Rebecca Ortiz conducts research in health communication, social marketing and entertainment media effects. She has managed and consulted on a number of health communication campaigns and projects focused primarily on sexual health issues, such as sexual assault prevention, HPV vaccination and…

Anthony D’Angelo has served in public relations leadership roles in the corporate and agency sectors for more than 25 years, most recently for ITT Corporation and previously for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, Magna International, United Technologies and Sage Marketing…

TIMELY TOPICS: Ad Industry Gender Diversity, Advertising Industry Sexism Mel White is an expert in creative visual advertising and gender diversity in advertising agency creative departments – for the former, White has most recently investigated in a paper and conference…

Aileen Gallagher is a former senior editor for New York Magazine online. During her tenure there, she shared several National Magazine Awards with her colleagues, including General Excellence Online. She led the Grub Street food blog network from 2007-2010; the…

Beth Donnelly Egan is a 25-year veteran of the media industry, having served most recently as managing partner and account director with MEC. During the course of her career she has specialized in consumer packaged goods (Kraft, Coca Cola, Campbell’s);…

A former investigative journalist, Joel Kaplan covered city hall for The Chicago Tribune and was a member of the newspaper’s investigative team. From 1979 to 1986, he was a reporter for The Tennessean in Nashville, where he covered the state…

Dubbed a “pop culture ambassador” by the Associated Press, Robert Thompson has contributed to hundreds of radio and TV programs and publications. He is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor…

An expert on communications law and the First Amendment, Roy Gutterman is director of the Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech. He is a graduate of the Newhouse School and the Syracuse University College of Law. At Newhouse, Gutterman…

Makana Chock is the Interim Director and an Associate Professor of Media Studies in the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Her research is in the area of media psychology. She studies the ways in which people process and respond…

Jennifer Grygiel is a social media expert with up-to-the minute understanding of the technology. They most recently served as social business and emerging media manager and assistant vice president at State Street Corporation in Boston. There, Prof. Grygiel developed a…