatre education, playmaking, and multicultural education at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She has expertise in teaching drama and theatre K-12 in urban, suburban, and rural settings, and her research interests are focused on using Applied Drama and Theatre for meeting best practice in multicultural education with at-risk urban youth.

Emmannuel Paraschos

Media ethics, comparative media law, new media, multimedia journalism, global journalism

Jessica Baldwin-Philippi

Specializing in research at the intersection of political communication and digital media. Specifically, the study of how political campaigns use digital media to communicate with voters, and what those practices of communication mean for how people participate in politics, and how people understand what it means to be a citizen in the digital era.

My ongoing work at Emerson's Engagement Game Lab investigates how people develop and use civic skills and participate in local politics when they interact with a variety of digital gaming and app platforms.

Scott Pinkney

Scott Pinkney has created the lighting for more than 400 productions in a career spanning more than 40 years. His designs have been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in major Regional Theatres and internationally. Prior to joining the Emerson faculty full time in 2004, he had served as a Visiting Professor and Guest Artist at Emerson College since 1992.

John Pirone

American Sign Language, Hearing Impairments, and Disabilities

Former Executive Director of a nonprofit membership organization, Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf (MSAD).

Co-founded a local deaf theatre company, worked with the Disability Law Center to produce a video to educate Deaf people about voting rights, established a new program, Deaf Youth Outdoor Leadership Program, for high school students, and successfully changed the state’s public policies regarding accessibility for people with disabilities in the legislative process. I currently serve on several boards of other organizations/agencies including the Statewide Advisory Council of Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Massachusetts State House’s Advisory Council on Accessibility, The Learning Center for the Deaf, The Disability Policy Consortium, and the MA Community First Systems Transformation Grant’s Quality Subcommittee and Consumer Involvement Toolkit workgroup.

I am currently a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) candidate at Northeastern University.  

Douglas Quintal

Marketing Communication, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Social Media, Advertising Creativity, and Marketing Strategy

Nejem Raheem

Environmental/ecological economist, specializing in ecosystem service valuation, traditional natural resource management regimes, and benefit cost analysis. I also work with conservation professionals on Payment for Ecosystem Service scheme design. 

Lu Ann Reeb

After 20 years in Broadcast Journalism, Lu Ann has launched three new media companies in metro Boston, providing integrated new media marketing and PR strategies for corporations nationwide. Since 2009, she continues to teach courses in the Marketing Communication Department at Emerson College, including PR Management, Principles of PR, the Capstone program and Communication, Media and Society.

David Gerzof Richard

Advertising, Branding, Cyber-bullying, Facebook, Global Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Management, Marketing, Media Ethics, New Media, Public Relations, Social Media, Texting, Twitter

Founder and President of BIGfish, an integrated social media, PR, marketing and social influence firm. His Twitter handle is @DavidGerzof.

Tim Riley

Author of five books on John Lennon, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Madonna, rock music history, with advanced degree in classical piano, and over two decades of critiques for NPR on all forms of pop culture.

John Rodzvilla

digitize work for e-books readers and tablets, digital reading, digital publishing, website design and accessibility.

Magda Romanska

Theatre History and Criticism, World Drama, Dramatic Theory, Performances Studies, Theories of Comedy,  Dramaturgy, Polish Studies: Culture,Theatre, Film and History, Jewish Studies, Representations of Holocaust, Trauma Studies, Gender and Nationality.

John Rooke

33 years experience in mass media, including TV, radio and web, at the local, regional and national level.  Currently an on-air broadcaster (sports) with several outlets that can be heard locally.

James Rowean

Advertising, Consumer Goods, Creative Development, Media Planning and Execution as well as Performance Evaluation, Farnchisee/Licensee Relationships (McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts), Retail Marketing, Integrated Marketing, and Branding

Eiki Satake

Bayesian Statistics, Subjective Probability, Evidence-Based Statistics, Cross-cultural studies on mathematics and statistics education

Eric Schaefer

Film historian, specializing in exploitation and sexploitation movies and other low-budget motion pictures.  

Has written on the history of other forms of adult movies, pornography and censorship. He has a broad knowledge of American film and television history and of issues in moving image preservation.  

Peter Seronick

Creative direction of advertising, marketing, copywriting,  integrated campaigns, and branding

Jane Shattuc

American TV, TV talk shows, women and TV, and European art films

Tulasi Srinivas

Culture and Religion, Political economy of globalization, Contemporary debates in anthropology, US- South asia relations, India, Hinduism, Political geography.

Art Stewart

Expertise in political, cultural, economic, and sociological dynamics at the convergence of traditional business, stakeholder empowerment, and public interest values. Purveyor of the ‘New Responsibility Paradigm’, a strategic analytical framework which focuses on the transformation to greater accountability, transparency, authenticity, competency, and leadership integrity across society. Research Fellow - Bentley University Center for Business Ethics.

Doug Struck

Environmental journalism, global warming issues, science/media communication, investigative journalism, and non-profit models.

Keri Thompson

Political Communication, Speech, Public Speaking, Social Media, Rhetoric & Language, Campaigns & Candidates

Thomas Tominac

Strategist, marketer, researcher, innovator, and advertiser.

Amy Vashlishan Murray

Genetics, Neurobiology, Communication and Public Understanding of Science

Nancy Vincent

Lissa Warren

With twenty years of experience, Lissa Warren is an expert on book publishing and can discuss how bestsellers are made through traditional media and social media. She can also discuss trends in book publishing, how books are selected for publication, and the editorial and promotion processes.

Cathy Waters

Market Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Nonprofit Marketing, How to Develop Enjoyable Student Assignments that Achieve Measureable Outcomes (Assessment)

Michael Weiler

Candidate debates; political ideology; politics and economics; Ronald Reagan; neo-conservatism

Richard West

 Family Communication

Family Conflict, Intimacy, Storytelling

Families and Technology

Families and Holiday Stress

Scott Wheeler

Opera, Musical Theatre, New Classical Music, General Classical Music