Faculty News

Christopher Chávez, director of the Advertising and Brand Responsibility Master’s program, explains how negative political advertisements impact the America people in this KCBS Radio interview.
To kick off Women’s History Month, Oregon Quarterly is honoring the Mighty Women of Mighty Oregon, including several SOJC alumni, faculty, staff, and students.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and SOJC documentary professor Mitchell Block explains why some Oscar contenders are hard to find at a theater near you. Read it on Marketplace.
SOJC faculty members Seth Lewis, Ed Madison, Donna Davis, and Lisa Peyton are using AI in their work, researching its impact on the field, and teaching students how to use it to prepare for the future.
New advertising and design instructor Kym Rohman brings her creative perspective as well as years of experience designing for large and small companies, agencies and nonprofits to her SOJC classes.
Through the donor-funded programs like the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism and the Catalyst Journalism Project, Professor Nicole Dahmen prepares the next generation of Oregon journalists.
In the Washington Post, media studies professor and Colombian native Diego Cortes said that while it’s good the series stars Colombian actors, it regurgitates tired stereotypes.
The World Association of News Publishers’ World Press Trends Outlook 2023-2024 report, based on Damian Radcliffe’s core analysis, reveals news publishers are optimistic about their future prospects.  
SOJC instructors Kelli Matthews and Damian Radcliffe discuss social media is, what it can do, and what it might become on KLCC’s “Oregon on the Record.”
Brian Bull, a member of the Nez Perce tribe, has spent more than 27 years as a radio journalist for NPR affiliates. Now he’s bringing that expertise to the SOJC as an assistant professor.