Professors in the Saint Rose Department of Communications not only teach public relations, journalism, broadcast news, critical media studies and film/new media, but also pursue their own research. Their work is driven by ever-advancing tools of technology and age-old concerns about the public’s right to know. Every year, communications faculty and students share their research at one of the field’s…
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Featured Faculty: Theresa Flanigan, Professor of Art History
Professor’s New Take on the Most Famous Smile in Art Saint Rose professors teach without relying on teaching assistants. They lead small classes and make themselves available to support their students individually. But many of our professors across the disciplines also actively pursue their own research. Their students benefit by attending professional conferences with their professor-mentors, or learning verifiable research…
Dr. Drey Martone: A Professor Who Is Always Learning
Last spring, Saint Rose graduate student Drey Martone spent six weeks student teaching full time at the Albany School of Humanities. Her supervisor, Associate Professor of Special Education Susan DeLuke, made regular observations. The progression was pretty typical: “The first lesson she saw did not go great. I’d just met the students,” recalls Martone, of an ELA unit in…
Our Faculty Share Their Summer Reads
When we asked a few of our faculty members what they’re reading outside of the classroom, we weren’t surprised to hear that many had their noses buried in books related to their field of expertise – but we were glad to find that a few were reading something a little different, too. Zumrut Akcam-Kibis, computer science Reading: “Sapiens,” by Yuval Noah…
From Akcam to Ziamandanis: What Your Professors Want You to Know
“We are Partners in this Journey! Saint Rose students: If there’s *one piece of advice your professors want you to heed in order to be successful it’s this: Zumrut Akcam, Assistant Professor of Computer Science: Note-taking is an important part of every lecture. It helps students to highlight the important parts of the course and increases their attention to the…