Faculty

Tel:(415) 422-6187
barkerplum@usfca.edu

Bernadette Barker-Plummer

Professor

Bernadette Barker-Plummer received her Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Her research interests are in media, social movements, and social change.  Office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Tel:(415) 422-5868
brenners@usfca.edu

Sheri Brenner

Director, Media and Economics Labs

Sheri Brenner is an independent filmmaker, and MediaLab Director at the University of San Francisco.    She earned her Bachelor's Degrees in Film and Political Science at UCBerkeley, and her MFA in Cinema at San Francisco State University.   

Tel:(415) 422-6786
professorofpop@gmail.com

Andrew Goodwin

Professor

Andrew Goodwin received his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from the University of Birmingham, England. He is the author of a well-known book on Music Television and cultural theory (Dancing in the Distraction Factory).

Tel:(415) 422-5699
juluri@usfca.edu

Vamsee Juluri

Professor

Vamsee Juluri received his PhD in Communication from the University of Massachusetts in 1999. His research interest is in the globalization of media audiences with an emphasis on Indian television and cinema, mythology, religion, violence and Gandhian philosophy.  Office hours are Thursdays, 3:00-4:30 p.m. and by appointment.

Tel:(415) 422-5141
kaisers@usfca.edu

Susana Kaiser

Associate Professor

Susana Kaiser teaches at the Media Studies Department and the Latin American Studies program. She earned her Ph.D. from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, her M.A. from the Department of Communication at Hunter College of the City University of New York, and her B.A. in Advertising from the Jesuit University of El Salvador, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her country of origin. Office hours are Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m. and by appointment.

Tel:(415) 422-5061
kiddd@usfca.edu

Dorothy Kidd

Professor

Dorothy Kidd received her Ph.D. in Communication from Simon Fraser University. She has published in the area of political economy of media, media and social change and community media. She has also worked extensively in community radio production. On sabbatical 2011-12.

Tel:(415) 422-5152
melenert@usfca.edu

Michael Edward Lenert

Adjunct Professor

Professor Lenert teaches media law at the University of San Francisco as an adjunct in the Department of Media Studies. He recently completed a five-year term as a Professor at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, and held the Fred W. Smith Chair in Critical Thinking and Ethical Practices and was Director of the Laboratory for Innovation and Ethical Practices at The Center for Advanced Media Studies at the University of Nevada.

Tel:(415) 422-5090
mlim@usfca.edu

Madeleine Lim

Adjunct Professor

Madeleine Lim is an award-winning filmmaker with 20 years of experience as a producer, director, cinematographer and editor.

Tel:(415) 422-5749
mooret@usfca.edu

Teresa Moore

Associate Professor

Office hours are Mondays, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Tel:(415) 422-5152
jeparsont@usfca.edu

Joanne Parsont

Adjunct Professor

Joanne Parsont  is the Director of Education for the San Francisco Film Society. She has worked in the Bay Area film community for over 15 years as a film programmer, writer, editor, consultant, project manager and media educator, specializing in outreach, education, youth media, children's and documentary programming.

Tel:(415) 422-5152
plotnickdanny@gmail.com

Danny Plotnick

Adjunct Professor

Danny Plotnick roared into the underground film world in the 1980s. Fueled by his love of alternative culture, his films were infused with the DIY spirit of the times. His films have shown at the MOMA in NYC, on the Independent Film Channel, and MTV.

Tel:(415) 422-6250
robertson@usfca.edu

J. Michael Robertson

Director, Journalism/Associate Professor

Michael Robertson received his Ph.D. in English from Duke University. He is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist who has worked for the Atlanta magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle, amongst other publications.  On sabbatical Spring 2012 semester.

Tel:(415) 422-6889
runyon@usfca.edu

Steve Runyon

Adjunct Professor

Steven C. Runyon received his M.A. from San Francisco State University. He is General Manager of USF's award-winning FM radio station, KUSF , and the co-founder of Media Studies at USF. He is the recipient of many grants and awards and for over ten years was a coordinating judge for the San Francisco International Film Festival. He has researched and written in the fields of media history, management and production.

Tel:(415) 422-2304
dmsilver@usfca.edu

David Silver

Associate Professor

David Silver is an associate professor of media studies and environmental studies at the University of San Francisco where he teaches classes on media history, digital media production, and green media. David co-directs USF's Garden Project, a freshmen-to-senior living learning community built around an organic garden on campus.  Office hours are Tuesdays, 1:00-2:00 p.m. and by appointment.

Tel:(415) 422-5152
mstoll@sfpublicpress.org

Michael Stoll

Adjunct Professor

Michael Stoll is executive director of the Public Press, a startup nonprofit news service for the San Francisco Bay Area fashioned on the public broadcasting business model.

Tel:(415) 422-5755
stone@usfca.edu

Melinda Stone

Director, Film Studies/Associate Professor

Melinda Stone, Ph.D. is an award winning filmmaker who has produced over twenty films and numerous outdoor cinematic extravaganzas. She is currently the director of Film Studies at USF.  Office hours are Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and by appointment.

Tel:(415) 422 5152
asundaram@usfca.edu

Anjali Sundaram

Adjunct Professor

Anjali Sundaram is a filmmaker and cinematographer. Her work has screened at galleries, microcinemas, universities and film festivals across the country and abroad.    She has   received awards from the Princess Grace Foundation and the Robin Eickman Foundation and is currently writing a feature-length screenplay about South Asian guest-workers in Silicon Valley.

Tel:(415) 422-5152
johnny@johnnysymons.com

Johnny Symons

Adjunct Professor

Johnny Symons is an Emmy-nominated independent film and videomaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His documentary Daddy & Papa (2002), about the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men raising children, premiered at Sundance, aired on PBS and international television, and garnered multiple Best Documentary awards.

Tel:(415) 422-5152
bward@usfca.edu

Brant Ward

Adjunct Professor

Brant Ward is a staff photographer with the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.com.  He has worked at the newspaper for almost 30 years covering major Bay Area stories from the 1989 earthquake to the recent gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno. He has worked overseas in Haiti, Mexico and Somalia.  He prefers "human condition" stories and has been honored for his work on homelessness.