Academic Chairs and Directors

Members of the Newhouse School’s academic leadership team provide vision, guidance and administrative oversight for the undergraduate, graduate, online and doctoral degrees.

James Tsao

James Tsao

  • Chair

    Advertising
  • Professor

    Advertising
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Bill Werde

Bill Werde

  • Director

    Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries
  • Co-director

    Audio Arts
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Anthony Adornato

Anthony Adornato

  • Chair

    Broadcast and Digital Journalism
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Renée Stevens

Renée Stevens

  • Chair

    Visual Communications
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Aileen Gallagher

Aileen Gallagher

  • Chair

    Magazine, News and Digital Journalism
  • Director of Program Review and Assessment

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Moon Lee

Moon Lee

  • Chair

    Public Relations
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Michael Schoonmaker

Michael Schoonmaker

  • Chair

    Television, Radio and Film
  • Professor

    Television, Radio and Film
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Eric Grode

Eric Grode

  • Director

    Goldring Arts Journalism and Communications
  • Associate Professor

    Arts Journalism and Communications
  • Associate Professor

    Magazine, News and Digital Journalism
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Anne Osborne

Anne Osborne

  • Director

    Doctoral Program
  • Director

    Media Studies
  • Professor

    Communications
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Adam Peruta

Adam Peruta

  • Associate Professor

    Magazine, News and Digital Journalism
  • Director

    New Media Management
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Dennis Kinsey

Dennis Kinsey

  • Professor

    Public Relations
  • Director

    Public Diplomacy and Global Communications
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Carolyn Hedges

Carolyn Hedges

  • Assistant Professor

    Communications
  • Director

    M.S. in Communications
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Anthony D'Angelo

Anthony D’Angelo

  • Director

    M.S. in Communications Management
  • Professor of Practice

    Public Relations
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