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Professor of Advertising Education Affiliations Course Specialties Sar has taught a variety of small and large-lecture courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels: Background Sar is an advertising professor. His teaching and research area concentrate on affect, advertising and consumer behavior. He is a senior associate editor of the International Journal of Advertising. He was Head […]
Associate Professor of Advertising Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background Dr. Oh is an interdisciplinary researcher, teacher, and consultant for societal- and individual-levels of wellbeing via innovative communications and media strategies. Her research investigates the realms of emerging media effects and scrutinizes the dissemination of health and risk misinformation. She explores how digital technologies can be […]
Professor Emerita, Institute of Communications Research Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background Professor Valdivia served as the Inaugural Head of the Media and Cinema Studies Department. As well, she served as the Interim Director of the Institute of Communications Research for five years, 2009-2014. Within communications research, Valdivia combines the areas of gender studies with ethnic […]
Professor Emeritus of Journalism Education Course Specialties Background Yates is a former foreign correspondent, national correspondent and editor at the Chicago Tribune. During a 25-year career at the Tribune, he accumulated extensive international experience. He lived and worked 18 years as a foreign correspondent in Japan, Southeast Asia and Latin America, where he covered several […]
Professor of Media & Cinema StudiesDirector of the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies Education Affiliations Course Specialties Awards Research and Creative Endeavor Books: The Empire of Effects: Industrial Light and Magic and the Rendering of Realism (University of Texas Press, 2022). Plastic Reality: Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics (Columbia […]
Associate Professor Emeritus of Journalism Education Course Specialties Background Martin served as Journalism Department Head from March 2011 till August 2016 and as Director of Journalism Graduate Studies 2008-11. He has 32 years of journalism experience, including 29 as a reporter and editor at The Roanoke Times in Virginia. He was managing editor of the […]
Professor Emeritus of Journalism Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background Liebovich was formerly a reporter and editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel, a reporter/editor for the Rockford (Ill.) Register-Republic, and a reporter for the Champaign-Urbana Courier. He won several awards as a reporter. He has written five books on the press the presidency and the press and […]
Professor Emeritus of Media & Cinema Studies Education Research and Creative Endeavor Peabody Award-winning documentary producer, director, writer, and editor Contact jrosenst@illinois.edu
Professor Emeritus of Journalism Education Course Specialties Background Helle is a University of Illinois Distinguished Teacher/Scholar. He was named the Freedom Forum National Journalism Teacher of the Year and three times has received the campuswide award as outstanding undergraduate teacher at the University of Illinois. He has written numerous articles on communications law in academic […]
Associate Professor Emerita of Media & Cinema Studies Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background Dr. Ann Reisner is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies, the Institute of Communications Research and an affiliate in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Her primary research interests are in the areas of […]