This page features profiles of some of the professors who participated in the 2010 Summer Institute in International Communication.
COM 340 Documentary Film
Teresa Bergman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Department, University of the Pacific
Ph.D., American Cultural and Film Studies, University of California, Davis, 2001.
Learn about Professor Bergman’s research on documentary films here.
COM 380 Intercultural Communication
John Champagne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Penn State Eire, the Behrend College
Ph.D., English, Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Learn more about Professor Champagne’s awards for teaching excellence here.
CMS 299 History of Films
Patrick Mehrens, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Literature, Uppsala University, Sweden
Ph.D., in Comparative Literature (filosofie doktosexamen), Uppsala University, 1999
2007-2009 Board member of STINT, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education.
Learn more about Professor Mehrens’ work at STINT here.
COM 399 Media and Elections
Richard A. Lee, Ph.D. Candidate
Part-time Lecturer: School of Communications and Library Studies, Rutgers University
Director of Communications for the Hall Institute of Public Policy – New Jersey, Trenton, N.J.
Learn more about Professor Lee’s work at the Hall Institute of Public Policy here.