2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Communication and Media Arts

The School of Communication and Media Studies (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 three undergraduate majors: Communication Studies (CS), Digital Communication (DC), and Media Arts (MA), with the CS major divided into two concentrations—Advertising Media/Public Relations and Sports Media—and the MA major divided into two concentrations—Film, Television, and Media and Journalism. All three 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

JOSEPH ALICASTRO, BS

Clinical Instructor

LORI BINDIG, PhD

Assistant Professor

JAMES CASTONGUAY, PhD

Professor, Department Chair

DEBBIE DANOWSKI, PhD

Associate Professor

RICHARD FALCO, BA

Clinical Instructor

GREGORY GOLDA, MEd

Clinical Instructor

SIDNEY GOTTLIEB, PhD

Professor

JUSTIN LIBERMAN, MFA

Visiting Assistant Professor

DAMON MAULUCCI, MFA

Visiting Assistant Professor

ANDREW MILLER, PhD

Associate Professor

PAUL PABST, BA

Clinical Instructor

SARA (Sally) ROSS, PhD

Associate Professor

BRIAN THORNE, BS

Clinical Instructor

WILLIAM YOUSMAN, PhD

Assistant Professor

SCMA Facilities

The School of Communication and Media Studies 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.