Terence Bryant
Sr Professorial Lecturer
SOC - School of Communication
I am the associate division director for journalism and a senior professorial lecturer in the AU School of Communication. I returned to American University full-time in the 2017 fall semester. I spent…
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bryant@american.edu
(202) 885-2062
Amy Eisman
Assistant Professor
SOC - School of Communication
Amy Eisman is the Director of the Journalism Division. She has overseen several programs at SOC as well as teaches journalism, digital content and entrepreneurship. From 2015-2017 she facilitated the …
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aeisman@american.edu
(202) 885-2106
Jane Hall
Associate Professor
SOC - School of Communication
Jane Hall is a professor in journalism and media studies in the School of Communication.
She specializes in media and politics, particularly issues of special interest to young people, the
depicti…
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jhall@american.edu
(202) 885-2024
Christopher Halsne
IR Professorial Lecturer
SOC - School of Communication
AU’s first Investigative Broadcaster in Residence, Chris Halsne has been on television for 30+ years. He’s managed special-projects units in Seattle, Denver, and Oklahoma City. In the past two years a…
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Jennifer LaFleur
IR Professorial Lecturer
SOC - School of Communication
Jennifer LaFleur joined AU in Fall 2017 as data journalist in residence and data editor for The Investigative Reporting Workshop. Previously, she was a senior editor at Reveal from The Center for Inve…
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lafleur@american.edu
Christine Lawrence
Assistant Prof Emerita
Christine C. Lawrence is a full-time professor of Journalism. She brings her experience covering politics and government to the SOC journalism division having worked for 10 years as a senior editor an…
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Charles Lewis
Professor
SOC - School of Communication
Charles Lewis is a national investigative journalist, a former ABC News and CBS News 60 Minutes producer, a best-selling author or co-author of six books and the founder of two Pulitzer Prize-winning …
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charlesl@american.edu
(202) 885-1997
Wendy Melillo Farrill
Associate Professor
SOC - School of Communication
Wendy Melillo is a full-time professor of Journalism. She teaches in the School of Communication's Journalism division. Her research is focused on how strategic communication influences society and th…
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melillo@american.edu
(202) 885-1753
Jill Olmsted
Associate Professor
SOC - School of Communication
Jill Olmsted is a full-time professor of Journalism and the former Journalism Division Director. She is the author of Tools for Podcasting (2019), teaches podcasting and advised the AU law school on c…
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jolmste@american.edu
(202) 885-2010
Jeremiah Patterson
Professorial Lecturer
SOC - School of Communication
Jeremiah teaches a variety of digital, multimedia and broadcast courses in the Journalism Division at American University’s School of Communication. He is the division's lead faculty member on digital…
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jnpatter@american.edu
Lynne Perri
Journalist in Residence
SOC - School of Communication
Lynne Perri is a journalist-in-residence and senior professorial lecturer at American University, and she is also managing editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop, our independent newsroom at S…
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perri@american.edu
(202) 885-6380
Rachel Louise Snyder
Associate Professor
CAS - Literature
Rachel Louise Snyder is the author of the nonfiction books Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade and No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About D…
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(202) 885-8955
Rodger Streitmatter
Prof Emeritus
Rodger Streitmatter is a full-time professor of Journalism. A cultural historian, he is a leader in exploring how the media have helped to shape the way Americans think and act. The most recent of his…
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rstreit@american.edu
John Sullivan
Journalist in Residence
SOC - School of Communication
John Sullivan is an Investigative Reporter-in-Residence at American University's School of Communication, an investigative reporter at The Washington Post and a Senior Editor at The Investigative Repo…
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jsulliva@american.edu
(202) 885-2075
Margot Susca
Assistant Professor
SOC - School of Communication
Margot Susca (Ph.D., Florida State University) is an assistant professor in the journalism division whose work operates at the intersection of investigative journalism and critical communications rese…
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(202) 885-6462
John Watson
Associate Professor
SOC - School of Communication
John C. Watson is an associate professor tenured in the Journalism Division. He brings a combination of professional experience and scholarly credentials to the classroom. A journalist for 21 years, h…
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jwatson@american.edu
(202) 885-2083
Sherri Williams
Assistant Professor
SOC - School of Communication
At the intersection of social media, social justice, reality television, mass media and how people of color use and are represented by these mediums is where you'll find Dr. Sherri Williams. Williams …
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sherriw@american.edu