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Journalism Department

College of Liberal Arts

Faculty & Staff

Contact Info & Office Hours

Please be respectful of each person's posted hours and how to get in touch with them. Office hours are in person/in office unless stated otherwise.

Your professors are eager to help you meet the challenges in their courses as you prepare for a meaningful career in journalism, public relations or media innovation. In addition to their research interests, professors are able to offer insights into the professional world and connections to internship, job and networking opportunities.

Tenure Line Faculty (Faculty Advisers)

Dan Eller

Bisheff, Kim
Assistant Professor

Media Innovation Concentration Coordinator

P|805-242-2459
E| klisagor@calpoly.edu

O| 26-213A

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Richard Gearhart Gearhart, Richard
Associate Professor
MNTV Adviser

News Concentration Coordinator

P| 805-756-6106
E| rgearhar@calpoly.edu
O| 26-222

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Mary Glick

Glick, Mary
Professor Emeritus

P| 805-756-6145
E| mmglick@calpoly.edu
O| 26-223A

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Alexa Haverlah Haverlah, Alexa
Assistant
Professor
Mustang News Spanish Adviser

P| 805-756-6738
E|haverlah@calpoly.edu
O| 26-M105

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Patrick Howe Howe, Patrick

Associate Chair

Professor
Mustang News Editorial Adviser
ICMA Adviser

News & ICS Concentration Coordinator

P| 805-756-6705
E | pchowe@calpoly.edu
O| 26-225

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Julie Lynem

Lynem, Julie

Assistant Professor

P| 805-756-5043
E| jlynem@calpoly.edu

O| 26M-101

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Casey McDonald-Liu McDonald-Liu, Casey
Assistant Professor

PR Concentration Coordinator

P| 805-756-2593
C| 916-704-5137
E| cmcdon09@calpoly.edu
O| 26-223A

Summer '26 Office Hours:

TBA

Piburn, Patti
Associate Professor
KCPR Adviser

P| 805-756-7712
E| ppiburn@calpoly.edu

O| Inside KCPR 26-301A

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Shan Yan

Shan, Yan
Associate Professor

PR Adviser

PR Concentration Coordinator

P| 805-756-7749
E| yashan@calpoly.edu
O| 26-227

Summer '26 Office Hours:

TBA

Brady Teufel Teufel, Brady
Department Chair
Professor

P| 805-756-6738
E| bteufel@calpoly.edu
O| 26-228A

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Staff

Cassandra Sherburne Infante, Kim
Administrative Support Coordinator

P| 805-756-2508
E|kinfante@calpoly.edu
O| 26-228

Summer '26 Hours:

T/R 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Erin Beckwith Beckwith, Erin
Administrative Support Assistant

P| 805-756-2513
E|eebeckwi@calpoly.edu
O| 26-228

Summer '26 Hours:

n/a

Jon Schlitt Schlitt, Jon
General Manager for Mustang Media Group

P| 805-756-2537
E| j schlitt@calpoly.edu
O| 26-224

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Thomas Morales Morales, Thomas
Broadcast Engineer

C| 805-270-5836
E| thmorale@calpoly.edu
O| 26-207

Summer '26 Office Hours:

By appointment

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Lecturers

Katya Cengel

Cengel, Katya

P| 805-756-2508
E| kcengel@calpoly.edu

O| 26M-102

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Jason Hudson

Hudson, Jason

P| 805-756-2508
E| jhudso04@calpoly.edu

O| 26M-102

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Camillia Lanham

Lanham, Camillia

P| 805-756-2508

E| cslanham @calpoly.edu

O| 26M-102

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Keli Moore

Moore, Keli

P| 805-756-2682
E| kmoore35@calpoly.edu
O| 26M-102

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Kelly Orsini

P| 805-756-2513

E| kcbush@calpoly.edu

O| 26M-102

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Tony Prado

Prado, Tony

P| 805-756-5518

E| aaprado@calpoly.edu

O| 26M-106

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Jeremy Shermak

Shermak, Jeremy

P| 805-756-2513

E| jshermak@calpoly.edu

O| 26-113

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Taylor Villanueva

Villanueva, Taylor

P| 805-756-7193

E| t villa02@calpoly.edu

O| 192-310

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Mark Willard

Willard, Mark

P| 805-756-2508

E| mtwillar@calpoly.edu

O| remote

Summer '26 Office Hours:

n/a

Journalism department office located in 26-228 | jour@calpoly.edu | 805-756-2508

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