Graduate Program Directors meet with all graduate students in their programs to regularly advise them or coordinate their advising with other faculty members, and to plan and update their programs of study to ensure timely graduation.
Business of Creative Enterprises
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Robert LyonsPronouns: (He/Him/His)Sr Executive-in-Residence and Graduate Program Directorrobert_lyons@emerson.edu
- Department Marketing Communication
Communication Disorders
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Robin DanzakPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Professor and Graduate Program Director - Residential
Creative Writing
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Mako YoshikawaProfessor and Graduate Program Director
Mako Yoshikawa is the author of the novels One Hundred and One Ways and Once Removed. Her work has been translated into six languages; awards for her writing include a Radcliffe Fellowship. Her essays have been published in the Missouri Review, Southern Indiana Review, Harvard Review, Story, LitHub, Best American Essays, and Longreads. Her memoir, Secrets of the Sun, is forthcoming from Ohio State University Press in February 2024.
Digital Communication Leadership online MA
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Linda GallantAssociate Professor and Graduate Program Directorlinda_gallant@emerson.edu
- Department Communication Studies
Digital Marketing and Data Analysis
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Sereikhuoch EngPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director
Film and Media Art
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Hanadi ElyanPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Assistant Professor & Graduate Program Directorhanadi_elyan@emerson.edu
- Department Visual & Media Arts
Journalism and Media Innovation (Online MA)
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Azeta HatefPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Directorazeta_hatef@emerson.edu
- Department Journalism
Azeta Hatef is a media researcher and award-winning instructor. Her scholarly interests focus on issues of social media as activism for underrepresented groups, gender and identity, and media systems in a global context. Dr. Hatef’s current work explores the representation of Afghans in American news media and popular culture.
Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing
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Katie WilliamsPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director
Public Relations, Sports Communication, and Political Communication
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Mary Anne TaylorAssociate Professor and Graduate Program Directormaryanne_taylor@emerson.edu
- Department Communication Studies
Publishing and Writing
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Bill BeuttlerPronouns: (He/Him/His)Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Strategic Marketing Communication
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Carol FerraraPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Directorcarol_ferrara@emerson.edu
- Department Marketing Communication
Speech@Emerson
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Laura Glufling ThamPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Graduate Program Director, Speech@Emerson
Theatre Education
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Lizzy DavisAssociate Professor and Graduate Program Directorlizzy_davis@emerson.edu
- Department Performing Arts
Writing for Film and Television
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James LaneSenior Scholar-in-Residence II and Graduate Program Directorjames_lane@emerson.edu
- Department Visual & Media Arts
Jim is both a media scholar and filmmaker with extensive publications and production experience. His publications have been featured in Wide Angle, Jump Cut, and more while his filmography has exhibited at major film festivals internationally, with his autobiography I am Not an Anthropologist premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
Jim is currently Senior Scholar-in-Residence for the department of Visual and Media Arts in LA and Graduate Program Director for the MFA Program in Film and TV Writing.