College Faculty | College of Mass Communication and Media Arts | SIU

Biography Angela J. Aguayo's teaching, research and media practice reflect a strong interdisciplinary focus on digital documentary studies and production, rhetoric, critical and cultural studies. She has published book chapters and essays focused on the civic potential ...read full profile >>

Professor Babcock teaches media ethics and public policy reporting.

Biography Lilly Boruszkowski retired in May, 2012. During her years in the Department, she taught film production, documentary production, and advanced editing during her years here. She is currently working on a documentary about mother daughter pairs who have ...read full profile >>

Lisa Brooten holds a Ph.D. in international telecommunications and an MAIA in international development studies from Ohio University. After years working in community radio in Philadelphia and a professional stint in radio production with the show "Fresh ...read full profile >>

David R. Burns, Associate Professor, Digital Media Art and Animation Department of Radio, Television, and Digital Media   Bio: David R. Burns takes an interdisciplinary approach to creating digital media art by combining 3D computer modeling and ...read full profile >>

Interests Cinema

Professor Correll finished her M.A. degree from Hunter College, New York. She began a tenure-track assistant professor position in the School of Journalism in August 2007. She has taught advertising for 16 years, including courses in Journalism and ...read full profile >>

Biography Mark Dolan’s teaching, research and personal media practice reflects more than 25 years of visual and multimedia journalism, working as a staff photographer, picture editor and director of photography, at newspapers in Florida, Alaska and Rhode Island. ...read full profile >>

Dr. Downing is especially interested in corporate strategies and public policies for global media, and on cinema productions in other countries. Dr. Downing was the founding director of the College's Global Media Research Center. For students in the 21st ...read full profile >>

Biography Professor Bill Freivogel became  Director of the School of Journalism in 2006. He began his journalism career with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1971. He was a member of the newspaper's Washington bureau for 12 years, where he served as ...read full profile >>

Courses JRNL 406 - Advertising/IMC Campaigns MCMA 555 - Issues in Public Communication Interests International advertising, Copywriting, Advertising and Society

Biography Dr. Han comes to SIU from Eastern New Mexico University, where he worked as an Assistant Professor.  Before entering graduate school at the University of Illinois, he received a Bachelor of Law at Beijing University in 1997. His research has appeared in ...read full profile >>

Joey Helleny teaches courses in broadcast journalism. For 25 years, Helleny was familiar to news audiences in Southern Illinois as an anchor and reporter on the area's leading radio stations. He also wrote for print publications including the Southern ...read full profile >>

Todd Herreman spent twenty years as a Los Angeles based music industry producer, songwriter, composer, engineer and session musician. His client list included Prince, Michael Jackson, Brian Wilson, Jeff Beck, Jodie Watley and Adam Ant. in 2004, he turned ...read full profile >>

Dr. John L. Hochheimer is the founder of the journalism program at Ithaca College and an internationally published media scholar. His professional media experience includes work as a news reporter, producer, and on-air personality on radio stations in ...read full profile >>

Dr. Iyer teaches courses in Advertising and is Faculty Advisor to the SIU chapter of the American Advertising Federation. Interests Advertising and social impact of new media.

 Dr. Phylis Johnson has more than twenty years of professional media experience. She has authored three books, the latest on Second Life, and numerous journal articles and book chapters. Her emphasis is fringe media culture, and she has presented more ...read full profile >>

Biography Research and teaching interests include: History and theory of the documentary idea especially its redefinations in contemporary practices and digital culture; Third Cinema; Ethnographic film; The German and Japanese New Wave; Global children's media culture; ...read full profile >>

Biography Before joining the Journalism faculty, Dr. Karan worked as an Assistant Professor at the  WKW School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Courses Applied Communication Research Strategic Advertising ...read full profile >>

Interests Issues of bias and accuracy in news writing; media literacy and history; media industries

Biography Gary Kolb came to SIU in 1979. During his time here, he was a faculty member, Chair of the Department of Cinema and Photography, Associate Dean of the College and the Dean of the College 2008-2012. Dean Kolb retired in July 2012. Interests Photography and Digital Arts

Ms. Kreher came to SIU after working as an Account Executive for WSIL-TV, Channel 3 in Carterville IL, and for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Courses JRNL 302 Advertising Copywriting JRNL 303 Creating Advertising IMC Messages JRNL 305 Direct Response Advertising JRNL 160 Mass Communications and Society.

Wago Kreider, Associate Professor of video production, is a media artist, filmmaker, and curator of San Francisco's Studio 27, showcase for contemporary avant-garde film. His creative work engages with contemporary strategies of artistic reenactment, and ...read full profile >>

Novotny Lawrence received his Ph.D. from the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Kansas. He is currently an Associate Professor of Race, Media, and Popular Culture in the Radio-Television Department at Southern Illinois ...read full profile >>

Peter Lemish (Ph.D) is a recent addition to the faculty of the School of Journalism. He studies media roles in social change and conflict transformation, as well as civil society media practices.  Recent courses he teaches include -  Crisis ...read full profile >>

Dafna Lemish joined SIU in 2009 as  Professor of Communication and Chair, Radio-Television. She currently serves as Interim Dean of the College. Dr. Lemish brings her wide international background and cross-cultural research experience to the ...read full profile >>

Assistant Professor Sarah Lewison is a media producer, artist, and writer whose work examines power, economics and political subjectivity. Her teaching and research areas include media and social change, ecological pedagogy and experimental performance. ...read full profile >>

Beverly Love, PhD, Assistant Professor for electronic media writing and broadcast performance, was honored as  SIUC 2007 Faculty Woman of Distinction. Former teaching experiences include Bowie State University, Maryland and public schools in Texas and ...read full profile >>

Dr. Lowry began teaching in the School of Journalism in 1990 and retired in 2012. His publications cover 40 years and he is an active member of the Associaiton for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and the International Communication Association.  Interests Social Issues in Advertising. Communication research methods, and Content Analysis

Biography Antonio Martinez is continuing his photographic and video art project centered around the local mixed martial arts culture of southern Illinois. Martinez has been photographing and training with local MMA athletes in hopes to understand why men and women ...read full profile >>

Eileen R. Meehan, Ph.D., is a full professor and the author of Why TV Is Not Our Fault. Her research has been published in such journals as Critical Studies in Media and Communication, International Journal of Media and Cultural ...read full profile >>

Biography Walter Metz is the Chair of the Department of Cinema and Photography. He is a Professor of Film Studies who teaches film, television, theatre, and photography history, theory and criticism.  As a researcher, Walter is interested in the relationship between ...read full profile >>

H.D. Motyl is an Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he teaches media production and writing for TV.  He has just completed a feature-length documentary about professional rodeo cowboys called Cowboy Christmas, which ...read full profile >>

Jay Needham is an artist, teacher, radio producer and composer. His sound and visual works address the politics of borders and the aesthetics of acoustic reception. His compositions activate listening as an irreplaceable component of an artistic cognitive ...read full profile >>

Biography Dr. Onyebadi spent the summer of 2012 in Bangladesh. He received a Fulbright Specialist grant in Communications and Journalism for BRAC University, Bangladesh. The grant was for a 6-week summer program covered teaching, seminars, and workshops. He also ...read full profile >>

Biography A Cinema and Photography faculty member since 1990, Overturf specializes in a wide range of photographic topics including documentary, commercial, Sensitometry, and studio fiction. Recent Cinema and Photography courses have included analog, small town ...read full profile >>

Dr. Padovani teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in international and global media, and the political economy of media institutions. Dr. Padovani is currently working on two book projects (one in which she explores the formation of public discourse ...read full profile >>

Dr. Jacob J. Podber is Associate Professor of Media Studies in the Radio/Television Department of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts. His book, The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Arrival of Modern Media in Rural Appalachia ...read full profile >>

Biography Mr. Recktenwald has been a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Uganda. He serves as Faculty Co-Adviser: National Association of Black Journalists: Coordinator for Dignified Social Activities, and is the Faculty Coordinator for the College's Kellogg Hall ...read full profile >>

Biography Jan Roddy is an associate professor in the Department of Cinema and Photography. She currently serves as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies for the College. Courses CP 324 - Photo III/Digital Imaging Interests Photo/digital production, media arts, image and word, art and politics, art and spirituality, race, class, gender and sexuality issues in media, rural U.S. and Ozark culture.

Biography During his sabbatical leave in Spring 2009, Associate Professor R. William Rowley dedicated his time to a new long-term ongoing project under the working title Time in the Discourse of Landscape Imagery. In April 2009, he received a Faculty Seed Grant from ...read full profile >>

Biography Alison Smith joined the Department in 2011. She specialized in Photography while earning her M.F.A. at Georgia, and has produced 16 exhibitions of her work since 2005.  Interests Photography

Biography Robert Spahr is a visual artist and educator who produces computational art using generative processes and genetic algorithms; digital and analog images; objects; live art and time-based media. With an interest in how the media affects our view of the world, ...read full profile >>

Mr. Stoffel is the instructor for specialized MCMA courses and media workshops. He also provides technical support for faculty and staff, and configuration and maintainance of the audio and video editing facilities for Radio-Television and other departments within CMCMA. Interests Video documentary production, music composition, production and performance.

Professor Stoner joined SIU's faculty in 2005. Courses JRNL 419 - Online Journalism JRNL 495 Shawnee Forest Convergence Course MCMA 396 Web Publishing Interests Web production and Content Management Systems, multimedia, revenue models for journalism.

Jan Thompson, Associate Professor, is a 28-year broadcast veteran. She has produced more than 300 television programs including long form documentaries across varied subject genres. Presently she is working on several documentary projects. Her ...read full profile >>

Greg Todd brings to SIU more than 30 years of experience as a top-rated TV news anchor, reporter, meteorologist and newsroom manager. Greg quickly turned the quality education and hands-on experience he received as a student at SIU into a successful and ...read full profile >>

Biography Dr. Torre's research focuses on Pre-revolution Russian Cinema and women in the silent film industry. Her degree from USC is in Critical Studies from the School of Cinematic Arts, and her dissertation was entitled Dangerous Beauty: Representation and Reception ...read full profile >>

Dr. Torre received his MA and PhD from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. His teaching and research on the Media Industries explores entertainment industry structures and practices, media regulations and policies, the interplay ...read full profile >>

Biography Tudor earned both her Master of Arts degree and doctorate in the Radio, Television and Film Department at Northwestern University. Before coming to SIU in 2006 as Chair of Cinema and Photography, she was an associate professor in the Department of Communication ...read full profile >>

Dr. Veenstra joined the School of Journalism in 2009. Interests Political communication, including political speech, news coverage, advertising and strategic communication. 

Biography Dru Vratil recently completed a feature length experimental screenplay, Vy's Place, and finished the research for a second untitled feature screenplay about women who served in the military during the Vietnam War. Sections of Vy's Place were workshopped at ...read full profile >>

Eileen Waldron has more than twenty years of experience in TV, print and online journalism. She has worked as a special projects producer and executive producer at various major television news operations from San Francisco to Philadelphia. While ...read full profile >>

James A. Wall teaches within the Electronic Media Marketing and Management sequence. Prior to becoming a full-time educator, Jim worked in the commercial broadcast industry for over twenty years in sales and marketing. He earned both a B.S. in ...read full profile >>

Biography Dr. Xie has also worked as an editor for Chinese Central Television (CCTV) News Chanel Beijing, and a reporter and editor for the Economic Daily in Beijing 

David A. Yepsen is director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.  Before assuming that position in 2009, he had a 34 year career with the Des Moines Register, serving as the paper’s chief political writer, ...read full profile >>

Biography Hong is interested in fictional narrative filmmaking. His recent work includes "Night Train", a story about two strangers' encounters in a subway, "She Wears Yellow", a study of fictional characters, and "Sarah and Liz", a story about two sisters' adventures ...read full profile >>