Faculty

	Margo Berman teaches creative, hands-on advertising and entrepreneurship courses. She has been the recipient of several teaching and research awards, and was named a 2005 Kauffman Faculty Scholar.
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Blevens, Frederick R.

Dr. Fred Blevens is a leader in the emerging discipline of news literacy, which responds to the glut of digital information by empowering citizens with tools to critically analyze information that shape global opinion. Most recently, he has extended his research into archival theory, examining serious credibility issues associated with private corporate public relations archives being housed in major research university libraries. Dr. Blevens teaches skills and concept courses in the SJMC and, in Fall-Spring 2009-10, will teach a news literacy course in the Honors College.

Dalmau, Jorge

Jorge Dalmau has been the face and voice of FIU to the Independent Journalists in Cuba since he started teaching and editing their work at inception of the project in 1999.
He has a Master of Science in Mass Communication from Florida International University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts with a specialization in Latin American studies.
He has taught at FIU and at Miami-Dade Community College and worked as a copy editor at El Nuevo Herald in Miami .

Daugherty, Jane

Jane Daugherty, M.A., associate professor, is a four-time winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for coverage of the disadvantaged. She was a Pulitzer finalist in 1994 and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. In 2004 she was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Journalists for her 30-year career as an investigative reporter and editor at the Miami Herald, Detroit Free Press, St. Petersburg Times and Palm Beach Post. She was a Poynter Fellow at the University of South Florida and a Casey Journalism Fellow at the University of Maryland. She teaches journalism and law and ethics.

Diament, Mario

Mario Diament, M.A. associate professor, born in Argentina, is a veteran foreign correspondent and a former executive editor of one of the leading newspapers in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Has been appointed to the National Academy of Journalism, Argentina's most professional academy, which is composed of 40 permanent members appointed for life. Diament is also a playwright and has had plays produced in the U.S. and abroad.

Farber, Lynne

	Lynne Farber, MA, assistant professor, worked in the public relations field in South Florida for more than 25 years. During that time, she received several national awards for multi-media ad campaigns, oversaw state-wide marketing efforts and occasionally lectured to national conferences. She taught journalism and communications at the community college level.
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Figueredo, Fernando

	Fernando Figueredo is a distinguished professional in strategic and multicultural communications with extensive experience in academia as well as managing P&L operations in the industry. He is currently the Chair of the Public Relations and Advertising Department at Florida International University (FIU).
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Fiske, Rosanna

Rosanna Fiske, graduate coordinator and associate professor, teaches a number of graduate and undergraduate classes as well as oversees the master's program in advertising and public relations. She joined the SJMC advertising and public relations faculty in 2006 after a distinguished professional career in the mass communications industry. Prof. Fiske was the first Hispanic woman president of PRSA Miami and a four-year member of PRSA’s national board of directors, most recently as its national treasurer.

Lodge Kopenhaver, Lillian

Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Ed.D., dean and professor, is a nationally-known authority and researcher on the First Amendment and the student press. She is past president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, College Media Advisers, and the Student Press Law Center, was awarded the Wells Key, the highest honor of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Gold Key of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and is author of nearly 100 scholarly articles, monographs and books. The FIU Alumni Association presented her with its highest honor, the Torch Award, as Outstanding Faculty Member in 2000. She was inducted into the National Hall of Fame of both College Media Advisers and the Community College Journalism Association...

Marsh, Elizabeth

	Elizabeth Marsh, MFA, is an Assistant Professor of multimedia for the SJMC. She holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Miami and an AB in English and American literature (Honors) from Brown University. Her previous position was as broadcast coordinator in the in-house production department at FIU, Broadcast Video Productions.
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Martinez Bustos, Lilliam

Lilliam Martinez-Bustos, associate professor, broadcast journalism. Coordinator of the FIU Spanish-language Master's Program in Journalism. She joined FIU this year after spending more than two decades as a broadcast journalist in English-language and Spanish-language television. She worked as a producer in the Washington, D.C. bureaus of the NBC-Telemundo and Univision networks. She's also worked at local affiliates of PBS, CBS and ABC in Boston. In Miami, she was an executive producer with CBS-Telenoticias network. She earned a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico and an M.A. at the University of Southern California. She was a fellow at USC's Center for International Journalism in 1992-93.

Park, David

Dr. David J. Park (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison) joined the Department of Advertising and Public Relations as an Assistant Professor in 2009 and teaches in the Graduate Program. His research interests include new media technologies and the music industry, media policy, consumer behavior, media and democracy, international communication and human rights in South America.
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Parker, Brian

Brian Parker, Ph.D, has extensive field experience as a marketing and advertising research analyst, media relations coordinator and production coordinator. With an academic background in psychology and mass communication, he earned a doctoral degree in mass communication at the University of Florida. His honors include membership in Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society and Kappa Tau Alpha national honor society in journalism and mass communication. He was recently appointed as candidate to represent North Miami in the Empire Who’s Who among executives and professionals. His expertise and research interests are consumer behavior and branding. Brian has consulted on campaigns for companies such as Celebrex, Pepsi Cola, Miller Beer, Victoria’s Secret and Cadillac.

Pinto, Juliet

	Juliet Pinto, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism & Broadcasting. Having worked as a travel writer for a Miami-based magazine, Dr. Pinto traveled extensively throughout Latin America before returning to university life.
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Ponte, Teresa

	Teresa Ponte, interim chair of the department of Journalism and Broadcasting, associate professor, teaches broadcast journalism. Before joining the FIU faculty in 1999, she was a producer for NBC News, CBS News and Telemundo Network. She has received several awards, including a national Emmy in 1996, and has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1981.
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Prado, Paola

Paola Prado, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, Advertising and Public Relations, specializes in integrated marketing communication, digital media convergence, and multimedia production. Her research focuses on the adoption of information and communication technologies for development and social change in Latin America and the U.S. Latino market. She is the co-creator of the Comunicadores para el Desarrollo journalism and multimedia workshop program, which trains community reporters in under-privileged rural areas of the Dominican Republic.

Reisner, Neil

Neil Reisner, M.S., associate professor, has been a daily newspaper reporter/editor for 25 years, working at the Miami Herald and the Bergen(NJ) Record, among others. He taught journalism at Columbia and Rutgers universities and was training director for Investigative Reporters & Editors. Reisner has contributed to the New York Times, the New York Post, American Journalism Review and Columbia Journalism Review and frequently speaks at regional and national conferences. He is a member of Louisiana State University’s Forum on Media Diversity.

Richards, Allan

Allan Richards, M.A., interim associate dean, began his career as a music journalist in New York interviewing such artists as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Morrison and The Doors. He later branched out to cover the environment, interviewing Bucky Fuller and French Nobel Prize microbiologist Rene Dubos. He has also written over a dozen medical science documentaries that aired on The Discovery Channel and PBS.

Scott Sheerin, Michael

Michael Scott Sheerin, M.S., assistant professor and a professional in the broadcast and new media industry for the past 18 years, has developed interactive TV prototypes for Disney and has worked as a designer, animator, art director, creative director, commercial director and producer for such clients as ABC, U.S. Armed Forces, DirecTV, J. Walter Thompson and Nickelodeon. He currently sits on the board of the AICP.

Segev, Sigal

	Sigal Segev, Ph.D., has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Arabic language from Tel Aviv University, A Master’s in Advertising & Public Relations from Florida International University and a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Leicester.
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Suris, Carlos Miguel

Carlos Miguel Suris, M.L.S., M.M. Faculty Supervisor of Student Services, Instructor Journalism Department, supervises student academic advising and student services personnel. He teaches Mass Media & Society, including a fully online version of the course, Database & Public Records Reporting, etc.; also teaches in the Spanish Journalism Masters Program. Suris has worked as a media and business researcher, reference and special collections librarian and as financial and accounting consultant. This broad background has made Suris one of SJMC’s primary research mentors. His affinity for research is balanced with a thorough knowledge of music; he is an accomplished guitarist.

Veraldi, Lorna

	Lorna Veraldi, J.D. associate professor, worked for 12 years in radio and television before joining the FIU faculty in 1988. She was a news writer, producer and reporter. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1982 and a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association, she has represented media clients both as corporate counsel and in private law practice.
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Vigon, Mercedes

	Mercedes Vigon, Ph.D., associate director of the International Media Center, and associate professor, is a native of Spain. She trained journalists in Mexico, Nicaragua and Paraguay and also worked as a TV news director for Net Financial News. She was an executive producer and international writer for CBS Telenoticias and a journalist with UPI. She is fluent in Spanish, French and English.
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Villar, Maria Elena

Maria Elena Villar, a native of Puerto Rico, started her professional career as a financial analyst, but soon realized her interests lie elsewhere. While living in Santiago, Chile she worked with EPES*, an organization that works with community members to promote health and social justice. She then moved to Miami and completed a master in public health, and worked with the Field Epidemiology Survey Team (FEST) at the University of Miami School of Medicine.