Department of Communication, Media and Theatre

E-mail: cmt@neiu.edu
Telephone: (773) 442-5950
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Cyndi Moran

Cyndi

Moran

Professor, Section Chair

Courses Taught

CMTM 363: Documentary Film

CMTM 362: Video Production Workshop

CMTM 361: Digital Video Editing

CMTM 360: Advanced Video Product

CMTM 311: Fieldwork in Video Production

CMTM 260: Introduction to Video Production

CMTM 208: Media Laboratory

CMTM 109A: First Twelvemonth Experience: Chicago On Video: One Pixel at a Time

CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema

Research Interests

Documentary moving picture, video production and editing

Education

M.F.A. Northwestern University

Background

Cyndi Moran teaches a variety of media production courses includingIntroduction to Video Production, Avant-garde Video Product, and Digital Video Editing, every bit well as cinema studies courses, such every bit Documentary Film and The Fine art of Picture show and Video. Her documentary work has been seen on the PBS series P.O.5., and in numerous national and international festivals. She has produced Telly segments for WTTW and The Sundance Channel, and she has edited independent documentary productions, television shows, commercials, and programs for artists and non-for-profits.

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Chicago, IL 60625
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Office Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1:30-2:30 p.m. and Past Appointment

Steven Apter

Expertise

Television, Video and Flick Theory and Production

Courses Taught

CMTM 260: Introduction to Video Product

CMTM 160: The Art of Film and Video

Inquiry Interests

Goggle box and Film Theory and Criticism

Education

M.F.A., Governors State Academy – Independent Motion picture and Digital Imaging

B.A., Columbia College Chicago – Television Production

B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Movie house Studies

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Office Hours

Monday: 6:30-7:05 p.m. and nine:45-10:thirty p.yard. (Zoom)

Katrina Bell-Jordan

Katrina

Bell-Jordan

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor

Expertise

Dr. Katrina Bell-Jordan'due south education has emphasized media history and media literacy; studies in journalism and news writing; communication theory and mass advice theory; rhetorical theory and criticism; public address; and persuasion. She has boosted teaching interests in cultural studies, gender studies, political communication, and popular civilisation.

Courses Taught

CMTM 465: Mass Advice Theory

CMTC 414: Seminar in Organizational Communication

CMTC 404: Advice Theory

CMTC 367: News Writing

CMTM 365: Contemporary Issues in Mass Media

CMTC 322: Rhetorical Theory & Criticism

CMTC 310: Persuasion

CMTM 265: Mass Media and Society

CMTM 165: Broadcasting and New Media

CMTM 105: Introduction to Journalism

CMTC 101: Public Speaking

CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication

Enquiry Interests

Dr. Katrina Bell-Jordan'due south research falls within the areas of cultural studies, media studies, and rhetorical studies. More than specific emphasis is on race and representation in the media; intersections of gender and race; Black feminist idea and African-American women's communicative experiences; identity and performance in media; and the rhetoric of popular culture. Specific attention has been given to humor in stand-up comedy, political cartooning and film/tv parody.

Didactics

Ph.D. Ohio Academy, School of Interpersonal Advice (Rhetorical Studies & Media Studies)

M.A. Ohio University, School of Interpersonal Communication (Rhetorical Studies)

B.Southward.J. Ohio Academy, E. W. Scripps School of Journalism (News Editorial Journalism)

Selected Publications

Bong-Hashemite kingdom of jordan, K. E.  (2011). Withal subscribing to stereotypes: Constructions of blackness masculinity in popular magazines.  In M. P. Hopson, & R. 50. Jackson (Eds.), Masculinity in the Black imagination: Politics of communicating race and manhood.  New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Bell-Hashemite kingdom of jordan, Grand. E.  (2010). Forward.  In J. Tischauser, Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias in American newspapers: How they reported the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah and Israeli-Hamas wars (pp. i-iv).  Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press.

Bong-Jordan, Thou. E. (October, 2008). Black.White and a Survivor of The Real Globe: Constructions of race on reality Television set. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25(4), 353-372.

Bell-Jordan, K. E.  (December, 2007).  Speaking fluent "joke":  Pushing the racial envelope through comedic operation on Chappelle's Show. Performance Inquiry, 12(3),74-90.

Bell, K.Eastward., Orbe, M.P., Drummond, D.Yard., & Camara, Southward.K. (Winter, 2000). Accepting the challenge of centralizing without essentializing: Blackness Feminist Thought and African American women'southward communicative experiences. Women's Studies in Communication, 23 (1), 41-62.

Bell, Grand. East. (1998).  The more they change, the more than they remain the Same: Representations of African American womanhood on Living Single. In T. McDonald, & T. Ford-Ahmed (Eds.), Nature of a sistuh: Blackness women'southward lived experiences in gimmicky civilisation (pp. 197-222). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Printing.

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Courses Taught

CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication

CMTC 101: Public Speaking

CMTC 202: Vox and Diction

CMTC 213: Interpersonal Advice

CMTC 215: Pocket-size Group Communication

CMTC 313: Communication, Gender, & Identity

CMTM 160: Introduction to Movie theatre

CMTT 130: Introduction to Theatre

CMTT 347: Playwriting

Research Interests

John Bliss's creative work includes writing fiction and nonfiction books for young readers. He writes scripts for educational videos for McGraw-Hall and Pearson. He also directs for NEIU's Stage Eye Theatre.

Instruction

M.F.A. The University of Iowa

Selected Publications

"Time with Leo"

"Designer Babies"

"Fine art That Moves: Blitheness Around the Globe"

Selected Performances

Directed "Becky Shaw" at NEIU.

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Role Hours

iii:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays

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Maura

Baron (Cherney)

Assistant Professor

Courses Taught

CMTC 400: Special Topics in Communication (Communication and Emotion)

CMTC 317: Intercultural Communication

CMTC 306: Special Topics in Communication (Communication Ethics)

CMTC 300: Mediated Communication

CMTC 213: Interpersonal Communication

CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication

Research Interests

Dr. Maura Baron's inquiry explores the function of communication technologies in our interactions, especially in interpersonal and instructional contexts. Her well-nigh recent piece of work focuses on how people class impressions of other people based on data found about that person online.

Educational activity

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2018)
M.A. Illinois Country University (2014)
B.A. St. Norbert Higher (2011)

Selected Publications

Cherney, M. R., Fetherston, M., & Johnsen, 50. J. (2018). Online course student collaboration literature: A review and critique. Minor Group Research, 49, 98-128.

Fetherston, M., Cherney, M. R., & Bunton, T. E. (2018). Doubtfulness, technology use, and career preparation self-efficacy. Western Periodical of Communication, 82, 276-295.

Cherney, Thou. R., Davis, D. C., & Metts, S. (2017). Surf's up: Chatty aspects of online trust-building among Couchsurfing hosts. In M. Folk & S. Apostel (Eds.), Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Brownie. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Ruppel, E. G., Blight, M. Grand., Cherney, M. R., & Fylling, S. Q. (2014). An exploratory investigation of communication technologies to alleviate communicative difficulties and low in older adults. Periodical of Aging and Wellness, 28, 600-620.

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Part Hours

5-6:30 p.thou. Wednesdays (Zoom)
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Sarah

J.

Fabian

Assistant Professor; Director of Phase Centre Theatre

Expertise

Scenic Design, Lighting Design Theory, Costume Design Theory, Figure Drawing, Rendering, Model-building, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Scenic Painting, Breathtaking Construction, Properties Design, Properties Construction, Storytelling, Toy Theatre, Puppetry, Portfolio Development, Portfolio Website Design, Digital Photography

Courses Taught

CMTT 346: American Musical Theatre

CMTT 340: Set Design

CMTT 339: Technical Theatre Producion

CMTT 334: Special Topics in Theatre (Puppet Theatre)

CMTT 334: Special Topics in Theatre (The Fine art of Visual Storytelling)

CMTT 334: Special Topics in Theatre (European Opera & Musical Theatre)

CMTT 333: Contemporary Theatre

CMTT 240: Stagecraft

CMTT 130: Introduction to Theatre

STAM 300: The Performative Self - Exploring Identity and Character Through Theatre

Research Interests

Theatrical Breathtaking Blueprint; Theatre for Young Audiences; Immersive Design; Theatre for Public Discourse; Diversity, Representation, and Inclusion in Theatre; Design for New Play Development; Playwriting

Teaching

One thousand.F.A. in Stage Design - Scenic Design, Northwestern University

B.A. in Theatre with a Studio Art pocket-size in Oil Painting, Hope Higher

Groundwork

Sarah earned her MFA in Phase Design – Breathtaking Design from Northwestern Academy in Evanston, Ill., where she received a total-ride scholarship, and trained nether laurels-winning scenic designers: Daniel Ostling, Todd Rosenthal and Walt Spangler.

Select Credits: Lookingglass Alice (Acquaintance Scenic Designer for 2020 remount production in Chicago, and the Miami and Denver Tours, Lookingglass Theatre Company); S of Settling (Steppenwolf);In The Side by side Room (or The Vibrator Play) (TimeLine Theatre Company); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and James and the Giant Peach (Filament Theatre); Fulfillment Eye and 3C (A Ruby-red Orchid Theatre); Unseen, A Life Extra Ordinary (The Gift Theatre).

Her blueprint work has been recognized regionally by the American Higher Theatre Festival, nationally by the JFK Centre for the Performing Arts, and internationally at the Prague Quadrennial exhibition held in the Czechia. Her photography work has been exhibited in New York City.

Portfolio

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Office Hours

12-2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays (Zoom)
12-2 p.m. Thursdays (In Person)

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Adam

Goldstein

Assistant Professor and Artistic Director of Stage Center Theatre

Courses Taught

CMTT 473: Special Topics in Theatre (National Identity and Theatre)

CMTT 351: Children's Theatre Workshop (Middle & High School)

CMTT 350: Children'due south Theatre Workshop (Elementary School)

CMTT 345: Directing

CMTT 321: Acting ii

CMTT 240: Stagecraft

CMTT 221: Acting 1

CMTT 220: Improvisation

CMTT 203: Vocalisation for the Performer

Research Interests

Theatre as cultural currency, theatre for social change and dialogue, the social history of musical theatre, new play evolution models, representation, diversity, and inclusion in storytelling, and the theatrical history of Republic of ireland. He is in the process of proposing a new book for professional actors and students that teaches a repeatable dialect process and dynamically connects that process to the creation of character.

Education

One thousand.F.A., Directing, Northwestern Academy

B.F.A., Interim, New York Academy's Tisch School of the Arts

Groundwork

Adam is an achieved managing director with a long history developing critically and nationally acclaimed new work. He brings credits and assistant credits at Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Court Theatre, CityLit, Redtwist, The Side Project, Bristol Riverside Theatre, South Curve Civic Theatre, and leading companies across Chicago and the east coast. I of Chicago's leading vox and dialect coaches, Adam has vocally designed nearly sixty productions in Chicago with his work praised by Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune as "remarkable."

As an arts leader, Adam has helped to build, shape, and support major institutions such as Bristol Riverside Theatre, Hartford Stage Company, and William Morris Effort. Adam previously taught at Columbia Higher Chicago and Northwestern University before joining NEIU. In addition to his fourth dimension on campus, Adam continues to serve young artists as the head of musical theatre at Actors Grooming Heart in Wilmette. His other interests include his married woman, young son, a canis familiaris and cat, baseball, golf, crossfit, and his astonishing neighborhood in Evanston. MFA-Directing, Northwestern University, BFA-Interim from NYU'due south Tisch School of the Arts.

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Office Hours

Tuesday: 10-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday: five:45-6:45 p.thousand.
Friday: Noon-1 p.m.

Leslie Hull

Expertise

Acting, Directing, Musical Theatre, Classical Theatre, Theatre History, Improvisation, Movement, Vocal Production, Dialects, Prop Design, Makeup/Wig Pattern, Theatre Management, Stagecraft

Courses Taught

CMTT 393: Drama for Teaching and Learning

CMTT 339: Technical Theatre Production

CMTT 338: Melodrama

CMTT 249: Makeup

CMTT 240: Stagecraft

CMTT 221: Acting ane

CMTC 202: Voice and Diction

CMTT 130: Introduction to Theatre

CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication

Research Interests

Contemporary and Classical Theatre, Women in Theatre, Female person Representation in Theatrical Functioning and Production, Arts Integration in Education, Art Therapies, Intersectional Performance

Educational activity

B.F.A. Theatre/Musical Theatre, University of Michigan-Flint

M.F.A. Acting, Michigan Land Academy

Background

Leslie has been working as an Artist/Educator in the Midwest Region for over a decade. In addition to working on stage and screen and off, she works as a voice over artist, audio book narrator, and amateur lensman. She is a proud member of Actors' Equity. Some regional theaters include Williamston Theatre, Tipping Betoken Theatre, Performance Network Theatre, The Henry Ford Museum, Metropolis Performing Arts, Idle Muse, Dandelion Theatre and Quest Theatre Ensemble.

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Function Hours

2:30-4:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and by appointment

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G. "Max"

Maxin

Four

Instructor

Expertise

Lighting Blueprint, Projections Design, Breathtaking Design, Breathtaking Painting, Prop Pattern/Construction, Scenic Structure, Adobe Suite, Qlab, AutoCAD

Courses Taught

CMTT 351: Children's Theatre Workshop (Heart & Loftier School)

CMTT 348: Advanced Stagecraft

CMTT 341: Lighting Design

CMTT 339: Technical Theatre Producion

CMTT 240: Stagecraft

Inquiry Interests

Theatrical Product Design; Digitally Integrated Media in Theatre

Education

Yard.F.A. Michigan Country University (Production Design)

B.A. Ashland University (Scene & Lighting Design)

Background

Thou. "Max" Maxin IV works also a freelance theatrical designer in Chicago and is i of the co-founders of Another Door Theatre Project. Favorite design credits include: "Gypsy," "Piddling Women," "Cabaret," "Bare (Some other Door)"; "Urinetown" (Jeff Nomination Lighting), "Three Days of Pelting," "Next to Normal," (BoHo); "The Nance," "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert," "Aroused Fags," "Design for Living," "The Submission," "Book of Merman" (Pride Films & Plays); "First Date" (Royal George); "Spamalot" (Nightblue); "From These Fatal Loins," "Domicile Earlier Night" (The Ruckus), and "Story of a Story" (The Untold Story) (Underscore).

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Office Hours

Monday and Wednesday: 9-10 a.m. and Noon-i:30 p.m. (In Person and Zoom)
Thursday: 5:30-6:thirty p.m. (Zoom)

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Nancy

McVittie

Teacher

Expertise

Mass Media, Picture and Television History, Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Media Writing, Bookish Writing

Courses Taught

CMTM 467: Special Topics in Film & Goggle box (Hollywood and American Culture)

CMTM 466: Media and Cultural Studies

CMTC 404: Communication Theory

CMTM 390: NEIU Cinematheque

CMTM 375: Contemporary Hispanic Cinema

CMTM 371: American Cinema (Origins-1950)

CMTM 376: Tv set History

CMTM 374: Special Topics in Film (Teen Movies)

CMTC 305: Writing in Communication, Media and Theatre (WIP)

CMTC 300: Mediated Communication

CMTM 205: Fundamentals of Media Writing

CMTM 265: Mass Media and Guild

CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema

CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication

Enquiry Interests

Representations of Aging, American Culture, Social History of Motion picture and Tv, Comedy and Camp

Pedagogy

Ph.D. Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan (2013)

One thousand.A. Literature and Film, N Carolina Country University (2008)

B.A. English and Art, Northern Illinois University (2003)

Selected Publications

Fade to Grayness: Aging in American Cinema. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016 (co-authored with Timothy Shary)

"Sending Army camp to Kids: When John Waters and Paul Rubens Brought Queer Politics to the Underage Set," in Coming Out to the Mainstream: New Queer Movie house in the 21st Century. JoAnne C. Juett and David Jones, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.

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Role Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 4-5 p.m.

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Seung-Hwan

Mun

Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor

Expertise

Dr. Seung-Hwan Mun teaches in the area of media studies, such equally mass communication theory, media sociology, media police, broadcast media, new media technologies, and quantitative enquiry methods.

Courses Taught

CMTM 465: Mass Communication Theory

CMTC 402: Seminar in Research Methods

CMTC 401: Introduction to Graduate Study

CMTM 379: Media Law and Ethics

CMTM 378: New Media Technologies

CMTM 365: Contemporary Bug in Mass Media

CMTM 265: Mass Media and Society

Inquiry Interests

Dr. Seung-Hwan Mun's research areas include media law, telecommunications policy, media history, and global media.

Educational activity

Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin

M.A. The University of Texas at Austin

B.A. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Selected Publications

Mun, Southward. (2013). Reality check: Rethinking the global software piracy problem. International Telecommunications Policy Review, 20, 1-26.

Mun, Southward. (2013). Printing press without copyright: A historical analysis of printing and publishing in Song, Red china. Chinese Periodical of Communication, 6, 1-23.

Mun, Due south. (Aug. 2011). Current trends of U.Southward. television market part II, 2011 Biannual Report of International Television. Strategic Programming Dept. of Seoul Broadcasting Organization.

Mun, S. (Jan. 2011). Electric current trends of U.Due south. television market part I, 2011 Biannual Report of International Television. Strategic Programming Dept. of Seoul Broadcasting System.

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Office Hours

six-7 p.thousand. Monday (In Person)
1-two:30 p.m. Midweek (In Person)
nine:30-11:xxx a.k. Thursdays (Zoom)

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Elizabeth

Otto-Cramer

Instructor

Courses Taught

CMTT 343: Phase Direction

CMTT 342: Costume Design

CMTT 340: Fix Design

CMTT 339: Advanced Theatre Practicum

CMTT 334: Special Topics in Theatre (Adv. Costume Structure)

CMTT 242: Costume Construction

CMTT 240: Stagecraft

CMTT 130: Introduction to Theatre

Research Interests

Theatre, Costume Design

Educational activity

G.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts

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Office Hours

Wednesday: 3-6 p.m. and by appointment

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Susanne

Pawlikowski

Office Support Specialist

Education

Chiliad.A. Advice, Media and Theatre - Northeastern Illinois Academy

B.A. Communication, Media and Theatre - Northeastern Illinois University

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Part Hours

Mondays-Fridays: 8:thirty a.chiliad. - 4:30 p.m.

Shayne Pepper

Shayne

Pepper

Acquaintance Professor

Expertise

Film and tv studies, New media technologies, Gender and sexuality, Critical/cultural theory, HBO and cable tv, HIV/AIDS media.

Courses Taught

CMTM 468: Seminar in New Media

CMTM 467: Special Topics in Film and Television receiver (Reality Television)

CMTM 467: Special Topics in Movie and Television (HBO: TV History and Theory)

CMTM 466: Media and Cultural Studies

CMTM 465: Mass Communication Theory

CMTC 401: Introduction to Graduate Study

CMTC 393: Professional Experience Seminar

CMTM 390: NEIU Cinematheque

CMTM 380A: Television Genres

CMTM 380: Special Topics in Television (HBO Past and Present)

CMTM 377: Gender and Media

CMTM 373: World Cinema

CMTM 365: Contemporary Issues in Mass Media

CMTC 300: Mediated Advice

CMTM 265: Mass Media and Society

CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema

Inquiry Interests

Dr. Shayne Pepper's research agenda is at the intersection of pop media, political activism, and public service. In detail, Dr. Pepper studies how motion-picture show, tv set, and new media technologies are used to foster political activism and bear on public policy with a focus on HBO's HIV/AIDS programming.

Education

Ph.D. Advice, Rhetoric, & Digital Media - N Carolina State University (2011)

M.A. Film Studies - University of Iowa (2007)

B.A. Drama & Communication - University of New Orleans (2004)

Selected Publications

"Cultural Programming and the Early History of HBO's Signature Style, 1978-1988."The Periodical of Picture palace and Media Studies, 61.5 (2021-2022), 86-112.

"Subscribing to Governmental Rationality: HBO and the AIDS Epidemic."Advice and Disquisitional/Cultural Studies 11.2 (June, 2014), 120-138.

"HBO and the Story of AIDS."Communication Currents 9.three (June, 2014)

"Public Service Entertainment: HBO's Interventions in Politics and Culture" in Media Interventions. Kevin Howley (ed). (New York: Peter Lang, 2013), 127-142.

"Beyond Netflix and TiVo: Rethinking HBO Through the Archive." FlowTV.org, May 21, 2010

"Joanna Newsom Covers in the Blogosphere" in Visions of Joanna Newsom. Bradley W. Buchanan (ed). (Sacramento, CA: Roan Press, 2010).

"Invisible Children and the Cyberactivist Spectator." Nebula half dozen.4 (Dec, 2009), 40-55.

Background

Before earning his Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, & Digital Media at North Carolina State Academy, Dr. Pepper earned an One thousand.A. in Film Studies from the University of Iowa and a B.A. in Drama & Advice from the University of New Orleans. His piece of work has appeared in The Journal of Movie house and Media Studies, Advice and Critical/Cultural Studies, Nebula, FlowTV, and Culture Machine. He has too contributed volume chapters to several edited collections and is working on a volume project on HBO's HIV/AIDS programming.

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Role Hours

Monday: 12-1 p.m. (at El Centro and Zoom)
Tuesday: 5-7 p.m. (Zoom)
Wednesday: six-7 p.thousand. (Zoom)
Also by appointment via Zoom and Principal Campus

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Robert

Ritsema

Instructor

Courses Taught

CMTM 390: NEIU Cinematheque

CMTM 374: Studies in Film - Film Genre

CMTM 374: Studies in Film - Moving picture Authorship

CMTM 374: Studies in Film - Managing director: Kathryn Bigelow

CMTM 374A: The American Horror Picture

CMTM 372: American Cinema (1950-Present)

CMTM 371: American Movie house (Origins-1950)

CMTC 305: Writing in CMT (WIP)

CMTM 265: Mass Media and Order

CMTC 213: Interpersonal Communication

CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema

Research Interests

Pop civilisation, movie theater history, and the human relationship between media and social change.

Pedagogy

Thou.A. Boston University (1986)

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Office Hours

x:00-10:45 a.m. and 12:15-12:45 p.1000. Tuesday and Thursday
v-6:30 p.thousand. Wednesday

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Courses Taught

CMTC 319: Disharmonize Communication

CMTC 316: Family unit Communication

CMTC 315: Leadership Communication

CMTC 306: Special Topics in Communication - Scientific discipline, Religion, and Communication

CMTC 306: Special Topics in Advice - Argumentation and Debate

CMTC 214: Business organisation and Professional Advice

CMTC 202: Voice and Wording

CMTC 100: Introduction to Advice

CMTC 101: Public Speaking

Enquiry Interests

Theatre, Poetry, Theology, Science

Instruction

A.L.G. Harvard  (Dramatic Arts)

S.T.Chiliad. Boston University (Systematic Theology)

M.P.S. Loyola University Chicago (Pastoral Theology, focus in Religious Communication)

M.A. University of Illinois (Theater)

Selected Publications

iSpeak! uSpeak! weSpeak!: An Introduction to Gimmicky Public Speaking (2012)

Caprine animal Troubles and Other Chicago Poems (2010)

Ode To Boston Neighborhoods: The Emerald Necklace, Bunker on the Loma, and other Tanka-Cantos (2011)

Where the Designer Came From (2011)

Tao-Te-Ching: The Mode of Virtue in Leadership and Life (2012)

American Haiku (2012)

Cosmotrinity (2013)

Background

John Ross Jr. has been a faculty fellow member in the Department of Communication, Media and Theatre since 2000. He teaches courses in public speaking, voice and diction, and human communication, and he holds a graduate degree in dramatic arts from Harvard Academy.

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Office Hours

Noon-1:00 p.m. Monday and Wednesday
4-5:00 p.m. Friday
and by appointment

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Edie

Rubinowitz

Associate Professor and Internship Coordinator

Courses Taught

CMTC 386: Professional Experience Seminar

CMTM 367: News Writing

CMTM 366: Multimedia Storytelling

CMTM 364A: Solutions Journalism

CMTM 350: Podcasting and Audio Documentary

CMTM 265: Mass Media and Order

CMTM 250: Introduction to Audio Production

CMTM 205: Fundamentals of Media Writing

CMTC 200: Theories of Advice, Media, and Theatre (WIP)

CMTM 105: Introduction to Journalism

Research Interests

Journalism, Radio dissemination, Media writing

Pedagogy

M.P.A. Harvard University

Additional Data

Professor Edie Rubinowitz teaches a diverseness of media and journalism courses, including Multimedia Storytelling, Mass Media and Society and News Writing. She is a freelance journalist and worked as news reporter for several years with NPR-affiliate Chicago Public Radio where she covered urban issues such as poverty, immigration, and housing. Her work has appeared on All Things Considered, Morning time Edition, Market place, and Latino USA, and she has contributed to This American Life. On the academic side, she has presented at the National Communication Clan and has written for the online Journal of Media Instruction.

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Office Hours

11 a.yard.-i p.m. Tuesday and Th
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Courses Taught

CMTM 377: Gender and Media

CMTM 366: Multimedia Storytelling

CMTC 305: Writing in CMT (WIP)

CMTM 250: Introduction to Sound Production

CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema

Research Interests

New Media, Digital Media, and Intermedia Arts. Storytelling. Publishing, Cocky-Publishing, Small Press and DIY Civilisation. Counter-Cultural and Subcultural Studies.

Education

M.F.A. Writing, Schoolhouse of the Art Constitute of Chicago

B.A. Creative Writing (Poetry), Colorado State University

Groundwork

Matthew Sage has been active in counter-civilization and subculture as a musician, artist, writer, publisher, and distributor for well-nigh 15 years. His autoethnographic research and experience in these fields has tied into his academic enquiry interests involving intermedia arts, physical and digital media, and mediated narrative.

He operated Patient Sounds, an internationally acclaimed record label that published more than 140 cassettes, vinyl records, and books produced by artists from around the globe in its 10 years of operation. He now operates Cached.Media, a platform sharing music, art objects, and spider web-broadcasts exploring collaborative works made through digital mediation. He has published/shown music, writing, verse, and visual art with many record labels, pocket-sized press publishers and independent galleries. He has besides performed, produced, recorded, and collaborated on works shown at The Art Institute of Chicago, The MOMA, MOMA PS1, the Whitney Museum.

Room FA 234
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 Northward St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5957

Office Hours

xi a.m.-12 p.m. (Online) Monday and Wednesday
9-ten a.m. (Online) Friday

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Samentha

Sepúlveda

Teacher

Expertise

Internatural Communication, Organizational Communication, Advice Theory, Disquisitional Qualitative Enquiry, and Persuasive Communication

Courses Taught

CMTC 310: Persuasion

CMTC 306: Special Topics in Communication (Ecology Communication)

CMTC 306: Special Topics in Communication (Strategic Communication)

CMTC 300: Mediated Advice

CMTC 101: Public Speaking

CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication

Inquiry Interests

Dr. Samentha Sepúlveda's inquiry concentrates on the crossroads of organizational and internatural communication (communication with and about nature). Additionally, her research examines communication from a critical lens to discover how discourses maintain and challenge exploitation. By highlighting the oppressive practices maintained past these discourses, she likewise sheds light on linked oppression related to gender, race, class, and more.

Education

Ph.D., Communication, Academy of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2021)

M.A., Communication, Media and Theater, Northeastern Illinois University (2017)

B.A., Communication, Media and Theater, Northeastern Illinois University (2015)

Selected Publications

Sepúlveda, Due south., & Plec, E. (2021). Of rats and women: A cross-species read of infinite and place. In A. E. George (Ed.)Feminism and Gender in Critical Animal Studies. Lexington Publishers.

Riforgiate, Due south. Due east., &Sepúlveda, South. (2021). Managing and being managed by emotions. In F. Cooren & P. Stücheli-Herlach (Eds.)Handbook of Direction Communication. De Gruyer Mouton

Sepúlveda, S.(2019). Review of abstinence movie theater: Virginity and the rhetoric of sexual purity in gimmicky pic. [Review of the bookAbstinence cinema, by C. R. Kelly].Women & Language, 42(1), 125-128.

5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Room FA 231
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Role Hours

Thursdays: three-four:00 p.thou. via Zoom

Yejin Shin

Yejin

Shin

Banana Professor

Courses Taught

CMTC 414: Seminar in Organizational Communication

CMTC 314: Organizational Communication

CMTC 214: Business organisation and Professional Communication

Inquiry Interests

Dr. Yejin Shin's research focuses on organizational advice - especially in college education institutions. In detail, her research interests include socialization process, minorities in higher education institutions, and interpersonal relationships in organizations.

Educational activity

Ph.D. The Academy of Arizona (2021)

One thousand.A. New Mexico Land University (2016)

B.A. Murray State University (2013)

Selected Publications

Duncan, Grand. L., Sias, P. Thou., & Shin, Y. (2021). "Just That's Not My Task": Employee Resistance to Actress-Office Tasks.Advice Studies, one-xx. https://doi.org/ten.1080/10510974.2021.1953100

Sias, P.Thousand., & Shin, Y. (2020). Workplace Relationships. in A. Nicotera (Ed.) Organizational communication: A comprehensive introduction to the field (pp. 187-206). Routledge Press.

Sias, P.Thousand., & Shin, Y. (2020). Organizational Socialization. in A. Nicotera (Ed.) Organizational communication: A comprehensive introduction to the field (pp. 149-167). Routledge Press.

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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Artery
Chicago, IL 60625
United states

(773) 442-5961

Office Hours

three:30-5:thirty p.m. Monday
4:xxx-five:30 p.yard. Wednesday
5:30-7 p.chiliad. Thursday
and by appointment

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Expertise

Professor Wirth has a wealth of experience every bit a professional person role player and managing director.

Courses Taught

CMTT 393: Drama for Teaching and Learning

CMTT 351: Children's Theatre Workshop - Centre and Loftier School

CMTT 350: Children's Theatre Workshop - Elementary School

CMTT 359: Experimental Theatre

CMTT 334: Studies in Drama - Comedy of Menace

CMTT 332: Theatre History 2

CMTT 346: American Musical Theatre

CMTT 255: Performance of Literature

CMTT 221: Interim 1

CMTT 203: Voice for the Phase

CMTC 202: Voice and Wording

CMTM 160: Introduction to Cinema

CMTT 130: Introduction to Theatre

CMTC 101: Public Speaking

CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication

Inquiry Interests

Experimental Theatre, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, William Shakespeare

Education

M.F.A. University of California, San Diego

B.S. Central Michigan University

Selected Performances

Most recently directed "Episode 26" (Spring '18) and "End Days" (Leap '17) at NEIU and reprised the role of Dave in "Lounging" at the Filament Theatre in Chicago (Summer '16).

Background

Dan Wirth toured throughout the Us with The Acting Company. In New York City, he performed at the Public Theatre, the Harold Clurman Theatre, the 18th Street Playhouse, the Lamb's Theatre, Playwright's Horizons, The American Identify Theatre, and the Actor'due south and Managing director's Lab (AKA the Samuel Beckett Theatre.) In Europe, he performed at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival and at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Regionally, he appeared at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and the Utah and Oregon Shakespeare Festivals. He performed in plays directed by Alan Schneider, Joseph Papp, Michael Langham, Liviu Ciulei, Garland Wright, Jerry Turner, and Sharon Ott, and appeared on-stage with James Cromwell, J. T. Walsh, Jimmy Smits, Jamey Sheridan, Bob Gunton, Diane Venora, Kathleen Widdoes, David Warrilow, Alvin Epstein, Leigh Taylor-Young, Margaret Reed, Howard Korder, Wayne Knight, and Jeff Daniels. In Chicago, Dan most recently appeared in "Lounging" at both the Raven Theatre and the Filament Theatre. He was a Chicago Cub in the film "Rookie of the Year." Dan has directed for vii Chicago area theatre companies, most recently directing "The Merry Wives of Windsor" for Fury Theatre.

An honour winning playwright, Dan's play "Used Carlotta" won new play contests at the Source Theatre in Washington, D.C. and the New American Comedy Festival in Ukiah, California, and was produced each fourth dimension. It was also a finalist in the National Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill Theater Center. His play "Urban Renovator Blues" was called by The Cleveland Public Theatre as part of their 8th Festival of New Plays. In Chicago, his product of the play was featured at Cabaret Voltaire. His 10-infinitesimal play "Smell the Coffee" was featured at Chicago Dramatists and "Shed" was featured in NEIU'south recent Nuevas Voces Play Festival. Dan is also a published poet and a filmmaker.

At NEIU he has directed 15 main stage plays, four Children'due south Theatre productions, and eight Summer Transition Program Drama Workshops. He appeared on stage here equally a very large Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest." He has also taught theatre and advice courses at Dominican University, Harper College, Daley College, Barat College, Lake Woods College, Wright College and Oakton Customs College. He has an M.F.A. from The University of California, San Diego, and a B.Due south. from Central Michigan University.

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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United states

(773) 442-5974

Office Hours

10:30-eleven:thirty a.chiliad.; 2:10-2:xl p.grand.; 3:45-4:15 p.m.; 5:30-6 p.one thousand. Monday and Wednesday
iii:45-4:xv p.k.; 6:55-7:25 p.m.Fri