Kaye Whitehead, A.B.D.

Prof. Whitehead has taught part-time for the Department of Communication since 2006. She is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Language, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and expects completion in 2009. Her dissertation research analyses the diary of a 19th Century free Black woman from Philadelphia. Previously she worked as a public school social studies teacher in Baltimore City and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker for MTV and other clients in New York City. In addition to creative work, her research interests include Black woman's archival history, and sociolinguistics, and social justice documentary. Her award-winning research is published in three books, four online collections, and dozens of conferences and invited talks. Prof. Whitehead resides in Baltimore with her family. She will assume her new duties at Loyola in Fall 2008.

Jonathan Lillie, Ph.D.

Dr. Lillie is a specialist in interactive media, graphics, and online journalism. He comes to Loyola from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he has served as an assistant professor for four years. Previously he worked for several years as a senior web programmer and analyst for corporations and nonprofits. Dr. Lillie earned his Ph.D. degree at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003. His research interests include news blogers, mobloging, and various forms on online communities, amateur and professional online and mobile visual practices, and online grassroots and community journalism. His award-winning research is published in several technology and media culture journals, two books, and dozens of conferences. Dr. Lillie will move his family to Baltimore in the fall and will begin teaching at Loyola in January 2009.