Department of Arts, Culture, and Media

Bradley Hall

973-353-5119

Website: http://acm.newark.rutgers.edu

Chair: Ian Watson

Deputy Chair: Paul Sternberger

Professors:

Ned Drew. B.F.A., M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth

Henry Martin, B.Mus., Oberlin College; M.M., Michigan; Ph.D., Princeton

Lewis Porter, B.A., Rochester; M.A., Tufts; Ph.D., Brandeis

Sandra Skoglund, B.A., Smith College; M.A., M.F.A., Iowa

Robert W. Snyder, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Ph.D., New York

Edin Velez

Ian Watson, B.A., Sydney; M.A., Ph.D., New York

Professor of Professional Practice:

Anne Englot, B.A., Binghamton; M.Arch, Ph.D., Syracuse

Associate Professors:

Stephen Laub, B.A., M.A., California (Berkeley)

Timothy F. Raphael, B.A., Wesleyan; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern

Paul S. Sternberger, B.A., Rochester; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia

Kimi Takesue, B.A., Oberlin, M.F.A., Temple

Assistant Professors:

Jordan Casteel, B.A., Agnes Scott College; M.F.A., Yale

Chantal Fischzang, B.F.A., Florida Atlantic; M.F.A., Pratt

Nick Kline, B.F.A., University of the Arts; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art

Rachel Mundy, B.A., Wesleyan; M.M., Hartford; Ph.D., New York

Assistant Professors of Professional Practice:

Jennifer Bernstein, B.A., Brown; M.F.A., Yale

Robin Gaby Fisher

Instructor:

Robert Shoup, B.F.A., Ohio Wesleyan; M.F.A., Brooklyn College

In the journalism and media studies major, students learn to write and report by covering the people, issues and politics of metropolitan region around them. Journalism is taught as part of a liberal arts education that blends theory and practice. Courses explore writing, reporting, ethics, the history of journalism, contemporary media issues, and multimedia. Some classes require a laboratory fee. An internship is required for the major. Students majoring in journalism and media studies work for print, online, and broadcast news organizations. Others have gone on to graduate school and law school.

The major in journalism and media studies is offered through the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media (ACM). ACM houses programs and/or majors in art, graphic design, art history, media studies (with majors in journalism and video production), music, and theater. Each major includes an ACM core sequence requirement. Taking advantage of the range of disciplines in ACM and the campus mission to engage with its community, the core combines an integrated sequence of classes, shaped in large part by projects drawn from the urban region surrounding the university. The sequence consists of three classes: Introduction to Arts, Media, and Culture, a class designated by each program that combines interdisciplinary pedagogy with a student's major, and either Colloquium in Arts, Culture, and Media or Seminar in Arts, Culture, and Media.