Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communicaiton
Parent unit(s): College of Liberal Arts
Unit Contact Information
US mailing address: 206 Church Street SE, 111 Murphy Hall, Minneapolis MN 55455 Map
Campus mail address: 111 MurH, del code 0371
Phone number: (612) 625-1338
Fax number: (612) 625-9525
Administrative Office Hours: 8:00-a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday. Closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
Employee Information
Director—Elisia Cohen, 111 Murphy Hall, (612) 625-0576, ecohen@umn.edu
Chief of Staff—Erika Nelson, (612) 625-5598, erika@umn.edu
Administrative Services—Mary Achartz, (612) 625-1338, achar001@umn.edu
Administrative Services—Julie Golias, (612) 625-2576, golia001@umn.edu
Financial Professional—Jiani Zhou, (612) 625-2341, zhou0735@umn.edu
Accounting Services—Sophia Herrera, 660 Social Sciences Building, (612) 626-9754, herre012@umn.edu
Director of Graduate Studies—Jisu Huh, (612) 626-5527, jhuh@umn.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies—Chris Ison, (612) 626-7752, isonx001@umn.edu
Student Services
Associate Director of Student Services—Rebecca Rassier, (612) 625-0120, rassi003@umn.edu
Graduate Student Services Coordinator—Jennifer Welsh, (612) 625-4054, jwelsh@umn.edu
Undergraduate Student Services Coordinator—Christine Mollen, (612) 625-0833, eshel003@umn.edu
MA In Strategic Communication - Professional MA Program
Teaching Professor and Program Director—Steve Wehrenberg, (612) 625-6383, wehre003@umn.edu
Minnesota Journalism Center
Program Director—Valerie Belair-Gagnon, (612) 626-7754, vbg@umn.edu
Program Associate—Susan Couling, (612) 626-1723, scouling@umn.edu
Communications Manager—Amanda Fretheim Gates, (612) 625-8095, fret0014@umn.edu
Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law
Director—Jane Kirtley, (612) 625-9038
Executive Office and Administrative Specialist—Elaine Hargrove, (612) 625-3421, hargr003@umn.edu
Silha Graduate Student Office, 421 Murphy Hall, (612) 624-5038
Digital Media Studios
Coordinator—Wally Swanson, (612) 625-4493, swans290@umn.edu
Information Technology
Systems Administrator—Scott Dierks, (612) 624-7502, sdierks@umn.edu
Digital Information Resource Center
Library Assistant—Jan Nyberg, (612) 625-7892, j-nybe@umn.edu
Research Division
Research Assistants Office, (612) 626-0221
Graduate Student Offices
Graduate Student Office, 300 Murphy Hall, (612) 625-8370
Graduate Student Office, 400 Murphy Hall, (612) 626-7446
Silha Graduate Student Office, 421 Murphy Hall, (612) 624-5038
Adjunct Office, 313 Murphy Hall, (612) 625-0020
Faculty and Instructors
Professors: Kathleen Hansen, Jisu Huh, Jane Kirtley, Marco Yzer
Associate Professors: Matt Carlson, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Ken Doyle, Matthew Weber
Assistant Professors: Colin Agur, Sid Bedingfield, Valerie Belair-Gagnon, Sherri Katz, Rebekah Nagler, Amy O'Connor, Hyejoon Rim, Claire Segijn, Christopher Terry, Benjamin Toff
Full-Time Instructors: Gayle Golden, Scott Libin, Leonard Mitsch, Steve Wehrenberg
Term/Contract Faculty: Betsy Anderson, Diane Cormany, Christopher Ison, Mark Jenson, Stacey Kanihan, Susan LoRusso, Regina McCombs, Amelia Reigstad
Emeritus Faculty: T.K. Chang, H. Dicken-Garcia, J. Eighmey, R.J. Faber, I.E. Fang, C.C. Lee, Daniel Sullivan, A. Tims, P.J. Tichenor, D. Wackman, J.W. Ward, W.D. Wells
Send update requests to sjmc@umn.edu.