SOC Faculty
Kyle Brannon
,Assistant Professor
Kyle "Kylos" Brannon is a full-time professor of Film and Media Arts. He is a filmmaker, motion graphic designer, and VJ. His work with exhibit media has appeared in the Brown v Board National Historic Site, the US Botanical Gardens, Historic Jamesto... [More]
W. Joseph Campbell
,Professor
W. Joseph Campbell is a full-time professor of Communication Studies. He joined the AU faculty in 1997, after more than 20 years in professional journalism. Assignments in his award-winning career took him across North America to Africa, Asia, and Eu... [More]
SOC - School of Communication
Declan Fahy
,Assistant Professor
Declan Fahy has been a full-time faculty member in SOC’s journalism division since 2010. His core research interests are new methods, means and models of science journalism; the journalistic reporting of knowledge and complexity; and the media portra... [More]
William Gentile
,Journalist in Residence
Bill Gentile is a full-time professor of Film and Media Arts. He is an independent journalist and documentary filmmaker at American University, where he brings 30 years of field experience and professional contacts to the next generation of communica... [More]
Maria Ivancin
,Assistant Professor
Maria Ivancin is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She teaches courses in strategic communication, research and management. Ivancin brings many years of professional experience to the classroom. She was executive vice president and chief... [More]
Leena Jayaswal
,Associate Professor
Leena Jayaswal is a full-time professor of Film and Media Arts. She is head of the photography concentration. Her photography has been nationally recognized in galleries around the country. She has worked with famed photographer, Mary Ellen Mark. Her... [More]
Christopher Palmer
,Distinguished Film Producer in Residence
Chris Palmer is a full-time professor of Film and Media Arts. He is also a speaker, author, and environmental and wildlife film producer. He has swum with dolphins and whales, come face-to-face with sharks and Kodiak bears, camped with wolf packs, an... [More]
Lynne Perri
,Journalist in Residence
Lynne Perri is a full-time professor of Journalism. She is a journalist-in-residence at SOC and managing editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop, a professional news organization focusing on corporate and government accountability. She teaches... [More]
Rick Rockwell
,Associate Professor
Rick Rockwell is the interim Director of Journalism Programs and the School of Communication's Director of the International Media Program. Also, he is a professor of journalism. He teaches broadcast journalism, communication and multimedia courses. ... [More]
Christopher Simpson
,Professor
Chris Simpson is a full-time professor of Journalism. He is a respected scholar and author known internationally for his expertise in propaganda, democracy and media theory and practice. He has won national awards for investigative reporting, histori... [More]
Rhonda Zaharna
,Associate Professor
Rhonda Zaharna is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She specializes in intercultural and international strategic communication, with an emphasis on culture and communication in the Arab and Islamic regions. In addition to teaching strate... [More]
SIS Faculty
Christine B. N. Chin
,Associate Professor
Dr. Chin’s research and teaching interests are in the political economy of transnational migration, Southeast Asian studies and intercultural relations. She is the author of In Service and Servitude: Foreign Female Domestic Workers and the Malaysian ... [More]
Derrick L. Cogburn
,Associate Professor
Derrick Cogburn is Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University. His research and teaching includes: global information and communication technology and socio-economic development; insti... [More]
Maria De Jesus
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Maria De Jesus brings to AU a wealth of research and teaching experiences in the area of health inequalities, with a particular focus on cross-cultural communication and health promotion. While serving as a Yerby post-doctoral fellow at the Harva... [More]
Craig Hayden
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Craig Hayden is an assistant professor in the International Communication Program at American University’s School of International Service. His current research focuses on the discourse of public diplomacy, the rhetoric of foreign policy related ... [More]
Nanette Levinson
,Associate Professor
Nanette S. Levinson is Academic Director of the SIS/Sciences-Po Exchange and Editor of the International Communication Section, The International Studies Compendium Project. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. She served as Associate Dean from 1988-2005. ... [More]
Shalini Venturelli
,Associate Professor
Dr. Shalini Venturelli is Associate Professor of International Communication and International Relations, in the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. Professor Venturelli is Director of the Global Public Media Resear... [More]
Gary Weaver
,Professor
Each year, Dr. Gary Weaver gives over 100 keynote addresses, lectures, training seminars, and workshops to various universities, nonprofit groups, government agencies, professional organizations and business groups in the U.S. and abroad. His topics ... [More]



