Faculty
Angela Ards
Angela Ards is Director of Journalism and Associate Professor of English. She is the author of Words of Witness: Black Women鈥檚 Post-Brown Autobiography and a former editor and writer at The Village Voice and Ms. Her work has also appeared in Time, Essence, The Nation, and The Los Angeles Times Book Review, among others.
Joe Bergantino
Joe Bergantino is an award-winning investigative reporter and co-founder and executive director emeritus of the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. He led the I-Team at聽WBZ-TV聽(CBS/Boston) for 22 years and was also an聽A吃瓜网 News聽correspondent covering national politics. He鈥檚 trained journalists all over the world, including in Russia, China, Vietnam, and Ukraine.
Christopher Boucher
Christopher Boucher is author of the widely praised novels聽Golden Delicious听补苍诲听How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive. He is also editor of the literary journal聽Post Road聽and a member of the Journalism Steering Committee.
Christopher Burns
Chris Burns has worked as a photojournalist and executed corporate projects for聽ESPN, the Nature Conservancy, Harvard University, MIT, and many other clients. He operates a small creative agency in Boston where he focuses on commercial photography and livestream production and operation. He earned an MFA from Louisiana State University, where he produced work at the intersection of photojournalism and studio photography.
Christine Caswell聽
Christine Caswell is a聽Telly and AP award-winning broadcast journalist. Twice nominated for Emmys, she has anchored and reported for聽WHDH-TV,聽FOX25 Boston,聽New England Cable News,聽WMUR,聽WMTW,听补苍诲听WVII. She is a Lecturer, Advisor, and Director of Internships in the Communication Department. Her area of expertise is in telling difficult stories, having covered high-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial, British Nanny trial, and Jeffrey Curley case.听
Kevin Convey聽
Kevin Convey is a former editor in chief of聽The New York Daily News听补苍诲听The Boston Herald. He has taught at the City College of New York, New York University, and Quinnipiac University. His areas of expertise include newswriting and reporting, editing, mobile journalism, new journalism technology, entrepreneurial journalism, and leadership, management, and organization in the digital newsroom.
Jimmy Golen
Jimmy Golen is a sports writer for聽The Associated Press聽covering the area鈥檚 professional sports teams along with Boston College football and basketball. He was the聽AP鈥檚 beat writer when the Red Sox ended their 86-year World Series drought in 2004 (and again when they won the next three times). He has covered 11 Olympics and more than 25 Boston Marathons, including the 2013 race that was interrupted by a terrorist attack. He was a 1999 Knight Journalism Fellow at Yale Law School and a contributor to聽The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law.听
Scott Helman
Scott Helman is a distinguished senior lecturer and associate director of the Journalism program. He spent more than 23 years at聽The Boston Globe聽as an executive producer, creative leader, podcast show-runner, editor, staff writer, and live storytelling director. A two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting, he has executive produced award-winning podcasts and documentary shorts. He is co-author of the books聽The Real Romney听补苍诲听Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice.
Courtney Humphries聽
Courtney Humphries is Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies, an award-winning journalist and science writer, and a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She's written about urban planning, environmental science, biology, neuroscience, health, and architecture for multiple publications, including聽The Boston Globe, Nature, Science, Technology Review,聽Harvard Magazine,聽Nautilus, and听罢丑别听础迟濒补苍迟颈肠.听
Maura Johnston
Maura Johnston is a music critic and editor who鈥檚 been published in聽The Boston Globe, Pitchfork,聽Time,听补苍诲听Rolling Stone, among others. A former music editor of聽The Village Voice, she has DJed at Fenway Park and on Boston College鈥檚 radio station,聽WZ吃瓜网.
Jonathan Laurence
Jonathan Laurence is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. He is author of the book聽Coping with Defeat: Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the Modern State. A lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, his work has been featured on聽CNN聽and in聽The Washington Post,聽The聽New York Times,聽Le Monde, and聽The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. He's also a member of the Journalism Steering Committee.
Jon Marcus
Jon Marcus is a writer, author, editor, and podcaster whose work appears in聽The New York Times,聽The Washington Post,聽USA Today, The Boston Globe, and other media. He鈥檚 the former editor of聽叠辞蝉迟辞苍听尘补驳补锄颈苍别, senior higher education reporter for the nonprofit newsroom聽The Hechinger Report, and cohost of the聽NPR聽podcast 鈥�College Uncovered.鈥�
Jon Meterparel
A聽veteran Boston radio and TV sports personality,聽Jon Meterparel is the聽play-by-play voice of Boston College football and basketball on the聽吃瓜网 IMG Sports Network. He is also the voice of arena football for聽CBS Sports Network聽and a podcast host for the聽Boston Podcast Network.
Janelle Nanos
Janelle Nanos is the journalism fellow at the Institute for the Liberal Arts and an award-winning business reporter at聽The Boston Globe, where she also serves as the assistant business editor for news innovation. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her decade-long investigation into a woman's allegations of childhood sexual abuse, and is now working on a book, to be published by Crown, based on that reporting. She has also worked at聽Boston Magazine,聽National Geographic Traveler, and聽New York Magazine.听
John O'Connor
John O鈥機onnor is the author of聽The Secret History of Bigfoot:聽Field Notes on a North American Monster,聽which explores the obsessive world of Bigfoot believers.听His essays and articles have also appeared in聽The New York Times, Oxford American, GQ,聽Financial Times Magazine, and聽The Boston Globe, as well as the literary journals聽Post Road, Open City, The Believer, Quarterly West, and Creative Nonfiction鈥檚聽True Story聽series.听For two years he was a foreign correspondent for Japan鈥檚 largest daily newspaper,聽The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Heather Cox Richardson聽
Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History and author of the popular Substack newsletter 鈥淟etters from an American.鈥� A specialist in the politics and economics of 19th-century America, her books include聽Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America;聽To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party; and聽West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War. She is also a member of the Journalism Steering Committee.
Carlo Rotella
Carlo Rotella is Professor of English and American Studies. His books include聽The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood听补苍诲听Playing in Time: Essays, Profiles, and Other True Stories. He is a regular contributor to聽The New York Times Magazine, a former columnist for聽The Boston Globe, and a member of the Journalism Steering Committee.
Michael Serazio
Michael Serazio is Professor of Communication and author of the books聽The Authenticity Industries: Keeping it 'Real' in Media, Culture, and Politics; The Power of Sports: Media and Spectacle in American Culture; and聽Your Ad Here: The Cool Sell of Guerrilla Marketing. He is also a member of the Journalism Steering Committee.