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Chris Adams Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research

Chris Adams is the director of state news for The AARP Bulletin, a news publication that goes to 23 million homes and is the nation's second-largest magazine. Before that, he was director of training …

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Paul Albergo Adjunct Associate Professor SOC | General Academics & Research

Paul Albergo (he/him) joined AU's adjunct faculty in 2000 and has taught a variety of classes, including Writing for Communication, Reporting for the Specialized Media, Community News Reporting, and t…

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Richard Benedetto Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research

Richard Benedetto is an adjunct professor of Journalism. He is a retired White House correspondent and columnist for USA Today and political columnist for Gannett News Service. He began teaching at…

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Jennifer Clements Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research

Jennifer Clements is a multi-hyphenate writer and arts administrator based in Washington, DC. She holds an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University, and is currently the playwright-in-resi…

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Ashley Gauthier Adjunct Assistant Professor SOC | General Academics & Research

Ashley Messenger is an adjunct professor of Journalism. She teaches Legal Aspects of Communication. She is currently in-house counsel for NPR, specializing in issues that affect news gathering and dis…

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Matt Glassman Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research

Matt Glassman (SOC '92) is an adjunct professor of Journalism. He serves as Assistant News Director for NBC4 News, NBC's owned station in Washington, DC. Matt joined News4 as an Assignment Editor in J…

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Cara Kelly Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research

Cara Kelly is the editor-at-large at the Investigative Reporting Workshop andan adjunct journalism professor at American University’s School of Communications. She spent nearly five years on USA Today…

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Robert Klemko Adjunct Instructor SOC | Journalism

Robert Klemko is an adjunct professor in American University’s School of Communication and a staff writer for the Washington Post covering criminal justice and policing.

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Iris Krasnow Adjunct Assistant Professor SOC | General Academics & Research

Areas of Expertise: Women's StudiesIris Krasnow is a full-time professor of Journalism. She was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. She became the fashion writer for the Dallas Tim…

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Vandana Mathur Senior Adjunct Professorial Lecturer and Director of Writing Program SOC | General Academics & Research

Vandana Mathur is a senior professorial lecturer and director of writing programs at AU. An alumni of American University's School of Communications, she has been a journalist in the Washington, D.C.,…

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William Miller Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research

Bill Miller is an adjunct instructor in the School of Communication, teaching Communication Law. He spent most of his career as a reporter and editor, working for more than 30 years at the (Cleveland)…

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Jennifer Mizgata Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research

Jennifer Mizgata is an adjunct professor in the Journalism Division focused on media, innovation and business strategy. As founder of Little Key, Jennifer helps leaders better understand audiences, la…

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Elvina Nawaguna Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research

Elvina Nawaguna is an adjunct professor at American University’s School of Communication. She’s also the deputy editor for Business Insider’s Washington, D.C. bureau.She has also been an energy and en…

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Dani Rizzo Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research

With a passion for purpose-driven communication and digital storytelling, Dani Rizzo currently serves as the digital director at the Humane Rescue Alliance, overseeing digital communication efforts, i…

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Rob Roberts Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research

Rob Roberts is the Director of Digital Strategy for the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to joining Energy, Rob worked in a number of digital roles throughout government, academia and journalism, incl…

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Andrew Tran Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research

Andrew Ba Tran is an investigative data reporter for the Washington Post. He shared in winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2018 and was a finalist for Investigative Reporting in …

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Brian Westley Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research

Brian Westley is an adjunct instructor at American University. He is also Senior Newsroom Counsel at Axios Media. At Axios, Mr. Westley advises journalists on a broad range of media law issues and con…

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Brett Zongker Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research

Brett Zongker is a communications and media strategist who spent more than a dozen years in journalism. In addition to teaching at AU, Zongker is chief of media relations at the Library of Congress. H…

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