Faculty News

Telemundo’s incessant promotions during the World Cup may surprise U.S. viewers, but they’re the norm in a nation with a saturated ad market, Chris Chávez, SOJC advertising professor, told the LA Times.
Four SOJC faculty members have received promotions: Karen McIntyre, associate professor; Courtney Munther, teaching professor; Daniel Pimentel, associate professor; and Gretchen Soderlund, professor.
SOJC Assistant Teaching Professor Lisa Peyton says communicators have a direct role in how brands show up in AI-generated answers. Peyton teaches strategic communication classes focused on AI.
Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor of information politics and media, tells USA Today why people love true crime. Her research focuses in part on the ethics of true crime.
SOJC Professor of Practice Charlie Butler profiled Columbia men’s tennis coach Howard Endelman for the alumni magazine Columbia College Today. Butler is a 1987 alum of the New York college.
America’s 250th birthday is a big deal. The 249th not so much. That’s because round numbers are easier to process, said Ellen Peters, director of the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
SOJC Professor of Practice Damian Radcliffe and PhD students Nishtha Yadav, Mudassir Hossain, and Luke Walker have published the report Social Media in the Middle East and North Africa.
Whitney Phillips, the SOJC’s John L. Hulteng Endowed Chair in Media Ethics and Responsibility, discusses the state of the internet and her book The Shadow Gospel on the 404 Media podcast.
Regina Lawrence, the Edwin L. Artzt Dean of the SOJC, shared her vision for the school in an interview with The Oregon Daily Emerald. Her first goal is to build back a sense of community.
Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor of information politics and media, says influencer culture is partially to blame for the pervasive fake Trump assassination conspiracy theory.