Walt Harrington

Professor Emeritus of Journalism Education Course Specialties Background Harrington is a former staff writer for the Washington Post Magazine. He has held various news, investigative and feature editing and reporting positions at the Washington Post, the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call and the Illinois Observer. Awards include the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award, numerous feature […]

Matthew Ehrlich

Professor Emeritus of Journalism  Education Affiliations Background Ehrlich is a winner of the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the University of Illinois’ highest teaching honor. Previously he was an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma. He is also a former reporter, producer, editor and anchor for WILL-AM, Urbana; KANU-FM, Lawrence, Kan.; KCUR-FM, […]

Michelle Nelson

Department Head of AdvertisingProfessor of Advertising Education Affiliations Course Specialties Nelson has taught a variety of small and large-lecture courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Graduate Courses Background Nelson studies and teaches advertising and consumer research. She has published nearly 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She is associate editor of the International Journal […]

Shachar Meron

Senior Lecturer of Advertising Education Background Shachar teaches advertising strategy, creativity and campaigns. His primary focus is The Sandage Project, our program’s capstone course that all seniors take before graduating. Before life as a lecturer, Shachar worked for 12 years as a creative director, brand strategist and copywriter in Chicago. His clients included Boeing, Johnson […]

Jenny Oyallon-Koloski

Associate Professor of Media & Cinema Studies Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background My research explores the history of film style and craft, Franco-American cinema and its transnational intersections, the musical genre, movement and the body on screen, the relationship between dance and film history, methods for movement analysis, and videographic criticism. My first book, Storytelling […]

Chang-Dae Ham

Professor of AdvertisingAssociate Head of Graduate Studies Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background Dr. Ham joined Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising in 2010 as a tenure-track faculty. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Ham worked in the advertising industry for ten years as an account executive, account planner, and Internet marketing consultant at LG AD (HS […]

Steve Hall

Senior Lecturer of Advertising Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background Steve currently teaches the Introduction to Advertising course, a Weston Exploration Freshman Discovery advertising class and special topic Advertising Campaign courses with national and global client brands. Steve is the faculty advisor for the largest American Advertising Federation (AAF) student chapter in the country, NSAC advisor, and […]

Margaret Yee Man Ng

Associate Professor of Journalism Education Affiliations Course Specialties Background Ng is a media researcher with certified industrial training (Galvanize) in data science and database tools. Broadly speaking, her research examines technology use, social media, and information diffusion using large-scale, unstructured data and computational methods. Particularly, she explores three distinctive yet interrelated components of the web: […]

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