Faculty Experts

If you would like to reach Dean Nicholas Lemann, please contact his assistant, Sue Radmer, at 212-854-6056 or ser51@columbia.edu.

Elizabeth Weinreb Fishman, Associate Dean for Communications
Office: 212-854-8619 - Cell: 646-734-5919 - ew2129@columbia.edu

Barbara Fasciani, Director of Communications
Office: 212-854-0123 -Cell: 917-576-6208 - bf55@columbia.edu

Digital Media

Emily Bell: digital media, social media and technology
Bell is the director of Columbia Journalism School's Tow Center for Digital Journalism. She has been a leading media commentator in the U.K., writing about broadcasting, media policy issues, media business, marketing and technology.
eb2740@columbia.edu

Russell Chun: multimedia development, visualizing science data
Prof. Chun is an adjunct who specializes in media development and instructional media for science curriculums.
rc2406@columbia.edu

Sreenath Sreenivasan: digital media; social media; diversity & the press
Sreenivasan is dean of student affairs. He specializes in helping journalists use technology better and faster, and can comment on broad trends as journalism embraces technology, as well as new developments in new media and technology. Dean Sreenivasan can speak with insight on coverage of foreign affairs, Asia and South Asia, as well as the ethnic press and diversity.
Cell: 646-391-3526 - ss221@columbia.edu - http://www.sree.net

Duy Linh Tu: digital media
Prof. Tu is the digital media coordinator for the school. He is a writer, videographer, photographer and multimedia consultant who has traveled to newsrooms internationally to provide consulting and training to multimedia journalists.
Office: 212-851-0791 - dnt3@columbia.edu

Ethics

Samuel Freedman: media ethics, education, religion
Prof. Freedman, a long-time professor of journalism and prolific author and writer, is an expert on ethics in journalism, education and Jewish culture. He conducts a book writing seminar which teaches students to write successful book proposals, often leading to publication.
Office: 212-854-1829 - sgf1@columbia.edu

Todd Gitlin: media, ethics in journalism, American politics, issues in sociology
Prof. Gitlin is an expert on the media landscape, social movements, and national politics. A 1960’s political activist, he is the author of more than a dozen books. He is a professor of journalism and sociology, and the chair of the journalism Ph.D. program.
Office: 212-854-8124 - tg2058@columbia.edu

Business & Economics

Bill Grueskin: online/print and new media business models, stock market, welfare reform, race, the Internet economy
Grueskin is the dean of academic affairs. He can speak about business models, welfare reform and the Internet economy.
Office: 212-854-6550 - wg2183@columbia.edu

Tom Herman: credit markets, taxes, economic outlooks, personal finance, business journalism
Prof. Herman wrote for The Wall Street Journal for 30 years.
Cell: 917-992-7371 - rth2117@columbia.edu

Sylvia Nasar: economics, mental illness, creativity, mathematics
Prof. Nasar trained as an economist. She is the author of "A Beautiful Mind," which won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Office: 212-854-6184 - szn1@columbia.edu

James Stewart: business journalism, the markets, corporate leadership
Prof. Stewart won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Wall Street Journal articles about the 1987 stock market crash and insider trading scandals. He is knowledgeable about all aspects of business reporting, the markets, and is the author of "Disney War."
Office: 212-854-1613 - jbs32@columbia.edu

Humanitarian and Social Issues

Helen Benedict: military, sexual assault, fiction
Prof. Benedict is the author of several novels and books of nonfiction. Her areas of expertise are social issues, rape, race, class, poverty, and the study of fiction and literary nonfiction.
Office: 212-854-3622 - hb22@columbia.edu

Elena Cabral: domestic violence, youth programs, human rights
Prof. Cabral has covered the Seminole tribe, teaching on a Navajo reservation, AIDS, and other human rights issues.
mec9@columbia.edu

Josh Friedman: humanitarian issues, international and American politics
Friedman is the director of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize. He can speak on topics such as humanitarian issues, war, the environment, and politics in the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans, and New York City and State.
Cell: 917-863-5050 - Office: 212-854-9148 - jf125@columbia.edu

Dale Maharidge: immigration, working-class Americans
Prof. Maharidge can speak about topics relating to working class Americans, immigration, nationalism and civil rights.
Office: 212-854-3854 - dm2021@columbia.edu

Arlene Morgan: the newspaper industry, diversity in newsrooms
Morgan is associate dean of programs and prizes. She is knowledgeable about all aspects of the newspaper business. She has conducted workshops on diversity for news organizations and journalism programs around the county based on her textbook project, "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity."
Office: 212-854-5377 - am494@columbia.edu

Mirta Ojito: immigration, Hispanic and Latino issues, Cuba
Prof. Ojito has covered stories of immigration, race and ethnicity, human rights, and Latin America for the past 20 years. Her areas of expertise include Hispanic or Latino issues in the U.S. and Cuban and Cuban-American issues.
Office: 212-854-5099 - mao35@columbia.edu

Bruce Shapiro: human rights, reporting on violence, criminal justice, politics.
Shapiro is the executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma based at the school.
Office: 212-854-8056 - bruce.shapiro@dartcenter.org

Broadcast Journalism

Ann Cooper: broadcast journalism, international media
Prof. Cooper is the director of the broadcast concentration. Her areas of expertise include broadcast journalism, the former Soviet Union, international press freedom issues and international media training.
Office: 212-854-9696 - Cell: 917-370-7044 - akc24@columbia.edu

June Cross: broadcast news and documentary television
Prof. Cross can speak about aspects of creating documentaries and civil rights issues.
Office: 212-854-7221 - jc1339@columbia.edu

John Dinges: radio journalism, investigative journalism, the Americas
Prof. Dinges is an investigative journalist with expertise in US-Latin American relations (specifically Chile, Argentina, Panama, Venezuela and Guatemala), human rights, international terrorism, and prosecutions of human rights crimes of the 1970s.
Office: 212-854-8774 - Cell: 202-222-8476 - jcd35@columbia.edu

David Klatell: journalism education, television news, trends in journalism
Prof. Klatell is a recognized expert on the development and management of journalism education and training programs. He can speak about all aspects of the television news industry, including local and national news. He is also knowledgeable about broad changes in the world of journalism, related to both print and electronic media.
Office: 212-854-3319 - Cell: 917-576-2903 - dak25@columbia.edu

Richard Wald: national affairs, broadcast and print journalism; journalism management
Prof. Wald has broad experience in both print and television news. He was president of NBC News and senior vice president of ABC News. He served as managing editor of the New York Herald Tribune and assistant managing editor for The Washington Post.
Office: 212-854-0116 - Cell: 646-379-1883 - rcw25@columbia.edu

Betsy West: broadcast journalism; online video news; documentaries
Prof. West is a former senior vice president for CBS News who can speak about news production and women’s issues.
Office: 212-854-9684 - Cell: 646-379-1883 - ebw2112@columbia.edu

Politics

Tom Edsall: American politics
Prof. Edsall teaches a national affairs course and can speak about most issues relating to American politics, individual Senate and House races, the balance of power, political parties, immigration, gender, and same sex marriage.
Office: 212-854-6042 - Cell: 202-631-2611 - Home: 212-665-0661 - thomas.edsall@gmail.com or te2154@columbia.edu

Michael Schudson: history of American newspapers; history and sociology of news reporting; history of U.S. civic and political participation
Prof. Schudson is the author of several books concerning the history and sociology of the American news media, advertising, popular culture, and cultural memory.
Office: 212-854-8277 - ms3035@columbia.edu

Alexander Stille: Italian history, Italian mafia, contemporary Europe
Prof. Stille can speak about Italian politics, culture and history, European politics and cultural politics in general.
Office: 212-854-1611 - as786@columbia.edu

Law

Stuart Karle: media law
Prof. Karle is a specialist in media law who advises various online publications on content issues.
sdk22@columbia.edu

Roger Newman: law
Prof. Newman teaches Journalism, the Law, and Society. He can speak about first amendment issues.
rn2115@columbia.edu

John Zucker: media law
Prof. Zucker is a senior vice president of Law & Regulation at NBC News. He can speak about issues of news content, newsgathering, intellectual property and FCC regulations.
jz216@columbia.edu

Education

LynNell Hancock: education, child and family policy, newspaper and magazine
Prof. Hancock’s areas of expertise include education, poverty and welfare, juvenile justice and child welfare.
Office: 212-854-8765 - Home: 973-783-8519 - lh50@columbia.edu

Phillip Lopate: film criticism; literary criticism; creative writing and literature education
Prof. Lopate can speak about arts criticism and children’s issues in the arts.
Office: 212-854-4391 - Cell: 718-596-9585 - pl2139@columbia.edu

Global Affairs

Howard W. French: Chinese culture, West Africa, Central America, Japan, the Koreas
Prof. French specializes in the culture and politics of China and West Africa, and in addition to books and articles, has published several photographic essays on the people and culture of China.
Office: 212-854-0163 - hf2205@columbia.edu

History

Richard R. John: history of communications since 1600; communications policy; history of American public life
Prof. John specializes in the political economy of communications, American politics and telecommunications.
Office: 212-854-0547 - rrj2115@columbia.edu

Andie Tucher: American journalism history, media and society
Prof. Tucher is the director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Communications. She has written extensively about the historical development of the tactics, conventions, ethics, and technologies of American journalism.
Office: 212-854-6495 - ajt21@columbia.edu

Investigative Journalism

Walt Bogdanich: investigative journalism
Prof. Bogdanich is an assistant editor for the New York Times. His investigative reporting has been honored with a Pulitzer Prize and several George Polk Awards.
wb2200@columbia.edu

Sheila Coronel: investigative journalism, issues related to Southeast Asia
Prof. Coronel is the director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. Sheila can speak about investigative journalism, human rights reporting, access to information and the media and politics in Southeast Asia.
Office: 212-854-5748 - ssc2136@columbia.edu

Arts, Music & Culture

David Hajdu: music, film, popular culture
Prof. Hajdu can speak about music and film criticism, comic books, and various issues and trends in popular culture.
Office: 212-854-0340 - dh2154@columbia.edu

Alisa Solomon: arts & culture journalism; arts policy and politics; theater
Prof. Solomon directs the Arts & Culture concentration in the M.A. Program. She can speak about arts reporting, criticism, issues of gender, religion, and social change.
Office: 212-854-1996 - as646@columbia.edu

Photojournalism

Melanie Burford: photography; multimedia video journalism
Prof. Burford was part of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning team at the Dallas Morning News for breaking news photography for coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
mb3338@columbia.edu

John Smock: photography, photojournalism
Prof. Smock is a photojournalist based in New York City. His work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Paris Match, and Der Spiegel.
Cell: 917-687-0732 - jms129@columbia.edu

Religion

Ari Goldman: religion and the media
Prof. Goldman is the director of Columbia's Scripps Howard Program in Religion and Journalism, and has led Columbia study-tours to Israel, Russia and India. He can comment on issues of faith and media.
Office: 212-854-3878 - alg18@columbia.edu

Science

Marguerite Holloway: science journalism
Prof. Holloway is a contributing editor at Scientific American, and is knowledgeable about such topics as public health, environmental issues, conservation, neuroscience, and women in science and physics.
Office: 212-854-9149 - myh7@columbia.edu

Jonathan Weiner: science issues
Prof. Weiner won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1994 book "The Beak of The Finch," about evolutionary biology. He can speak with precision about developments in science.
Office: 212-854-4099 - jw2345@columbia.edu

Trends in Journalism

Mike Hoyt: current journalism issues
Prof. Hoyt is executive editor of Columbia Journalism Review, which examines current journalism problems and issues in its bimonthly print magazine and also its daily website, cjrdaily.org.
Office: 212-854-1885 - Cell: 201-233-4547 - mh151@columbia.edu

Victor Navasky: magazines, general journalism issues
Prof. Navasky is the director of the George Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism. His areas of expertise are magazines in particular and big picture journalistic problems in general.
Office: 212-854-5751 - Cell: 917-880-2871 (do not leave message) - vsn2@columbia.edu

Michael Shapiro: issues in journalism; sports journalism
Prof. Shapiro's can speak about sports, child welfare, the people of South Korea, and Japanese culture.
Office: 212-854-3851 - ms106@columbia.edu