Communication Arts Faculty
Dora Fitzgerald
Professor,
Communication Arts
Contact Information:
Office: AD285
Phone: 210-283-5060
Email: fitzgerald@uiwtx.edu
Education:
Bachelor’s degree from the University of New York at New Paltz
Master's of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in film from Columbia University. Currently a doctoral student in Bilingual Cultural Studies at University of Texas – San Antonio
Courses taught:
Media Ethics and Writing for the Media; Video Production, Producing, and Directing; Video Production II; and Scriptwriting
Biography:
Prior to joining the faculty at UIW, Dora Fitzgerald was a producer and executive producer for 10 years at a small television station. Her professional interests center on visual media. Her personal interests center on the arts, and she is an avid student of film, especially how culture represents itself on screen, past and present, and particularly the representation of minority groups.
Valerie
Greenberg
Director of
Graduate Studies
Contact Information:
Office: AD267
Phone: 210-829-3891
Email: greenberg@uiwtx.edu
Education:
Ph. D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Texas at
Austin
Master's degree in Communication Arts
Courses taught:
Aesthetics of Visual Perception, Media Ethics, Writing for the Media, Communication Theories, Seminar in Film, Seminar in Production, Capstone and Thesis.
Biography:
Valerie Greenberg has taught at the University of the Incarnate Word for the past 15 years. Prior to joining the faculty at UIW, she worked in the Media industry, where she did production for ABC, CBS, Disney, and Touchstone Pictures.
Hsin-I (Steve) Liu
Assistant Professor,
Communication Arts
Contact information:
Office AD 285
Office phone: 210-283-5043
Email: liu@uiwtx.edu
Education:
Ph.D. in Communication Studies, University of Iowa (Iowa City)
M.A. in Communication, University of Hawaii at Manoa
(with the East-West Center
Grant)
M.A. program in Sociology, National Taiwan University
B.A. in Journalism, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
Courses taught:
Communication Research Methods; Communications, Technology, and Culture; The
Impact of Media on Society; Theories of Communication
Biography:
Prior to joining the faculty at UIW, Hsin-I taught at University of Iowa (Iowa City) and Open University of Hong Kong. His research interests include: critical social theory, cultural studies of media and philosophy of communication. Hsin-I has made paper presentations in the following national and international associations and conferences: International Association for Aesthetics (IAA), International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), International Communication Association (ICA), National Communication Association (NCA), and World Congress of Philosophy (WCP).
Hank McDonnell
Coordinator,
Communication Arts
Contact
information:
Office: AD 281
Phone: 210-283-5042
E-mail: mcdonnell@uiwtx.edu
Biography:
Professor McDonnell, has taught at the University since 1999. He became a fulltime professor in 2002. He serves as Coordinator of the Communication Arts program and is the faculty advisor for KUIW, the Internet Radio station.
Education:
Bachelor Degree in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin.
Masters Degree with a concentration in Instructional Technology from UIW.
Courses Taught:
Audio Production I & II, Video Production I & II, Corporate and Educational Video, Portfolio, Advanced Video Editing.
Biography:
Mr. McDonnell has been a Writer, Producer, and Director in the corporate and educational field for over 25 years. Along with winning multiple awards in video and multimedia, Mr. McDonnell has serves as past president of several national communication organizations. His hobbies include comic book collecting 1960-1970’s, playing golf, restoring and driving 1967 Chevy El Camino and playing guitar.
Michael Mercer
Professor,
Communication Arts
Contact information:
Office AD 277
Office phone: 210-829-6069
Email: mercer@uiwtx.edu
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Lambuth University, Jackson, Tennessee Master's degree in Communications from Auburn University (Alabama)
Courses taught:
Print journalism courses including Journalism I; Journalism 2; News-Feature Writing and Editing; Publications Practicum (LOGOS adviser) and Diversity in the Media.
Biography:
A native of Jackson, Tenn., I began my professional career in 1974 with The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun, a daily newspaper, and remained there until 1994, serving in a variety of roles during that tenure including reporter, copy editor, assistant news editor, assistant city editor, Reader Services editor and a columnist. I have been married since Dec. 28, 1978, to the former Kathy Morris of Jackson, Tenn. We have two daughters, Dione Michelle, and Wanita Nicole.
