Seattle Times editor Iniguez to be alum speaker at virtual ceremony for December grads

December 1, 2020 | Kimberly Belser, Communications and Marketing Intern According to Alex Iniguez (BS ’11, journalism), assistant metro editor at The Seattle Times, one thing that can’t really be taught in college is “the grind”—a daily devotion to work that helps manage tough days on the job. However, Iniguez said his time as a […]

College of Media establishes new minors and adds new courses

November 6, 2020 | Kimberly Belser, Communications and Marketing Intern The College of Media is pleased to announce a number of new and innovative curricular opportunities, including a new interdisciplinary minor in media, a minor in critical film production within the Department of Media & Cinema Studies, and new courses across all three departments that […]

$7.5 million gift to the College of Media establishes the Richard and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media

October 12, 2020 The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today announced that its students will benefit from a suite of enhanced professional experiences, thanks to a $7.5 million gift by Rich and Leslie Frank of St. Helena, California. The gift, the largest in the College of Media’s history, will establish […]

Angela Aguayo

Associate Professor Affiliations Education Course Specialties Research and Creative Endeavor Angela J. Aguayo is Associate Professor in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Angela’s scholarly research and production practice reflect an interdisciplinary focus on documentary, media studies, rhetoric, critical and cultural studies. She is focused on the possibilities […]

John Nerone

Professor Emeritus Affiliations Education Research and Creative Endeavor Nerone is the author or co-author of four books and numerous articles, including “Violence Against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History” (Oxford University Press, 1994), “Last Rights: Revisiting Four Theories of the Press” (University of Illinois Press, 1995), and, with Kevin Barnhurst, “The Form […]

Clifford Christians

Professor Emeritus Affiliations Education Background Christians is the former director of the Institute of Communications Research and chair of the doctoral program in communications, positions he held from 1987-2001 and from 2007-2009. He has been a visiting scholar in philosophical ethics at Princeton University, a research fellow in social ethics and also a visiting scholar […]

Julie Turnock

ProfessorDirector, Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies Affiliations Education 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 University Press, 2015).  Selected Articles:  “Jurassic Park’s […]

Ann Reisner

Associate Professor Emerita Affiliations Education 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 environmental communications and the sociology […]

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