Faculty in the School of Communications are devoted educators who set a precedent for the students they teach and mentor. Passionate and driven researchers, authors, writers, directors and producers, they epitomize the Quinnipiac mission of turning passion into action. Our professors have published numerous books, regularly contribute their scholarship, criticism and reviews to academic journals and news outlets, and bring creative visions to life in films, shorts and documentaries.
Lisa Burns and Hilary Fussell Sisco: Impact of Crisis on Candidate Branding in the 2024 Presidential Election (2025)
Alexander Laskin: The Perceptions of Nuclear War: The Imbalanced Co-Orientation Between Russian and American Youth (2025)
Katie Place: Accomplices in the Public Relations Classroom: An Autoethnography of Social-justice and Anti-racism-informed Teaching (2025)
Lisa Burns: The Cambridge Companion to US First Ladies (2025)
Alexander Laskin: Organizational Reputation Management: A Strategic Public Relations Perspective (2024)
Brittani Sahm: Framing esports' JEDI issues: a case study in media irresponsibility in Corporate Communications: An International Journal (2023)
Katie Place: Exploring ethical listening among public relations professionals in Journal of Media Ethics (2023)
Katie Place: Exploring trauma-informed listening among public relations professionals in Public Relations Review (2023)
Wasim Ahmad: #MeToo in the Newsroom: Image Repair and Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Journalism Practice (2022)
Katie Place: Toward a framework for listening with consideration for intersectionality: Insights from public relations professionals in borderland spaces in Journal of Public Relations Research (2022)
Katie Place and Alexander Laskin: Framing the strategic R&D paradigm shift in big pharma: A content analysis of pharmaceutical annual reports in Journal of Communication Management (2022)
Alexander Laskin: Investor Relations and Financial Communication (2022)
Lisa Burns: Political Branding and Messaging Strategies in the 2020 Post-Election Campaign in The 2020 Post-Election Campaign: A Communication Perspective (2021)
Lisa Burns: How Media (and Media History) Shape Students’ Individual and Collective Memories of 9/11 in Journalism History (2021)
Wasim Ahmad: Not at Risk? News, Gatekeeping, and Missing Teens in Journalism Practice (2020)
Lisa Burns: Media Relations and the Modern First Lady: From Jacqueline Kennedy to Melania Trump (2020)
Ben Bogardus: An MMJ's Day - An Interactive Timeline - Journal of Media Education in Journal of Media Education (2019)
Katie Place and Hilary Fussell Sisco: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Gender Income Gap in Public Relations From 1979 to 2014 in Media Report to Women (2019)
Alexander Laskin: Social, Mobile, and Emerging Media Around the World (2018)
John Powers: Case Study: Mobile Communication in the Bateyes of the Dominican Republic in Social, Mobile, and Emerging Media Around the World (2018)
Ewa Callahan, Chaya (2024): Director and Producer
Ashley Brandon, Cora in Reflection (2023): Director
Ashley Brandon, I Scream, You Scream (2022): Director
Ashley Brandon, Día de la Madre (2020): Director
Andrés Rosende Novo, Chain of Death (2019): Writer
Blythe Frank, Showing Roots (2016): Producer
Blythe Frank, Wild Oats (2016): Producer
Blythe Frank, Being Charlie (2015): Producer
Andrés Rosende Novo, Mr. Bear (2011): Director and Writer
Andrés Rosende Novo, Escape (2010): Director and Writer
Fritz Staudmyer, Escape (2010): Writer
David Atkins, Novocaine (2001): Director, Screenplay and Story