Andrew Ciofalo
- Mr. Ciofalo, director and founder of the
Cagli Program, has been teaching journalism at Loyola College since
the inception of the Communication Department 18 years ago. Since earning
his Master's in Journalism from Columbia University, he has had a varied
career in media, including publications and higher education. He has
become known for his op-ed writing and has published several academic
articles on the topic. His most recent publication is his essay, "The
Muse in the News," which explores the relationship between journalism
and poetry.
Kevin Atticks
- Dr. Atticks has been a member of the Communication faculty since 1999.
After double-majoring in journalism and music composition at Loyola,
he traveled to Boulder, Colorado, where he received a MA in environmental
journalism. When he returned to Baltimore in 1999, he founded Resonant
Publishing, a graphic design and book publishing company. Dr. Atticks
teaches journalism and graphic design at Loyola and in his spare time
writes about wine. He received his DCD (doctorate in communications
design) from the University of Baltimore in 2002 where he studied Internet
design and the effectiveness of e-advocacy.
Diana Samet
- Ms. Samet has been teaching print graphics at
Loyola since 1987. She earned the MA in Publication Design from the
University of Baltimore, and has since taken advanced doctoral level
courses. Her advanced course work focuses on hypermedia and web design.
While at Loyola College in the Communication Department, she helped
spearhead the movement into the electronic media and has overseen the
growth and development of media based facilities. In addition to teaching,
she has developed workshops in the area of graphics and web design to
help train and empower mature women. She has also run a successful design
practice since the early 80's. Ms. Samet presently serves as Coordinator
of Graphics and New Media Support Programs. Ms. Samet is returning for
her second stint in the Cagli Program.
Michael
Braden,S.J. - Father Braden came to Loyola
in 1999 from Loyola University of New Orleans, where he taught in The
Broadcast Sequence and International Media Issues. Since coming to Loyola
College in Maryland, he has developed the video component of the Digital
Media emphasis and has also been setting up the college's radio and
TV studios to support the curriculum and to enable students to develop
their own programs for internal campus distribution. Father Braden earned
his doctorate in International Communications at the University of Illinois
(Champaign). His creative endeavors focus on the making of documentary
films.
George Miller
- Mr. Miller is a 1993 graduate of Loyola's Communication
department. He worked briefly for the New York Dispatch and
Sunday News before being hired as a staff photographer for
the Philadelphia Daily News in 1994. During his tenure at the
Daily News, Miller has received numerous awards for his images in contests
locally and nationally. In 1997, he received his master's degree from
the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. He remains
a staffer at the Daily News and freelances as a writer for
various publications including the Daily News and Philadelphia
Inquirer. He is also an adjunct professor of photography at Wilmington
College. In May 2003, he completed a master of liberal arts degree with
a specialty in creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jane Satterfield
- Ms. Satterfield's first collection, Shepherdess with an Automatic
(WWPH 2000) was awarded the Towson University Prize for Literature.
New poems have appeared in Notre Dame Review, Massachusetts
Review, the Antioch Review, The Journal, Bellingham
Review, and Elixir. Among her awards for poetry are the
John Atherton Scholarship in Poetry and Bread Loaf, a Walter E. Dakin
Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, as well as fellowships
from the Maryland State Arts Council and England's Arvon Centre. Recently
a fellow in nonfiction at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts,
she has received the Heekin Foundation's Cuchulain Prize fro Rhetoric
in the Essay and the John Guyon Award for Literary Nonfiction from Crab
Orchard Review for chapters of Motherland, a nonfiction
manuscript-in-progress. A staff poetry reviewer for Antioch Review,
her interests include autobiography and biography, motherhood in literature
and popular culture, contemporary British poets, contemporary Irish
women poets, and the contemporary essay. An assistant professor in the
Communication Department at Loyola College in Maryland, she teaches
in both the Honors and Gender Studies Programs and co-directs the Modern
Masters Reading Series.
Valerie
Conners - Ms. Conners earned her B.A. in
English/Writing at Loyola College in 1998. After a successful internship
at the Baltimore Sun, where she developed the "Reading
by 9" feature, she went to work fulltime at the Philadelphia
Inquirer as an editorial assistant in the Journalism Awards Department
and for the annual "Report Card on the Schools" special section.
Later she worked for Verticalnet, Inc., where she developed website
content for the hospitality, food service and the electronics industry.
She is currently freelancing, her most recent work being for Discovery.com's
Travel Channel web site. Ms. Connors is teaching in her second year
in the Cagli Program.
Ned Balbo
- Ned Balbo received his education at Vassar, John's
Hopkins and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and his work has appeared in
many journals, including American Poetry Review, Antioch
Review and Notre Dame Review. Three times a Pushcart Prize
nominee in poetry, he is 2002 winner of Crab Orchard Review's
John Guyton Literary Nonfiction Prize. Balbo's poetry collection, Galileo's
Banquet, won the 1998 Towson University Prize. He has been a fellow
at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the West Chester University
Poetry Conference. Balbo reviews poetry for Antioch Review,
Pleiades, and other journals. In addition, Balbo contributed
the English narration text read by Kristen Scott Thomas for the Miramax
release "Microcosmos."
John Caputo
- Dr. Caputo is Professor in the Department of Communication
Arts at Gonzaga Univerisity in Sokane, Washington, He earned his Ph.D.
from the Claremont Graduate School and University Center. He has been
teaching communication courses for more than 30 years. His areas of
expertise include media and social values, communication theory, intercultural
and interpersonal communication. He is the author of four books: Dimensions
of Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Communicating Effectively:
Linking Thought and Expression; and McDonaldization Revisited: Critical
Essays on Consumer Culture. Dr. Caputo has been honored as a Visiting
Scholar In-Residence at the University of Kent at Canterbury, England
and the Masters Program in Media and Communicatione at the Universita
de Firenze, Italy.
Peggy O'Neill
- Dr. O'Neill is an assistant professor
of writing and director of composition at Loyola College in Maryland
where she teaches a variety of undergraduate writing courses including
first-year composition. A native of Baltimore, she joined Loyola College
in the Fall of 2001 after three years at Georgia Southern University.
Her scholarship, which focuses on writing assessment theory and practice,
preparation of writing teachers and writing program administration has
appeared in several different journals and essay collections. In addition,
she has co-edited Field of Dreams: Independent Writing Programs
and the Future of Composition Studies(Utah State University Press,
2002) and Practice in Context: Situating the Work of Writing Teachers
(NCTE, 2002).
Dawne Widener-Burrows
- Ms. Widener-Burrows has been an adjunct member in the Loyola Communications
Department since 1999. She has also taught in the masters of marketing
at Johns Hopkins University. She is an accomplished researcher and focus
group facilitator. In her 20 + year career, she has conducted communications
and advertising research for a number of leading U.S. and International
companies. Currently, she is President of Widener Research, Inc., a
research-consulting firm that specializes in conducting qualitative
research. Some of her recent clients include the International Dairy
Foods Assn ("Got Chocolate Milk?" ad campaign), CareFirst
BlueCross BlueShield, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bank of America, the Department
of Defense, and VISA. Ms. Widener-Burrows is also Founder of WB&A
Market Research, one of the largest full-service research companies
based in the Mid-Atlantic region. Ms. Widener-Burrows has a B.S. in
Journalism and PR from the University of Florida.
Francesco
Mansi -Franco Mansi
is the Director of the Institute and was born and raised in Italy. He
has studied and taught abroad and holds a Laurea in Lettere Moderne
from the University of Urbino and a Ph.D. in Italian language and Literature
from Rutgers University. The fundamental goal of the language institute
is to satisfy the various needs of the students in learning a foreign
language. Mansi uses the "Whole Language" system. Grammar
and the four basic language skills - reading, writing, listening and
speaking - are emphasized at each level. Recently Mansi completed an
italian language textbook especially meant for students in immersion
programs.
Graduate
Assistants in the Cagli Program:
Anne Marie
Purdy -
A communication major with a specialization in Advertising, Anne Marie
Purdy has been accepted to a graduate program at the Portfolio School
in Atlanta, Georgia. In this professional program she will hone her
skills in the area of design and advertising. Anne Marie was a participant
in the Cagli Program in 2002 and has a number of skills that she brings
to the program.
Liz Iasiello
- Liz is a rising senior and is a major in the Digital Media Specialization
in the Department of Communication. She has strong skills in the area
of filmmaking, including editing. She is a photographer and has well-developed
design skills. Liz will be shooting a documentary film about the Cagli
Program. Liz was also a participant in the 2002 program.
Meghan Devine
- Meghan is a 2003 graduate of Loyola College and is a communication
major with a specialization in Digital Media and a minor in Film Studies.
Meghan has copmpleted a digital media specialization and is especially
skilled in film production. She will be making a documentary film about
the people and town while she is in Cagli. Meghan also returns having
been a participant in 2002.
Bob Buhowski
- Bob is a 2003 graduate of Loyola College with a
degree in advertising and a minor in marketing. While participating
in the program in 2002 he developed skills in the areas of html coding,
photoshop and iMovie. Bob also has strong italian language skills and
is a helpful translator in the program.