Department of Communication & the Arts - OLD

Academics
Department of Communication & the Arts - OLD

Overview

Find your favorite major in the world of music, media, design and animation, and communication studies. Mercy University has them all.

Media Studies

The Media Studies Program at Mercy University offers concentrations in Film/Culture, Journalism, and Radio and Television Production with additional course sequences in Performance and Public Relations.

Communication Studies

The Communication Studies Program will teach you theory as well as the practical communication skills employers desire in a 21st-century workplace. We also offer a specialization in public relations. Click to see our Public Relations program.

Design & Animation

Learn how the Design + Animation program at Mercy College investigates the creative capacity of digital technology.

Music Production & Recording Arts

The Music Production and Recording Arts program is offered in a dedicated recording studio complex exclusively at the Dobbs Ferry campus.

The Impact

The Award Winning Newspaper of Mercy College

Featured Faculty

Faculty of the Department of Communication and the Arts

Prof. Michael Perrota, Chair, Department of Communication and the Arts, Faculty Advisor for The Impact

Prof. Josh Gaetjen, Program Director, Design and Animation

Prof. Louis Grasso, Program Director, Media Studies

Prof. Paul Steinman, Program Director, Music Production and Recording Arts

Dr. Jason Zalinger, Program Director, Communication Studies

Dr. Richard Medoff, Communication Studies, Director of General Education

Dr. Barbara Dodsworth, Art History

Prof. Justin Kessler, Music Production and Recording Arts

Marc Palmieri, Communication Studies

Prof. Jen Roos, Design and Animation

Prof. Woody Sullender, Design and Animation

Prof. Jade Snyder, Communication Studies

Prof. Stephen Ward, Music Production and Recording Arts

Jayliss Pichardo, Administrative Assistant