McHugh teaches courses in interpersonal communication. A contributing editor and ancillary author for Oxford University Press textbooks in this area, she also works on philosophy and ethics texts for other publishers. 

Kris Vera-Phillips teaches news producing classes & a multimedia bootcamp for graduate students. She is also an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 14 years of experience producing news shows and special projects.

Katherine Morrissey is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies. Her research focuses on representations of female desire in popular culture, genre networks, and the impacts of digitization on creative communities.

Van Ouytsel studies how AI and digital media affect interpersonal relationships, with the goal of making the internet safer for adolescents and young adults.

Human-Centered Media Scholar

Djordje Padejski a computational journalism scholar working at the intersection of journalism, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence, researching both disruptive and transformational impact of AI on journalism and news media ecosystems.

Pedraza examines political attitude formation and political behavior among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, and the consequences these portend for public policy.