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Mass Communications and Media Arts Faculty
- Lisa Brooten
- David R. Burns
- Cade Bursell
- William Freivogel
- Dong Han
- Jyotsna Kapur
- Kavita Karan
- Vicki Kreher
- Wago Kreider
- Bridget Lescelius
- Sarah Lewison
- Walter Metz
- H.D. Motyl
- Jay Needham
- Heather M. O'Brien
- Cinzia Padovani
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- Yuhosua "Josh" Ryoo
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Mass Communications and Media Arts Faculty
The close relationships students form with our internationally renowned faculty lead to successes and paves the way for you to find your own path. Our people, working with students in small classroom settings, collaborating on numerous public service projects, or simply chatting in the hallway while going to a class, matter most.
Lisa Brooten, Associate Professor
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
Lisa Brooten holds a Ph.D. in international telecommunications and an MAIA in international development studies from Ohio University. Prior to that, she worked for years in community radio in Philadelphia and had a professional stint in radio production with the show “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” distributed by National Public Radio.
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Office: COMM 1050G
lbrooten@siu.edu
David R. Burns, Associate Professor
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
David R. Burns is a digital media artist and publishing scholar who explores the relationships between humans, technology, and nature in his creative-research. More specifically, he focuses on the tensions between technology, culture, and nature in the public and private spheres; mediating memory and postmemory; and participatory self-expression through visual music. Burns takes an interdisciplinary approach to creating digital media art by combining computer animation, 3D modeling, 3D printing, sound design, interactive media, and physical computing to push the boundaries of artistic expression. In addition to creating hybrid projects that are both artistic exhibitions and scholarly publications, Burns publishes scholarly essays where he contextualizes his artistic projects and critically analyzes contemporary issues in media arts.
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Office: COMM 2224
drburns@siu.edu
Website: www.davidrburns.com
Cade Bursell, Professor
Cinema
Cade Bursell’s creative work engages both experimental processes and a socially engaged media arts practice with a focus on human rights and environmental issues, and grounded in an understanding of the relationship between medium and meaning. Her interests include queer studies, women’s studies, environmental and animal studies and Buddhist philosophy. Her creative practice is guided by a set of ethical principles that involves a deep regard, concern and recognition of the complex interdependence of all forms of life.
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Office: Northwest Annex B212
cbursell@siu.edu
William Freivogel, Professor
School of Journalism and Advertising
Professor Bill Freivogel served as Director of the School of Journalism from 2006-14. He came to SIU after 34 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was a member of the newspaper's Washington bureau for 12 years, where he served as assistant bureau chief, focused on the Supreme Court and reported on such historic events as the assassination attempt on President Reagan and the confirmation fight over Clarence Thomas. He returned to St. Louis and became the deputy editorial page editor in 1997.
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Office: COMM 1202C
wfreivog@siu.edu
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Dong Han, Associate Professor
School of Journalism and Advertising
Dong Han’s education shifted from English language and literature to law and finally to media and communications research. From 1999 to 2004, he was a lawyer at the Legal Office of China Central Television, China’s national TV network. As a researcher, he is interested in how market relations expand and deepen in a wide array of media and cultural sectors. His papers appeared in journals including Media, Culture & Society, International Journal of Communication, and Television & New Media.
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Office: COMM 1226
donghan@siu.edu
Jyotsna Kapur, Professor, Director Honors Program
Cinema
Jyotsna Kapur is a Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, who is also cross-appointed with Sociology. Her research and teaching interests include: Marxist-feminist theory of media arts and culture; The politics of labor, class, race, and sexuality in neoliberalism; contemporary Indian media culture; History and theory of the documentary idea especially its redefinations in contemporary practices and digital culture; Third Cinema; and Global children's media culture.
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Office: COMM 1121G
jkapur@siu.edu
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Kavita Karan, Professor
School of Journalism and Advertising
Dr. Kavita Karan is a Professor in the School of Journalism and Advertising. Dr. Karan received her PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom and the Master of Philosophy (M.Phil), Master of Communication and Journalism (MCJ) and Bachelor of Communication and Journalism (BCJ) from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Dr. Karan teaches a variety of courses that include; Communication research methods, several Advertising courses, politics and media, and health communication. Her research interests include, political communication, strategic marketing and advertising, new media technologies and development, health communication, women’s studies and Bollywood cinema.
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Office: COMM 1226
kavitak@siu.edu
Vicki Kreher, Senior Lecturer
School of Journalism and Advertising
Victoria Kreher’s classroom experience is infused with decades of award-winning experience from both the business management and the creative sides of multiple media organizations. Because of her broad experience in customer service, personal selling, publicity and promotions, as well as in newspaper, radio, television, magazine and digital media, she has taught nineteen different courses in the School of Journalism and Advertising. She has advised students in the Master of Science – Professional Media and Media Management program and has served as Interim Director of Graduate Studies. She has advised and guided multiple student organizations within and outside of her department and college. In Fall 2013, she earned an M.B.A. with a concentration in Management Information Systems from SIU College of Business.
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Office: COMM 1236A
kreher@siu.edu
Wago Kreider, Associate Professor
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
Wago Kreider, Associate Professor, is a media artist and experimental filmmaker. His creative work engages with contemporary strategies of artistic reenactment, the reconstruction of cinematic history, and the impact of film history on our perceptions of landscape and the environment. His films have screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Rotterdam International Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the Hong Kong Film Festival, Views from the Avant-Garde at the New York Film Festival, the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, Germany, the Paris Festival of Different & Experimental Cinema, and at the International Film Festival of Vienna. He has participated in artist residencies at the Experimental Television Center in Owego, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center in New York City, Basement Films/Experiments in Cinema in Albuquerque, and at Berlinale Talents as part of the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Office: COMM 1050F
wkreider@siu.edu
Website: Studio 27
Bridget Lescelius, Associate Lecturer
School of Journalism and Advertising
Bridget Lescelius’ career spans over 30 years in advertising and marketing, including vice president and partner of Spark in Phoenix, Arizona; senior associate of marketing at the Institute for Supply Management in Tempe, Arizona; co-founder and principal at The Big Idea, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia; senior account executive at The Washington Agency in Washington, D.C.
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Phone: 618-536-3361
Office: COMM 1221
blescelius@siu.edu
Sarah Lewison, Associate Professor
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
Associate Professor Sarah Lewison is a media producer, artist, and writer whose work examines power, economics and political subjectivity. Her teaching and research areas include media and social change, ecological pedagogy and experimental performance. Her video work includes the documentary Fat of the Land which screened on PBS and in museums, festivals and community spaces worldwide, and is nationally noted for stimulating the do-it-yourself waste-grease bio-diesel movement. Prof. Lewison's writing about media aesthetics, social history, sustainability and culture has been published in Tema (Denmark), Journal of Northeast Studies (Hamburg, Germany), Area (Chicago), and "Failure! Experiments in Aesthetics and Social Practices" (Aesthetics and Protest Pub., LA). She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of California San Diego.
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Office: Comm 1050E
slewison@siu.edu
Website: sarahlewison.com
Walter Metz, Professor
Cinema
Walter Metz is a Professor of Film Studies who teaches film, television, theatre, and photography history, theory and criticism. As a researcher, Walter is interested in the relationship between popular media forms, such as the television sitcom and the Hollywood blockbuster film, and high, canonical literature. His book on Gilligan's Island was published by Wayne State University Press in March 2012. He is currently writing a manuscript about Dr. Seuss and the animated films made at Pixar Studios.
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H.D. Motyl, Associate Professor, Interim Director School of Theater and Dance
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
H.D. Motyl is an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he teaches media production and writing for TV. His feature-length documentary about professional rodeo cowboys called Cowboy Christmas was honored as Best Feature Documentary at the Madrid International Film Festival and as Best of the Fest for Faculty Documentary at the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts.
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Phone: 618-453-6992
hdmotyl@siu.edu
Jay Needham, Professor
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
Jay Needham is a sound artist, musician, image maker, writer-editor and cultural producer who utilizes multiple creative platforms to produce his works, many of which have a focus on sound and site-specific field research. As a hearing-divergent person, Needham makes work that often involves sensing and experiencing sound across many modalities. His sound art, works for radio, visual art, performances and installations have appeared at museums, festivals and on the airwaves, worldwide. His most recent sound installation is on permanent display in the BioMuseo, designed by Frank Gehry in The Republic of Panama.
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Office: COMM 1050D
jayn@siu.edu
Heather M. O'Brien, Assistant Professor
Cinema
Heather M. O'Brien is an artist, filmmaker, and writer. Her work builds encounters with familial archives, constructs of nationhood, and the illusion of accurate memory. Interests include expanded cinema, photographic histories, and the contemporary essay film.
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Office: Northwest Annex B 214
heather.obrien@siu.edu
Cinzia Padovani, Associate Professor
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
Cinzia Padovani is Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Radio Television and Digital Media, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, U.S.A. She holds an MA in Education (1989, University of L’Aquila Italy) and a PhD in Media Studies (1999, University of Colorado Boulder).
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Office: COMM 2223
padovani@siu.edu
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Jenny Pape, Assistant Professor of Practice
Radio, Television, and Digital Media
Jenny Pape is an award-winning sound artist and songwriter.
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Office: COMM 2219
Phone: 618-536-7555
jennypape@siu.edu
Yuhosua "Josh" Ryoo, Assistant Professor
School of Journalism and Advertising
Dr. Yuhosua (Joshua) Ryoo's research interests are at the intersection of new digital technologies (e.g., AI, robots, digital and social media), consumer psychology, and prosocial behavior. In particular, his research focuses on the individual, social, and situational factors associated with new digital technologies and examines how these factors influence people's and organizations' prosocial decision-making and behavior. In addition to various types of prosocial behavior, such as ethical consumption, environmental sustainability, and corporate social responsibility, the roles of new media (e.g., Youtube) and technology (e.g., AI and robots) are therefore in the scope of his research interests.
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Office: COMM 1226
ryooyuhosua@siu.edu
Robert Spahr, Interim Director of the School of Media Arts, Associate Professor
Robert Spahr is a visual artist and educator who produces computational art using generative processes and genetic algorithms; digital and analog images; objects; live art and time-based media.
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Office: Northwest Annex 213B
rspahr@siu.edu
Jan Thompson, Director - Professor
School of Journalism and Advertising
Professor Thompson is a 3-time Emmy award winning filmmaker and composer.
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Office: COMM 1050J
janione@siu.edu
James Wall, Senior Lecturer
Radio, Television, and Digital Media, Journalism
James A. Wall teaches within the Electronic Media Marketing and Management sequence. Prior to becoming a full-time educator, Jim worked in the commercial broadcast industry for over twenty years in sales and marketing. He earned both a B.S. in Radio-Television and an M.A. in Media Management from SIUC.
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Office: COMM 1050C
jwall@siu.edu
Hong Zhou, Associate Professor
Cinema
Hong is interested in fictional narrative filmmaking. His recent work includes "Night Train", a story about two strangers' encounters in a subway, "She Wears Yellow", a study of fictional characters, and "Sarah and Liz", a story about two sisters' adventures into the wildness. Initially influenced by surrealist painting and early experimental films, Hong's work explores the conflict and interplay between conscious and subconscious as narrative force in storytelling. Having recently worked as cinematographer on a new HD feature film, Hong is excited about the new creative possibilities of HD as a compelling narrative medium, and is planning on shooting his next project using the latest digital cinema technology.
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Office: COMM 1121H
hzhou@siu.edu