Faculty & Staff
Loyola's Communication Department is an actively engaged group that focuses on excellence in teaching and work outside the classroom. The curriculum prepares students to be communication experts for their professional career after Loyola and as lifelong learners.
Faculty members encourage students to become involved in the program beyond the classroom experience through engagement in co-curricular activities including GreyComm Studios, The Greyhound and WLOY. The faculty also assists upperclassmen in obtaining internships for credit throughout the year. The hope is that all students will want to become involved in department activities and contribute to an engaging academic environment and the Baltimore community.
Amy Becker's Personal Website
Twitter: @amybree
Teaching Areas: Introduction to Communication, Media, Culture and Society, Political Communication, Public Opinion and Political Entertainment
Research Areas: Public Opinion, Political Entertainment & Comedy, Elections & Political Engagement, and New Media
- 410-617-5349
- jdevecka@loyola.edu
- WLOY-Radio, Bellarmine Hall
Advising Area: GreyComm Studios
- 410-617-5119
- hjdunmore@loyola.edu
- College Center M012B
Research Areas: Advertising & Consumer Identity, Crisis Communication on Social Media, and Native Advertising
MA, Emerging Media, Loyola University Maryland
BS, Television, Radio & Film Production, Syracuse University
Bio:
A storyteller at heart, Bill Margol has over 30 years of experience in the media industry as a Producer, Development Executive, Network Executive and Head of Production. He has developed and created groundbreaking and acclaimed documentaries that have reached from the stars to the stage to the farthest places on planet Earth and into the inner workings of the brain. In 2017 Bill won the Emmy for Outstanding Science Documentary for developing and executive producing “A YEAR IN SPACE” for PBS and was again Emmy nominated in 2020 for “DAVE CHAPELLE: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE” and 2021 for “8 DAYS: TO THE MOON AND BACK.” In 2026, Bill Executive Produced the Emmy Award winning documentary “SIMON SCHAMA: THE HOLOCAUST 80 YEARS ON” for PBS. He created the long-running and highly acclaimed series “BRAIN GAMES” for National Geographic, and developed and oversaw production of Travel Channel’s longest running hit series “ANTHONY BOURDAIN: NO RESERVATIONS.” Bill has led production and development teams in the creation of hundreds of hours of content for PBS, National Geographic Channel, Travel Channel, Turner Network Television and Sci-Fi Channel, and TIME Studios. As an educator, Bill has brought his real-world experience into College and University classrooms at American University and Howard Community College.
Teaching Areas: Digital Tools
Education:
Ph.D. University at Buffalo
M.A. Rutgers University
B.A. Anhui Normal University
Research:
Dr. Rui Wang (Ph.D., University at Buffalo) studies emerging technologies, social media, and political communication. Combining novel computational methods with quantitative approaches, her research focuses on three core areas: (1) the content, users, and effects of digital and news media in the context of identity politics and polarization; (2) the social and psychological dimensions of emerging technologies, particularly public understanding and acceptance of AI; and (3) the development and application of computational methods for social science research. Her work has appeared in journals such as Communication Research, New Media & Society, Information, Communication & Society, Social Media + Society, Journalism, Social Science Computer Review, and the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
Twitter: Summer912_
Web: ruiwangcomm.com
Karsonya Whitehead's Personal Website
Karsonya Whitehead's Academic Page
Twitter: @kayewhitehead
Teaching Areas: Introduction to Communication, Story Development and Scripting, Documentary Tradition, Documentary Production, Baltimore Stories Project
Emeriti Faculty
