Faculty Spotlight
Faculty
Randall Albers
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing (Fiction and Creative Nonfiction), Abroad education; Teacher/Tutor Training, Creativity; process-and-technique Critical Reading and Writing courses
Rojhat Avsar
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Ethics, Behavioral Economics, Money as a Social Institution
Hugo Balta
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Broadcast Television/Radio News, Multimedia Journalism Content Production
Zeline Bates
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Media Planning and Buying, Communication Ethics, and Communication Essentials
Elizabeth Baumgartner
Cari Beecham-Bautista
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Gender, sexuality, race, social class, inequality
Kathryn Bergquist
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Creative writing, literature, LGBTQ subjects, study abroad, First-year writing, Writing & Rhetoric, fiction writing, creative non-fiction writing
Dominic Calabrese
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Media relations, journalism, public speaking
Madhurima Chakraborty
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Postcolonial literature, South Asian literature, Introduction to Cultural Studies, Literature Culture and Power, Literature of the Indian Diaspora
Richard Chwedyk
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Creative Writing, especially science fiction.
Steven Corey
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Urban Studies, Environmental Studies, History
Matthew Cunningham
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Podcasting, Audio Storytelling, Interviewing, Radio Broadcasting, Multi-media techniques
Gabriela Diaz de Sabates
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Women, gender, and sexuality studies; Latino and Latin American studies, women's life stories, oral stories and narratives, gender and immigration, state violence and gender.
Betsy Edgerton
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Teaching and research interests focus on magazine editing, copy editing, business-to-business magazine and general business writing, grammar pedagogy, curriculum development, interdisciplinarity, teacher training.
Carmelo Esterrich
Instructional Areas
Latin American Studies Cultural Studies Semiotics Interdisciplinary Humanities
Jordan Foster
Yonty Friesem
Instructional Areas
Data Storytelling, Media & Social Impact, Nonviolent Communication, Media and Digital Literacy, Leadership & Team Building, Research Methods in Social Sciences
Keith Green
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LGBT History in the U.S., Ancient, Medieval, and Modern European History.
Terri Griffith
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Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Queer Visual Culture
Ann Hetzel Gunkel
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Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Media and Popular Culture, Humanities
Ames Hawkins
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Queer/Trans Rhetorics, Queer and Trans Creative Writing, Creative/Literary Nonfiction, Writing and Rhetoric
C. Richard King
Instructional Areas
race and representaion, sport and society, white power movements and ideologies, imagining American Indians in Chicago
Frederic Kopp
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20th Century German History & Culture; Ancient, Medieval & Modern European History
Elio Leturia
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Graphic design, typography, visual communication and literacy, reporting in Spanish, video storytelling, image making, publication design, documentary video
John Lindsay
Andrea Manning
Suzanne McBride
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Investigative reporting, political reporting, community news
Erin McCarthy
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History of Chicago, Oral History, Public History, 1930s, Sport History.
Nicholas McCormick
Instructional Areas
United States History; History of Chicago; Urban History; History of the Future
Marcella Mencotti
Instructional Areas
Communications: Commercial Radio Audio Drama Voiceover
Brian Mornar
Instructional Areas
First-year Writing Creative Writing Literature
James Mullane
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James Mullane teaches courses in philosophy, ethics, critical thinking, and a course that explores the nature of the mind and personal identity.
Brian Plocharczyk
Instructional Areas
Voice Acting, Voice over, Narration.
Ruben Quesada
Instructional Areas
American Literature Latinx Literature British Literature Creative Writing Writing and Publishing
Douglas Reichert Powell
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Cultural Studies, Literature, First-Year Writing, Professional Writing
Brendan Riley
Instructional Areas
Writing Composition New Media Internet Studies Popular Culture Mystery / Detectives Science Fiction Zombies Board Games
K. Crom Saunders
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ASL sociolinguistics, Deaf Culture and History, theatrical interpreting
Jackie Spinner
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Digital Storytelling, Photojournalism, International Reporting, Conflict Reporting, News Reporting
Tony Trigilio
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Creative Writing, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies
Lauren Viera
Instructional Areas
Professional Writing, Journalism, Copy Writing, Editing, Grammar, Narrative Nonfiction/Essay Writing
Dylan Weir
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing, Poetry Writing, First-Year Writing, Writing & Rhetoric
Michelle Yates
Instructional Areas
Cinema and media studies; Cultural studies; Environmental humanities; Environmental justice; Feminist and queer studies; Technology and culture; Urban studies
