Faculty, Journalism & Media Innovation MA, Emerson College

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.

Azeta Hatef

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director
Address
azeta_hatef@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

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.

Our Journalism and Media Innovation Graduate Faculty

Angela Anderson-Connolly

Journalist-in-Residence
Address
a_andersonconnolly@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Michael Brown

Assistant Professor
Address
Michael_Brown@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Gino Canella

Associate Professor
Address
gino_canella@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Lina Giraldo

Assistant Professor
Address
lina_giraldo@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Azeta Hatef

Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director
Address
azeta_hatef@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Janet Kolodzy

Professor
Address
janet_kolodzy@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Mark Leccese

Professor Emeritus
Department Journalism
Paul Mihailidis

Professor, Special Advisor to the Provost and Graduate Program Director
Address
paul_mihailidis@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Academic Affairs

Department Journalism
Paul Niwa

Associate Professor
Address
paul_niwa@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Zhao Peng

Assistant Professor
Address
zhao_peng@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Lu Ann Reeb

Senior Executive-in-Residence II & Chair
Address
lu_ann_reeb@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Tim Riley

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Address
tim_riley@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Cindy Rodriguez

Sr Journalist-in-Residence II
Address
cindy_rodriguez@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism
Douglas Struck

Senior Journalist-in-Residence
Address
douglas_struck@emerson.edu Telephone 6178248805

Department Journalism