Meet Emerson College’s distinguished faculty and graduate program directors in the School of Communication’s online Journalism and Media Innovation graduate program.
Meet Your Graduate Program Director
Your graduate program director will serve as your primary faculty advisor, guiding you on course selection to ensure you achieve your learning objectives and satisfy the program requirements. You will also receive program and department news from your program director and any on- and off-campus opportunities that might interest you.
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Azeta HatefPronouns: (She/Her/Hers)Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director
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.
Our Journalism and Media Innovation Graduate Faculty
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Angela Anderson-Connolly
Journalist-in-Residence -
Michael Brown
Assistant Professor -
Gino Canella
Associate Professor -
Lina Giraldo
Assistant Professor -
Azeta Hatef
Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director -
Janet Kolodzy
Professor Emerita -
Mark Leccese
Professor Emeritus -
Paul Niwa
Associate Professor -
Zhao Peng
Assistant Professor -
Lu Ann Reeb
Senior Executive-in-Residence II & Chair -
Tim Riley
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director -
Cindy Rodriguez
Sr Journalist-in-Residence II -
Douglas Struck
Senior Journalist-in-Residence