Professor Trayes is Director of the Master of Journalism program. He has taught a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses including news editing, photography, media management, communication research, publication graphics and design, and journalism research. He is the founding editor of Mass Communication Review, an international journal he edited from l972 until l986. His main research and writing interests are in media management, newspaper content, editing, and minority hiring and recruiting in the mass media. Read Professor Trayes' full profile.

Dr. Brennen is a prolific scholar. She has published one book, two edited books, and a number of journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews. She has also presented papers at many national conferences and served as guest editor for three journals. Dr. Brennen is also a well-regarded teacher and has performed valuable service activities to her profession, school and department. In addition, Dr. Brennen has extensive professional corporate communications experience in the private sector prior to coming to academia.

Professor Darling-Wolf teaches publication design, international communication, gender and the American mass media, history of journalism, and magazine editing and design. She also teaches qualitative research methods in the Mass Media and Communication doctorate program. She was born and raised in a small French town, and lived in Texas, Japan, and Iowa before coming to Philadelphia. Her research focuses on processes of cultural identity formation. Her work is concerned with the impact of increasingly global communication flows on culture and social organization. Read Professor Darling-Wolf's full profile.

Professor Eveslage comes from a family of educators, and has many years of teaching experience. He has a strong interest in the student press, and much of his research, writing and professional service focuses on that area. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in law and ethics, and undergraduate courses on journalism and society. He believes that teaching stimulating material to curious and demanding Temple students has kept him refreshingly young in spirit. Read Professor Eveslage's full profile.

Professor Harper worked for more than 20 years in journalism at the Associated Press (Chicago), Newsweek (Chicago, Washington and Beirut), ABC News (Cairo and Rome) and ABC 20/20. He has taught at New York University, Rostov State University (Russia) and Adam Mickiewiez University (Poland). He teaches History of Journalism, International Reporting, Journalism and the Law and a variety of reporting courses. His research has focused on digital media, although his current work deals with the baby boomer generation. Read Professor Harper's Full profile.

Susan Jacobson is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Journalism at Temple University. Her research interests include the impact of new technology on the practice of journalism, new narrative forms created by new technology, and the development of mobile media. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida, her master’s degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University and her PhD from NYU. She has more than 10 years’ experience in the new media industry. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Area New Media Association.Read Professor Jacobson's Full profile.

Professor Kitch teaches History of Journalism, Magazine Editing and Design, Intro to Magazines, Gender and American Mass Media. She also directs the SCT doctoral program in Mass Media and Communication. Her research focuses on media and memory and on journalism history, with an emphasis on gender issues and the medium of magazines. She has published two books: The Girl on the Magazine Cover: The Origins of Visual Stereotypes in American Mass Media (2001), and Pages from the Past: History and Memory in American Magazines (2005). She was a magazine editor and writer in New York City for many years, where she held staff positions at McCall's and Good Housekeeping. She has also written for Reader’s Digest, Health, American Health, Venture, and New Jersey Monthly. Read Professor Kitch's full profile.

Professor Mendelson teaches classes in photojournalism and documentary photography, visual literacy, journalism and society and social science research methods. His research interests focus on the role(s) that photographic (still and motion) images play in society through a variety of media - film, advertising, television and journalism - and how we understand the world because of the photograph. Read Professor Mendelson's full profile.

Professor Odom teaches courses in newswriting and investigative reporting. She was a reporter at the Philadelphia Inuirer for more than 20 years. She is the director of the Journalism Department's Internship program. Read Professor Odom's full profile.

As Director of the undergraduate Magazine sequence, Professor Stains teaches courses in magazine writing, editing and design. He has more than 20 years' experience in the magazine industry, and has worked in various capacities for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Worth, GQ, USA Weekend, This Old House Magazine, Sports Illustrated, AARP Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, Money, Philadelphia Magazine, Child, Men’s Health and Best Life. Read Professor Stain's full profile.

Professor Turner is the Director of the Broadcast Journalism sequence. She teaches courses in broadcast production and reporting. She worked for many years in the radio news industry before taking a job with then-Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell as his first press secretary. Read Professor Turner's full profile.

Professor Washington is the Director of the undergraduate News-Editorial sequence. He teaches courses in news reporting, investigative reporting, and journalism law. He has many years' experience as an investigative reporter. He is the author of the book Black Judges on Justice: Perspectives from the Bench. Read Professor Washington's full profile.