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 Directorazeta_hatef@emerson.edu
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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-Residencea_andersonconnolly@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Michael Brown
Assistant ProfessorMichael_Brown@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Gino Canella
Associate Professorgino_canella@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Lina Giraldo
Assistant Professorlina_giraldo@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Azeta Hatef
Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Directorazeta_hatef@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Janet Kolodzy
Professorjanet_kolodzy@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Mark Leccese
Professor Emeritus- Department Journalism
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Paul Mihailidis
Professor, Special Advisor to the Provost and Graduate Program Directorpaul_mihailidis@emerson.edu- Department Academic Affairs
- Department Journalism
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Paul Niwa
Associate Professorpaul_niwa@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Zhao Peng
Assistant Professorzhao_peng@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Lu Ann Reeb
Senior Executive-in-Residence II & Chairlu_ann_reeb@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Tim Riley
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Directortim_riley@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Cindy Rodriguez
Sr Journalist-in-Residence IIcindy_rodriguez@emerson.edu- Department Journalism
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Douglas Struck
Senior Journalist-in-Residencedouglas_struck@emerson.edu- Department Journalism