Communication and Media Studies

August 12, 2025

Fostering Environmental Awareness Through Media: Professor Antonio Lopez

Through his vocation for ecomedia literacy, Professor Antonio Lopez motivates students to embark on the quest for environmental awareness. Each of his courses presents unique challenges and innovative solutions to the ongoing environmental crisis.

June 18, 2025

The Critical Cartography of Technology and Power: Meet Visiting Professor Vladan Joler

John Cabot University is pleased to welcome Visiting Professor Vladan Joler, teaching Special Topics in Media Studies: Critical Cartography of Technology and Power.

May 07, 2025

Student Aurora Caruso’s Film Project Chosen for Art Exhibit in Rome

Aurora Caruso is a JCU student double majoring in Communications and Art and Design. She grew up between Sicily, Rome and Belgium. Her film project, “Siamo una strada aperta,” recently got chosen to be featured in an art exhibition in Rome.

March 21, 2025

Molly Crabapple: Art on the Frontline

JCU welcomed American artist, writer and activist Molly Crabapple for the talk Art and Creativity on the Frontline. The event was part of the Spring 2025 Digital Delights and Disturbances (DDD) lecture series.

March 03, 2025

The Beauty of New Experiences: Meet Communications Major Bronte Delmonico

Bronte Delmonico is a Communications major at JCU. Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, she is the president of Women’s Leadership Initiative.

February 27, 2025

Let’s Get REAL: Meet Communications Professor Adele Tulli

Adele Tulli is a newly appointed professor of the Communications and Media Studies department. Her short and feature films, all focusing on contemporary issues, have been screened at several international festivals. Her latest feature documentary, REAL (2024), deals with the extreme digitalization of our daily lives.

Ocean Viking (photo courtesy by Cecilia Palmeri)

February 10, 2025

Alumna Cecilia Palmeri to Release Documentary on Ocean Viking Rescue Mission

JCU Communications alumna and recently appointed lecturer Cecilia Palmeri traveled for two weeks on the Ocean Viking, a Norwegian humanitarian ship chartered by the SOS Méditerranée organization for the rescue of life at sea in the Mediterranean. While on board, Cecilia documented the crew’s humanitarian work through photo and video content, which she is currently editing into an upcoming documentary.

January 27, 2025

Professor Della Ratta’s GEN_ Premieres at Sundance Film Festival

Communications and Media Studies Professor Donatella Della Ratta’s latest project, the movie GEN_, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Co-authored with director Gianluca Matarrese, the documentary stems from Della Ratta’s research on hormonal treatments at a public hospital in Milan.

December 20, 2024

Prove Yourself Wrong: Meet Communications Major Giorgia Zampini

Giorgia is a Communications major and Digital Media Art and Production minor from Rome. In Fall 2024, she was an intern at JCU’s Web Communications Office. She is also an Orientation Leader and contributor for The Matthew.

December 19, 2024

Meet Communications Alumna Alice Finno

Alice graduated in 2022 with a Communications major and an International Affairs minor. She is currently pursuing an M.S. in Journalism at Columbia University. At JCU, she was part of the editorial staff of the student led newspaper The Matthew and events coordinator for the Grassroots club.

December 09, 2024

Fire Inside: JCU Alumna Francesca Sapio Wins Riccardo Laganà Prize for Journalism

Francesca Sapio, Class of 2020, recently won the Riccardo Laganà prize on Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Animal Welfare for her news report on the illegal trafficking of exotic animals. We asked her to tell us about the process behind this investigation and her time as a Communications major at JCU.

November 22, 2024

Professor Silvia Giagnoni Publishes New Novel, Alabama Hunt

Communications professor Silvia Giagnoni just published her latest Italian-language novel Alabama Hunt (Alter Ego, 2024). The book was presented at the Biblioteca Lazzerini in Prato on November 7 with the participation of author Giorgio Van Straten, former director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York City. It was also presented on November 9 at the Centro Pecci Books Festival in Prato by author Roberto Venturini, editor of the novel.

October 30, 2024

It’s a Kind of (Movie) Magic: Meet Double Major Student Max Nokes

Max grew up between Seattle, Washington and New Jersey and he’s pursuing a double major in Communications and History. He is the Film Appreciation Club Vice president, Student Government social media manager, and Communications department representative.

September 26, 2024

Exploring AI Frontiers: A Conversation with Alumna Natalia Stanusch

Natalia Stanusch graduated from JCU in Spring 2022 with a double major in Communications and Art History. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam (UvA).

March 21, 2024

A Time to be Grateful: Student Vishwa Parmar

Vishwa Parmar is a student from India with a major in English Literature and minor in Communications and Art and Design.

December 07, 2023

Desire to Tell a Story: Meet Alumna Cecilia Palmeri

Venice-born alumna Cecilia Palmeri graduated from JCU in 2020 in the Dual Degree Program in Communications. At JCU, she was able to discover her passion for video editing. Cecilia is currently attending the Documentary Film Program at Prague Film School to further her knowledge of documentary filmmaking.

March 10, 2023