School of Communication, Media and the Arts
The School of Communication, Media & the Arts (SCMA) combines the social and cultural analysis of media and communication technologies with media production, including digital video, broadcast and print journalism, television, radio, photography, advertising, public relations, and digital multimedia. The SCMA curriculum is interdisciplinary by nature and international in scope, blending theory and practice and the historical, contemporary, and mainstream with the alternative.
The department offers six undergraduate majors: Communication Studies (CS), Digital Communication (DC), Media Arts (MA), Sports Communication & Media (SCM), Strategic Communication, Public Relations & Advertising (SCPRA), and Theatre Arts (TA), with the CS major divided into two concentrations—Advertising Media/Public Relations and Sports Media, the MA major divided into two concentrations—Film, Television, and Media and Journalism, and the TA major divided into two concentrations—Acting and Musical Theatre. All six majors explore everything from broadcasting, filmmaking, and journalism to advertising, public relations, web design, and digital and multimedia production. The school gives all of its students immediate access to the latest technology and software in order to prepare them for the career path they choose within the media or communication industries or in another field.
Our overall goal is to produce responsible media scholars, consumers, and communication professionals who 1.) analyze the social effect, moral substance, and aesthetic value of the media, and 2.) learn the social and creative skills involved in the conception, shaping, and execution of their own media/communication projects and career paths.
Faculty
OLOLADE AFOLABI, Ph.D.
Lecturer
JOSEPH ALICASTRO, B.S.
Clinical Instructor
JAMES (TODD) BARNES, J.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
RACHEL BAUER, Ph.D.
Lecturer
LORI BINDIG YOUSMAN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department Chair, Communication Studies
JAMES CASTONGUAY, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Dean/Director of SCMA
MARK CONGDON, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
DEBBIE DANOWSKI, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
RICHARD FALCO, B.A.
Clinical Instructor
GREGORY GOLDA, M.Ed.
Instructor
SIDNEY GOTTLIEB, Ph.D.
Professor
ANDREW MILLER, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
PAUL PABST, B.A.
Instructor
SARA (Sally) ROSS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department Chair, Media and Theatre Arts
BRIAN THORNE, B.S.
Instructor
SHANSHAN WANG, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor
WILLIAM YOUSMAN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
SCMA Facilities
The School of Communication, Media & the Arts is housed in the Frank and Marisa Martire Communications Center. Facilities include two full-size television studios, a film sound stage, one flash studio with a robotic camera, two control rooms, one media lab, six individual edit rooms, two screening rooms, a motion-capture lab, a full-featured student radio studio, and one large media theater. In addition, SCMA is the location of some of the most active student groups on campus, and these organizations find new and improved meeting and productions suites in the Martire Center.