Robert Bergland
Bob Bergland has designed and led numerous study abroad trips for college students at the schools Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State University. The trips
It's journalism; not tourism
It's journalism; not tourism
Bob Bergland has designed and led numerous study abroad trips for college students at the schools Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State University. The trips
Angela Bradbery is a longtime public interest communicator and university professor. She is co-author of “Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers,” published in May 2025. She
Ilene Prusher is a full-time journalism instructor at Florida Atlantic University, where she is also a faculty fellow in the Peace, Justice and Human Rights
Nomi Morris was a lecturer in the Writing Program at UC Santa Barbara and director of the journalism track in the university’s professional writing minor.
Steven Listopad is a Ph.D. candidate at North Dakota State University and has been an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication and student media
Kathryn Lancioni is lecturer in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. She is an award-winning, internationally recognized expert in the field of
Rachele Kanigel is a professor and former chair of the Journalism Department at San Francisco State University. She was a daily newspaper reporter for 15 years
John Caputo is Professor Emeritus in the Master’s Program in Communication and Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University and the Walter Ong S.J. Scholar. He founded the
Bob Bergland has designed and led numerous study abroad trips for college students at the schools Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State University. The trips have taken him and his students through a dozen countries have involved many students presenting their research at international academic conferences. His own travel experiences have included two Fulbright teaching appointments in Ukraine, and he has orchestrated visits from both teachers and students from Ukraine to give presentations in the United States. As a mass media professor, he published articles and given presentations about study abroad and planned over 50 short-term student organization trips within the U.S.
Mark Rotella is the Director of the Joseph and Elda Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Montclair State University. In addition, Rotella also serves as thesis advisor in the MFA Program at Columbia University. Earning his B.A. in Russian Language and Literature from Columbia University in 1992, Rotella became the Senior Editor at Publishers Weekly, where he worked for nearly twenty years. He is also a former Board Member at National Books Critics Circle from 2015 to 2018. Rotella’s first book, Stolen Figs: And Other Adventures in Calabria (2004), recounts his travels to Calabria, the region in southern Italy from which his grandparents immigrated. His second book, Amore: The Story of Italian American Song (2010), tells of the era in American popular music during the mid-20th century dominated by Italian-American singers such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, and
Barbara Demick is a prize-winning author and foreign correspondent. Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages. Her newest book, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption and Separated Twins was published by Random House May 20, 2025 and has been listed by the New York Times among the best 25 books of the year. Previous books include Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town and Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, which won the U.K.’s top nonfiction prize, Samuel Johnson Award (now Baillie Gifford). She’s been a finalist for the Pulitzer, National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award and has won awards from the Overseas Press Club, Polk Award and Robert F. Kennedy Foundation and Asia Society. Demick was based in Beijing for the Los Angeles Times from 2007 to 2014,
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Gina Baleria, a longtime broadcast and digital journalist and Sonoma State University professor, teaching Journalism, Media Writing, Radio & Podcasting, & Digital Media. She is also host and producer of the News in Context podcast, which airs on 102.5 KSFP in San Francisco and online. Gina is focused on cultivating intangible skills in budding journalists and professional communicators, including curiosity, empathy, tenacity, engaging with communities, and recognizing our unconscious biases. This focus led her to author The Journalism Behind Journalism: Going Beyond the Basics to Train Effective Journalists in a Shifting Landscape (Routledge 2021), a book about ethical storytelling, community engagement, and developing foundational intangible communication and journalism skills. In addition, Gina co-authored Writing & Reporting News for the 21st Century (Cognella, 2018), winner of the 2020 Textbook Award from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). Her research and creative interests revolve around news and digital media literacy, podcasting, and digital
Angela Bradbery is a longtime public interest communicator and university professor. She is co-author of “Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers,” published in May 2025. She practiced public interest communications for two decades in Washington, D.C. at Public Citizen. While in Washington, she also co-founded the all-volunteer organization Smokefree DC, which pushed successfully for a smokefree workplace law in the District. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., she worked as a newspaper reporter for 10 years, covering primarily government at The Palm Beach Post, the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the Chicago Tribune. Learn more about her here.
Sara Ganim is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and former CNN correspondent. Ganim is a multi-platform reporter who regularly publishes in print and broadcast. She has written for newspapers, cable television, audio, and documentaries, edited newsletters and magazine pieces, and has won several of the industry’s top awards. At age 24, she won a Pulitzer Prize for the Harrisburg Patriot-News for breaking and covering the investigation into former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of young boys. Ganim then spent seven years at CNN, covering multiple beats, including federal government agencies, the rise of the anti-fascist movement in the U.S., the NCAA, and contaminated American drinking water. In 2015, she won a Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for her investigative report exposing the low reading levels of some college athletes. Since leaving CNN, Ganim has mostly worked in audio, developing, reporting and hosting
Frederick Lewis is a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Studies at Ohio University, and a documentary filmmaker whose work has been seen on PBS stations throughout the U.S. and screened at more than 125 cultural/educational venues, including the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. He teaches courses in documentary studies and scriptwriting, and is a recipient of the Presidential Teacher Award, Ohio University’s highest honor for transformative teaching, curriculum innovation and mentoring. Professor Lewis has also taught at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Internationally he has been a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Pecs in Hungary, a U.S. Embassy lecturer in Germany and Malaysia, and a Teaching Fellow at Leeds Beckett University in England. He has lectured or conducted workshops at universities in France, Ukraine, Romania and Vietnam and directed experiential learning
Paula Nelson works with both graduate and undergraduate students guiding them to discover their creative potential and to emphasize intention in every aspect of still image making, editing, and sequencing – all elements of visual storytelling. Using a visual language that demonstrates a deep understanding of the power of each image singularly as well as in sequence, students create compelling visual narratives. A storyteller at heart, Paula Nelson began her career of more than 30 years as a staff photographer at The Dallas Morning News. Part of a small team of journalists, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for “Violence Against Women: A Question of Human Rights.” She documented sex-selective abortion, dowry burnings and the sex trade of minors in India and Thailand. Nelson traveled to 48 countries, around the U.S. and across Texas photographing breaking news, multi-picture feature stories, sports, food and fashion. She was recognized
Ilene Prusher is a full-time journalism instructor at Florida Atlantic University, where she is also a faculty fellow in the Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative. She is an award-winning journalist and author who has reported widely in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Prusher will serve as director of ieiMedia Jerusalem after having taught in the program for three summers, from 2013 to 2015. Prusher, who holds a Master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has covered some 30 countries in the course of her career as a foreign correspondent. She was a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor from 2000 to 2010, serving as the Boston-based newspaper’s bureau chief in Tokyo, Istanbul, and Jerusalem. During this time, she covered the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for “What’s a Kidney Worth”, a wide-ranging investigative story on organ trafficking.
Nomi Morris was a lecturer in the Writing Program at UC Santa Barbara and director of the journalism track in the university’s professional writing minor. She covered the opening of the Berlin Wall for The Toronto Star newspaper then worked as a correspondent for five years in Berlin, including for the San Francisco Chronicle, CBC Radio and TIME. Morris went on to become Senior Writer for international at Maclean’s, Canada’s national news magazine, and then moved to Jerusalem to become Middle East bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers (now McClatchy). Since moving to Ojai, California, Morris has written for Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books and other magazines and literary journals. She holds an MFA in nonfiction writing and previously taught at the USC Annenberg School for Journalism in Los Angeles, and Brooks Institute in Ventura.
George Miller is a longtime journalist. He was a photojournalist and reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News from 1994 through 2005, and he published a local music magazine in Philadelphia from 2010 through 2018. He has been on the faculty of the journalism department at Temple University since 2007. He taught summer multimedia journalism programs in Cagli, Italy from 2003 through 2006, in Armagh, Northern Ireland in 2007, and in London in 2010. From 2018 through 2021, he served as the associate dean for academic affairs at Temple University’s Japan Campus.He is a graduate of Loyola University of Maryland. He completed masters degrees at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his doctorate in higher education leadership from Wilmington University.
Kathryn Lancioni is lecturer in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. She is an award-winning, internationally recognized expert in the field of communications and was recently named as one of PR News’ “People of the Year” in 2023. Her expertise lies in the intersection of communication, technology, and society. With more than 25 years of experience, Ms. Lancioni has a unique appreciation and understanding of its dynamic landscape working as a journalist, public relations executive, communications strategist, and college professor. Ms. Lancioni has worked for some of the world’s leading PR agencies, including Edelman, Ogilvy, and Weber-Shandwick, as well as with numerous global corporations, including ADP, Creditsafe, Deloitte, IBM, Intelsat, NCR, PanAmSat, Scientific Games, Smith+Nephew, and UPS. In 2006, she launched Presenting Perfection, a communications consultancy providing customized communication coaching and training, strategic guidance, branding, and PR support to domestic and global organizations. Ms. Lancioni has also
Vanessa Guinan-Bank works as a freelance journalist, reporter and audio producer based in Berlin. She was lead producer of the #1 narrative podcast series “Land ohne Vater” that documents a story of far-right terror, institutional failure and police misconduct in Germany from the perspective of the bereaved. For German national public radio and other media outlets, she produces features and longform reportage on social, economic and political issues. She has reported on femicides in Italy, the housing crisis in Ireland, the political and economic situation in Syria both before and after the fall of the Assad regime, and on wealth inequality in Germany. Previously, as a news assistant for the Berlin Bureau of the Washington Post, she covered news in Germany and Europe, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Kristine Crane is a post-doctoral associate in the University Writing Program at The University of Florida, where she teaches various writing courses. She holds a doctorate in communications from The University of Florida, where she taught and created several journalism courses at the College of Journalism and Communications. She was also an adjunct in the Italian department at UF. She began teaching in the Cagli Project in the summer of 2024, and she teaches both writing and Italian language. She began her journalism career in Rome, Italy, when she had a Fulbright scholarship to study migration there; she wrote for several English-language publications including The Wall Street Journal, Religion News Service and Catholic News Service. She helped the WSJ cover the papal transition following the death of Pope John Paul II, and was nominated for the Peter R. Weitz Prize for transatlantic reporting. She was also one of the founding
John Caputo is Professor Emeritus in the Master’s Program in Communication and Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University and the Walter Ong S.J. Scholar. He founded the MA Program in 2004. Dr. Caputo earned his Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School and University Center. He has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Italy. He has been teaching communication courses for more than 35 years and has appeared on radio and television news and discussion programs. His areas of expertise include communication theory, intercultural and interpersonal communication, and media and social values. He is the author of seven books: Effective Communication Handbook; Communicating Effectively: Linking Thought with Expression; Dimensions of Communication; Interpersonal Communication: Competency Through Critical Reasoning, which was co- authored with Bud Hazel and Colleen McMahon; Public Speaking Handbook: A Liberal Arts Perspective with Bud Hazel; McDonaldization Revisited: Critical Essays on Consumer Culture which he co-edited with Mark Alfino and Robin Wynyard for Praeger Press and his newest book, Effective Communication.
Giovanni has dual Italian and American citizenship and speaks half a dozen languages. Aside from teaching in Italy, Giovanni has spent time teaching at various levels in the French public school system. Back in the U.S., he works as a French translator and graphic designer. Giovanni’s academic interests include journalism, short story writing and storytelling. In addition to teaching a course on journaling in last year’s Cagli program, he was also the editor of the Armagh Examiner and Around Armagh, online news and information blogs created for the program InArmagh 2007. Giovanni has been with the GonzagainCagli project since 2009 and deso the layout and design of the books and program materials inlcuding posters and handbook.
Amara Aguilar is a professor of journalism at University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She teaches social media storytelling for Latinx audiences, visual journalism, engaging diverse communities, design, and food journalism, among other courses. At USC, she co-founded Annenberg Media’s award-winning bilingual outlet, Dímelo, focused on serving Latine audiences. She is an executive producer and producer for the “Abuelita’s Kitchen: Stories from the Borderlands” documentary series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her collaborations at USC include work with ABC7, ABC7 en español, L.A. TACO, NBC Latino, Snap Inc., Animal Politico, Fusion, KPCC, NPR Next Generation Radio, Las Fotos Project, Azteca America, Solutions Journalism Network, American Press Institute, Online News Association, and others. At USC she is a regular collaborator and faculty fellow for the Center for Public Diplomacy and has also worked with the Center for Health Journalism. She earned her doctorate at
Anthony C. Adornato joined the broadcast and digital journalism department in 2022 as an associate professor and department chair. His teaching and research focus on
Arielle Emmett, Ph.D. comes to ieiMedia from the University of Hong Kong Journalism & Media Studies Centre (2013) and Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia on a Fulbright
Asabi (Stephanie Howard) is an associate professor of theatre at North Carolina Central University, where she serves as the chairperson of the Department of Theatre
Ashley Colburn began her career as a host, producer, and writer for Wealth TV in 2009. She produced her first travel show â€WOW Croatia!†which
Beth Hoffman is an Assistant Professor in Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, where she teaches journalism, audio production and food media. She has
Bob Marshall is a New Orleans journalist whose reporting on Louisiana coastal issues at The Times-Picayune and The Lens has been recognized by two Pulitzer Prizes;
Brenda Witherspoon is a teaching professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Her early career included
Bruce Strong is the Alexia endowed chair and an associate professor of visual communications at Syracuse University’s S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. As
Bruno has practiced the study and mastery of art since earning his degree from Northridge University in 1982. A native Italian, Bruno is fluent in
In what has turned out to be a delightfully varied communications career, Claudia Strong began as a newspaper journalist after earning a Bachelor of Science
Clemente Lisi is an affiliate assistant professor of journalism at The King’s College in New York, co-director of the NYC Semester in Journalism program and
Curt Chandler died on January 31, 2022. Chandler taught multimedia reporting and entrepreneurial journalism at Penn State University. In 2017 he was the multimedia coach
After graduating Darcy worked for various photography studios before focusing on print journalism, contributing writing and photography to Spokane, Wa alt weekly newspaper The Pacific
David Shabazz is an associate chair in the School of the Humanities and Performing Arts and an assistant professor of journalism at Kentucky State University. He
David Wang is an Associate Professor at James Madison University. With more than twenty years of industry experience, he has worked as an art director, photographer, and
Doug Cumming, Ph.D. is an associate professor of journalism at Washington & Lee University with 26 years experience at metro newspapers and magazines. Since getting
Douglas Quin is a sound designer, naturalist, public radio commentator, educator and music composer. For the past 30 years Quin has traveled widely documenting the
Eileen Gilligan, (Ph.D.) has taught journalism at the State University of New York at Oswego since 2005. A former political and statehouse reporter in Delaware, Dr.
Gary Metzker has been a full-time lecturer at California State University, Long Beach, since 2008 and serves as design adviser for the Pinnacle and Pacemaker award-winning
George Miller is a longtime journalist. He was a photojournalist and reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News from 1994 through 2005, and he published a
Greg Luft has recently been appointed as the interim Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Colorado State University.  Prior to that he as held a
Jack Zibluk is a professor and head of the Communications Department at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Jack was an ieiMedia Research Fellow in Istanbul, Turkey,
James Carviou is an assistant professor of convergent journalism and public relations in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Missouri Western State University. He
Jayne Cubbage, Ph.D., (multimedia faculty) is an assistant professor of communications at Bowie State University in Maryland, where she teaches in the graduate program in organizational
Jeffrey Brody is an emeritus professor of Communications at State University, Fullerton. His teaching focuses on international journalism. He has taken students to Cambodia, Costa
Jessica Retis, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies and the Human
John Shrader (Valencia, Spain Director) is an assistant professor of Broadcasting at the University of Nebraska. He teaches courses in broadcast journalism, including news and
John Thomas Rose is a photographer and educator based in Southern California. For ten years he’s been the staff adviser to the student newspaper at
Judy Dobler, Ph.D. is retired from the Writing Department at Loyola University (Md.). Her contributions in developing standards, pedagogy and structure in the formative years
Katya Komarova (public relations faculty) is a visiting instructor at the Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications at the University of South Florida, where she
Kay L. Colley Ph.D. (multimedia faculty) is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Mass Communication at Texas Wesleyan University. She teaches public relations,
Kimberley Lynne is a playwright, novelist, teacher, and theatrical producer. Over thirty of her plays have been produced in Baltimore, Washington, Minneapolis and New York, including
Kirill Artemenko is the founder of the company Paper Media and the editor-in-chief of the online newspaper Paperpaper.ru. He worked as a reporter of the
Kris Morehouse graduated with honors with an MS in Journalism from the University of Kansas, one of the top journalism schools in the country. Her
Kurt Lancaster is a professor of creative media and film at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of DSLR Cinema (Focal Press), Video Journalism
Leah Stacy is an assistant professor in professional practice at Nazareth College and has worked as an arts journalist and entrepreneur. She started her career in
Lisa A. Phillips is an associate professor of journalism and department chair at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she teaches courses
Maria Charbonneaux is an assistant professor of practice and the Dotdash Meredith Professional in Residence in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa
Mary D’Ambrosio (Bologna, Italy Director) is an assistant professor of journalism at Central Connecticut State University, and previously taught at New York and Columbia universities.
Michael Dorsher is an emeritus professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and president of the Fulbright Association-Minnesota Chapter. He was a Fulbright Scholar
Michael Finch Ph.D., is an assistant professor of communication and student media adviser at Lee University in Tennessee. Finch worked as a journalist and then became
Michael Gold has been a writer, editor, and manager at award-winning publications, in print and online. He started his career as a reporter at the Bergen
Micheal McAlexander is a university professor, feature film director and screenwriter. He has worked in entertainment-related positions for over twenty years including U.S. segment producer
Nancy Andrews was the Ogden Newspapers Visiting Professor in Media Innovation in the Reed College of Media at the University of West Virginia. Andrews joined the
Pawel Wyszomirski (Photography – ieiMedia Fellow) is a freelance photographer from Gdansk, Poland, and cofounder of the photo community Testigo, a collective of photographers and
Dr. Penchan Phoborisut teaches digital reporting and communication technologies. Her research examines the visualization of social movements and activism in the digital era, particularly in
Peter Wayner is a videographer and writer from Rochester, New York. He grew up hearing stories from his grandfather, a World War II vet who farmed
Regina Krex was born in a village near Berlin and is a veteran journalist who has covered the region from before the unification of Germany
Ricardo Valencia is an assistant professor of public relations in the Department of Communications at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Valencia is a seasoned global
Ricki Rosen is a news photographer and videographer who has worked professionally for more than 25 years. She was a contract photographer for Time magazine,