Areas of Expertise

Our faculty are deeply dedicated to fostering diversity, inclusion, and ethics across both the curriculum and extracurricular activities. Several faculty members specialize in these areas, ensuring a comprehensive approach to creating an inclusive and ethical learning environment.

With decades of professional experience, our faculty explore complex global issues and equip students to navigate the challenges—and increasing risks—of reporting across borders.

Our faculty conduct research on news media through a historical lens, providing the public with a deeper understanding of the people, issues, and movements that have shaped our past.

Our faculty are experts in media law and public policy, bringing extensive knowledge and real-world experience to the classroom. They examine the intersection of legal frameworks, regulatory issues, and the evolving media landscape.

Faculty specializing in multimedia, mobile technologies, data journalism, and emerging media, combine cutting-edge knowledge with practical expertise to prepare students for the future of digital communication.

With decades of experience, our faculty guide students in developing a strong foundation in journalistic theory, practices, and skills across a range of platforms, ensuring they are well-equipped for the evolving demands of the media industry.

Faculty conduct research on issues and trends in public affairs and train students to produce accurate news coverage that helps audiences understand politics, government, courts and school boards.

Faculty examine the history of science journalism and train students to cover the wonders and complexities of science and environmental discoveries, issues and the people behind them.

Faculty analyze and teach social justice media, including the suffrage press, black press, feminist press and socialist press, as well as the contemporary Latinx diaspora and its media implications.

Our faculty specialize in news and documentary storytelling, guiding students in creating compelling content across television, radio, and podcasting platforms.

Faculty conduct research and teach about the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and Latin America, with an emphasis on news media, violence against journalists, and international migration and diasporas.

The faculty represent a broad spectrum of visual storytelling—from broadcast and photojournalism to multimedia and app development.