Dr. Elasmar is a social-science-trained researcher who is fascinated by the role that communication plays in the formation and modification of a wide array of human belief systems (e.g. product brand beliefs, country images, intergroup perceptions, etc.). His scholarly work has focused on finding ways to conceptualize, capture and visualize these belief systems in order… Read More
Dr. Downes gained a wide breadth of full-time communications experience working in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors for more than 10 years throughout metropolitan Washington, DC. He held positions as a public relations director, marketing representative, special events producer, campaign organizer, personnel specialist, communications consultant and researcher. Among his employers were the United States… Read More
A protégé of two legends in the market research field, Professor Danehy has conducted quantitative and qualitative research studies for client organizations, both nationally and internationally, for more than 20 years. She excels at managing large, multi-layered research projects, taking them from design to analysis for strategic application. She conducts public opinion research with diverse… Read More
T. Barton Carter is a professor of communication who specializes in communication law and new communication technologies. He is the former head of the law division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication as well as of the law and policy division of the Broadcast Education Association. He also coordinates the JD/MS… Read More
William McKeen is the author of eight books and the editor of four more, including Mile Marker Zero (Crown, 2011), a non-fiction narrative about Key West; Outlaw Journalist (W.W. Norton, 2008), a biography of Hunter S. Thompson; Highway 61 (W.W. Norton, 2003), a memoir of a 6,000-mile road trip with his teenage son; and two… Read More
James Cummings completed his doctoral studies in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. He conducts research in human-computer interaction and the psychological processing of media, with areas of focus including multitasking, emotion, motivation, and physiological responses. His most recent work examines patterns, predictors, and effects of task-switching during laptop use and the technological factors… Read More
James E. Katz, Ph.D., Dr.h.c., is the Feld Professor of Emerging Media at Boston University’s College of Communication where he directs its Division of Emerging Media Studies. He recently concluded service as Distinguished Professor at Peking University’s New Media School. His publications on the effects of artificial intelligence (AI), social media, mobile communication, robot-human interaction,… Read More
Lei Guo earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and joined the Emerging Media Studies faculty in 2014. She is also an affiliated faculty member at Boston University’s Department of Computer Science, and a junior faculty fellow at the Hariri institute. Her research focuses on the development of media effects theories, computational… Read More
Deborah Jaramillo is an associate professor of film and television, and director of the Film and Television Studies Program. She loves watching television, hates the term “binge-watching,” and does not think TV is cinema. Her research interests include television history, cable news, and the branding of networks and channels. Her first book, Ugly War, Pretty… Read More
Before earning his graduate degrees in the United States, Roy Grundmann studied film and literature in Germany and England. Focusing on film in its modernist and postmodernist context, he publishes on American and European narrative cinema, international avant-garde film, film theory and cultural theory, and gay and lesbian film history and queer theory. He is… Read More