2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Communication, Media and the Arts

The School of Communication, Media & the Arts (SCMA) is dedicated to developing lifelong learners who are creative and ethical communicators, artists and media professionals.  SCMA is comprised of three departments: Art & Design, Communication Studies, and Media & Performing Arts.

 

Faculty

OLOLADE AFOLABI, Ph.D.

Lecturer

JOSEPH ALICASTRO, B.S.

Clinical Instructor

JAMES (TODD) BARNES, J.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

RACHEL BAUER, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

LORI BINDIG YOUSMAN, Ph.D.

Professor, Department Chair, Communication Studies

JAMES CASTONGUAY, Ph.D.

Professor, Associate Dean/Director of SCMA

 

JOSEPH CARTER, M.A.

Instructor

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

 

FOLUKE OMOSUN, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

PAUL PABST, B.A.

Instructor

SARA (Sally) ROSS, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department Chair, Media & Performing 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 Center for the Liberal Arts. 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.