The cornerstone of The Media School’s excellence is our faculty and staff. Our faculty are a blend of scholars conducting groundbreaking research and communication industry practitioners engaged in ongoing creative projects. Supporting our faculty are dozens of Media School staff, including those who provide academic and career counseling, guide student groups, plan travel, oversee scheduling, and assist in administering the school daily.
With the help of students in a History of Journalism class, Professor Mike Conway and Archivist Josh Bennett are creating the Indiana Broadcast History Archive.
Read about the IBHA project
Associate Professor James Kelly spent six months in Eldoret, Kenya, on a Fulbright, taking photographs for a book about a partnership between IU and Moi University that provides health education and care in western Kenya.
Read about Kelly's Fulbright project
Professor of Practice Joseph Coleman is using a Fulbright grant to report from Japan, looking at Tokyo as an emerging multicultural city and community.
Read about Coleman's Fulbright project
In addition to her work at The Media School, Professor of Practice Elaine Monaghan edits Reuters coverage of the Ukraine war.
Read about Monaghan's work
The Media School — in collaboration with several other IU units — received a U.S. Department of State grant of just under $1 million to support the design and implementation of academic programs in government communications in Ukraine.
Read about the Ukraine project
Associate Dean Betsi Grabe was selected as an International Communication Association fellow, a status that recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the broad field of communication.
Read about Grabe's ICA fellowship
Ai no Keshiki, with music and sound design by Senior Lecturer Norbert Herber, features more than 400 individual pieces of faded indigo cloths accompanied by music to mimic the fading.
Read about Ai no Keshiki
Senior Lecturer Susanne Schwibs, Associate Professor Stephanie DeBoer, and their students are creating and screening 200 moving image portraits in celebration of IU's 200 years.
Read about the People of IU project
In addition to his full-time job as The Media School's director of facilities and technology, Jay Kincaid commutes to New York City on weekends to direct a CBS Sports NFL pregame show.
Read about Kincaid