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Digital Media Studies - Master of Arts    

DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIES FACULTY

The primary strength of the Digital Media Studies program is its ability to integrate the academic expertise and professional experience of faculty in all four of the university’s schools. Faculty in the School of Human Sciences and Humanities’ Communication and Visual Arts programs administer the DMS degree and teach its core courses. Their areas of expertise include media theory, digital media law and ethics, integrated marketing communication, graphic design, Web design, animation and digital photography and video.

Faculty in the School of Business teach graduate courses in Marketing and Management that benefit DMS students pursuing corporate and electronic commerce opportunities, while their courses in Information Systems Administration and Management provide programming instruction to DMS students likely to manage information networks. DMS students who anticipate a professional role training others may take digital media courses, such as Multimedia and Web Development and Digital Video, from Instructional Technology faculty in the School of Education. DMS students interested in designing interactive multimedia products may take the Gaming course offered in the School of Science and Computer Engineering.    

Ashley Packard — Associate Professor of Communication

Dr. Packard teaches media law and ethics and also convenes the communication program. She received her doctorate in journalism with a specialty in media law from the University of Missouri in 1997. Her research focuses on legal issues related to digital media, particularly in the areas of copyright and conflicts of law. She has published articles on digital media law in the Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law, Journalism and Mass Communication Monographs, Communication Law & Policy, Communications and the Law, University of Georgia Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Law/Technology. She is also a regular reviewer for Communication Law and Policy.    

Deb Blakely — Assistant Professor of Communication

Debra "Trinle" Blakely teaches courses in public relations, integrated marketing communication and cross cultural communication theory. Her research includes public health policy and communication strategies for both media and lay practitioners. Her book, Mass Mediated Disease: A Case Study Analysis of Three Flu Pandemics and Public Health Policy, was published July 2006. She is also involved in the design and implementation of a national emergency preparedness program for Major League Baseball.    

Leo Chan — Assistant Professor of Communication

Leo Chan’s convergence of experiences in telecommunication, mass communication and media art have stimulated his teaching interests in Web Design, Advance Web Design, Computer Imaging, 3D Computer Modeling, and 3D Animation. He loves how dynamic and ever-changing technology is. He is very motivated as he always teaches something different and fresh. His teaching focuses on both communication and design aspects which are essential in marketplace today.    

Stuart Larson — Associate Professor of Visual and Applied Arts

Stuart Larson teaches Graphic Design in the Digital Media Studies program. He is a digital artist whose work explores image making possibilities within emerging technologies. He has exhibited nationally and internationally. He received his Master's of Fine Arts from The Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester NY, and his Bachelor's of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute.    

Matthew Linton — Associate Professor of Visual and Applied Arts

Matthew Linton teaches lens media courses including digital and traditional photography as well as digital video. He received his BFA in photography from Arizona State University and his MFA in Critical and Visual Studies from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He regularly exhibits his fine art work in both the US and abroad and can be found published in such academic journals as Exposure and IJMS. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Northlight Gallery, Orlando Museum of Art, The Center for Fine Art Photogrtaphy, Hudson Valley Center for Art and Photographic Resources, The Royal College of Art, and many others.    

Associate Faculty    
Anne Henry — Adjunct Faculty for Digital Media Studies

Anne Henry has an MFA from Florida Atlantic University in Computer Art (3D Animation) She is the Coordinator of Digital and Graphic Media for University of Houston - Clear Lake and an adjunct faculty member for the Digital Media Studies program and the undergraduate Communication Program.    

Kathleen Williamson — Lecturer in Marketing

Jana Willis - Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology

Joseph Giarratano — Associate Professor of Computer Science

Sue Neeley — Associate Professor of Marketing

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