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Ann Marie Barry
Associate Professor, Communication Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.S. and M.A. Salem State College
M.S. and Ph.D. Boston University
Media violence; advertising, including gender-related communication and use of religion, sex and violence in ads; visual communication, including the role of perception, the nature and aesthetic dimension of images, the role of mythic images, icons within society and the ways in which public images function in political and cultural discourse; conflict resolution/community mediation and mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution to avoid high court costs and lengthy procedures. A certified arbiter and mediator, with professional training in dispute resolution; has served as head trainer for the Salem & Peabody Mediation Program in Salem, Mass., as arbitrator for the American Association of Better Business Bureaus and as a mediator for the Massachusetts Districts Courts. Author of the books Visual Intelligence: Power and Logic in Visual Communication and The Advertising Portfolio. Author of a mediation reference manual and numerous articles on media, advertising and conflict resolution. Courses include: advertising at all levels and visual communication theory.
617.552.4293
barrya@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/communication/faculty/fulltime/barry/
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Martha Bayles
Faculty Member, Arts & Sciences Honors Program
College of Arts & Sciences
Trends in American popular culture; American television, music and film; the Humanities; Greek literature. Former TV and arts critic for the Wall Street Journal. Author of the book, Hole in Our Soul: The Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music. Writes "Serious Popcorn" a weblog for Artsjournal.com. Courses include: "Democracy & Art."
617.552.0512
martha.bayles@bc.edu
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Donald Fishman
Associate Professor, Communication Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. University of Minnesota
M.A. Northwestern University
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Communication law, freedom of speech and First Amendment issues; trademarks and copyrights; public relations and crisis communication; public relations strategies; industry changes: e.g., mergers; media history; governmental deregulation of the media; broadcast regulation; the changing nature of journalism. Courses include: mass communication; public relations; crisis communication; media law; history of freedom of speech; public speaking.
617.552.4285
donald.fishman.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/communication/faculty/fulltime/fishman/
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Dale Herbeck
Professor, Communication Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. Augusta College
M.A., Ph.D. University of Iowa
Debate and public argument, including analysis of political debate; freedom of expression; cyber law; libel and defamation, including its manifestation in new technologies such as the Internet; plagiarism, including cases involving electronic resources; communication ethics; political communication; media law, notably as it pertains to free speech. Intercollegiate debate coach; former director of BC's Fulton Debate Society, including its national championship season; recipient of the American Debate Association Service Award and the Robert M. O'Neil Award for Research on Freedom of Expression. Editor of Free Speech Yearbook, associate editor of Communication Quarterly and The Forensic Educator. Author of numerous articles on argumentation and debate. Courses include: argumentation, communication law, cyber law; debate, and freedom on expression.
617.552.4281
dale.herbeck.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/communication/faculty/fulltime/herbeck/
Michael Keith
Adjunct Associate Professor, Communication Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. University of Rhode Island
M.A. University of Rhode Island
Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Contemporary radio issues; the future of radio, including the current and future role of talk radio; radio and general electronic media history; members of minority population groups in broadcasting. Former broadcast programmer and manager. Author of several books, including Voices in the Purple Haze: Underground Radio and the Sixties; Signals in the Air: Native Broadcasting in America; and The Radio Station. Co-author of the books Global Broadcast Systems and Controls; The Broadcast Century: A Biography of American Broadcasting; and Selling Radio Direct. Co-authored Waves of Rancor: Tuning in the Radical Right. Recent articles include "Right Wing Extremist Radio"; "Hate.Com." Courses include: "Broadcast Century Issues"; "Radio in Culture and Society"; "Radio Operations and Production."
617.552.8837
michael.keith.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/communication/faculty/fulltime/keith/
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Kevin Kersten, SJ
Professor, Communication Department
College of Arts & Sciences
M.A. San Francisco State University
M.A. St. Louis University
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
International communication; communication and its relationship to culture and values; media ethics; documentary production and the use of video as a social justice tool. Producer/director of numerous video productions on a range of topics including religious values, issues of social justice and special education, including: "Growing with Disabled Children," a 13-episode series designed to help train parents and teachers for the special education of mentally disabled children, and "Sangaedong Olympics," a television documentary on Korea's homeless, distributed globally at the time of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Former director of the Center for the Study of Communication and Culture, an international Jesuit organization, and of the Sogang University Communication Center, a research and media production center in Seoul. Courses include "Intercultural and International Communication"; "Producing Documentaries"; "Ethical Consideration in the Mass Media."
617.552.8065
kevin.kersten.2@bc.edu
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Marilyn Matelski
Professor, Communication Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. Michigan State University, M.A., Ph.D. University of Colorado
Contemporary broadcast programming and ownership; news programming and competition; radio and television personalities and formatting; intercultural communication; media ethics; international radio, notably Vatican Radio; charismatic leaders; soap operas and daytime television. Author of the books Vatican Radio: Propagation By the Airwaves; TV News Ethics; Daytime TV Programming, and The Soap Opera Evolution: America's Enduring Romance with Daytime Drama; and co-author of Messages from the Underground: Transnational Radio in Resistance and in Solidarity. Courses include: "Intercultural and International Communication."
617.552.4988
marilyn.matelski.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/communication/faculty/fulltime/matelski/
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