Our faculty
Our faculty have established international reputations as researchers and creators.
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Charles R. Acland
Distinguished University Research Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2558
- L-CJ 4419
- C.Acland@concordia.ca
Media and Cultural Theory, Film and Moving Image Studies, Cultural History, Audiovisual Technology, Popular Culture, Taste Formations -
sound, mobility studies, critical disability studies, technology, research-creation -
Mia Consalvo
Professor and Canada Research Chair In Game Studies & Design
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2574
- L-CJ 4407
- Mia.Consalvo@concordia.ca
game studies, qualitative research methods, new media, popular culture. -
critical disability studies, medical anthropology, performance studies, activist practices, critical design, research-creation, visual ethnography. -
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Digital media, gender and sexuality, networked publics, digital research methods, social media, LGBTTIQQ2SA studies, digital platforms and governance, science and technology studies, app studies, identity -
news forms (journalism studies); newsgames; media history; feminist media studies; game studies -
experimental media arts; alternative media; Expo 67; identity and cultural politics -
(Concordia University Research Chair in Intersectionality, Violence & Resistance)
Race; Gender;, Representations; News Media; Popular Television; Critical Race Theory; Colonialism/decoloniality; Youth Studies; Violence Against Women; Islam/Muslim representations; Girl Studies; Memorials; Virtual Graveyards -
Film Theory, Documentary Media, Documentary Production, Communication technology and Innovation, Communication networks, Minority rights and community vitality -
feminist media studies; feminist theory; queer theory; contemporary art; experimental media; video art; migration studies; globalization studies; border theory; critical race studies; affect theory; social movement studies; research-creation -
Fenwick McKelvey
Associate Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 8673
- L-CJ 4415
- fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca
Algorithmic Media, Critical Approaches to Social Media and Big Data, Internet Policy, Digital Political Communication, Network Neutrality -
(Full Professor)
New media, environment, interactive documentary, human rights, community based research, participatory documentary, feminist media, climate change, refugee youth, research-creation -
Alessandra Renzi
Associate Professor
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2548
- L-CJ 4325
- alessandra.renzi@concordia.ca
Social Movements Media, Data Justice, Collaborative and Participatory Media, Art and Activism, Surveillance, algorithmic governance, Media Democracy, co-research and co-design. -
ageing studies; activist ageing; critical disability studies; mobile media; research creation; community based research; cultural discourses of age; social media as a representational force for generating knowledge about ageing subjects; ageing and technology -
Documentary production, still photography, Middle East, art and politics, human rights. -
Matt Soar
Professor, BA Programs Director, BA/Diploma Internships Coordinator
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2542
- L-CJ 4329
- Matt.Soar@concordia.ca
Critical Cultural Studies, Intermedia Arts, Residual and Emergent Media, Media Archaeology, Studies of Cultural Production, Experimental Film, Web Docs, Graphic Design -
Media History, Material Religion, Religion & Media, History of Photography, Technology and Culture, Print Culture, Nineteenth-Century Studies, Spiritualism and the Occult, Science and Technology Studies -
(On Leave Fall 2020)
environmental and ecological humanities; atomic photography; nuclear and atomic history and aesthetics; cultural theory; writing as method; north and nordicity; monuments, archives and memory; risk and futurity
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Christiana Abraham
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5056
- L-CJ 5213
- christiana.abraham@concordia.ca
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Philosophies of hospitality, cultural studies, museums and cultural memory, peace and justice studies, post-9/11 cultural production; violence and terrorism in popular culture, critical and cultural theory. -
Razan AlSalah
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2550
- L-CJ 5217
- razan.alsalah@concordia.ca
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Christopher Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- 514-848-2424, ext. 4975
- L-CJ 5211
- christopher.gutierrez@concordia.ca
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Ken Briscoe
Part-time faculty, Communication Studies
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2546
- L-CJ 3230
- ken.briscoe@concordia.ca
Storytelling: dramatic structure and character development in scriptwriting for film, TV, and graphic novels. International myth and folk tales. -
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Federico Hidalgo
Part-time Faculty, Cinema
Part-time Faculty, Communication Studies
- 514-848-2424, ext. 4336
- S-FB 421-14
- federico.hidalgo@concordia.ca
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(An affiliate position at Concordia University )
Social media, news, popular culture, Middle East, global communication -
Arab popular, avant-garde and revolutionary culture; revolutionary media; creative labour; the relationship between cinema and music and/or sound; music video; teen media. -
Stephen Monteiro
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2547
- L-CJ 5215
- stephen.monteiro@concordia.ca
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Elena Razlogova
Associate Professor, History
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5074
- S-LB 1041-11
- elena.razlogova@concordia.ca
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Marc Steinberg
Associate Professor, Film Studies, Cinema
Graduate Program Director, MA & PhD, Cinema
- 514-848-2424, ext. 8728
- S-FB 421-9
- Marc.Steinberg@concordia.ca
digital platforms, platform economics, media industries, media management, transmedia, animation, Japanese anime, digital culture, character merchandising, media studies, digital media, Internet history, media theory, visual culture, East Asia -
Haidee Wasson
Professor (Film Studies), Cinema
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5236
- S-FB 315-3
- Haidee.Wasson@concordia.ca
screen culture, history of the moving image, museology, feminism, moving image technologies, portable film technologies, cultural histories of cinema, moving image studies, film/media historiography, women and film/media, film/media theory, cultural studies, history of media arts, cinema, sound, television, web videos, critical curatorial studies, emergent media -
Darren Wershler
Associate Professor, English
Concordia University Research Chair, Media & Contemporary Literature, Tier 2, English
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2349
- S-LB 653-04
- D.Wershler@concordia.ca
media history / video game studies / communication studies / contemporary literature / avant-garde poetics
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meda and cultural history, organizational communication, communication theory, international communications, cultural studies -
Maurice Charland
Professor, Communication Studies
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2546
- L-CJ 4261
- Maurice.Charland@concordia.ca
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Indigenous & Alternative Media History; Multicultural & Multiracial Technology; Reconciliation Media; Skin Colour & Intelligent Media Design; International Media & Globaliz- ation; Transculturalism & Interculturalism; "Development" & Neo-colonialism.
Contact us
Due to the temporary closure of University campuses, staff in the Department of Communication Studies are working remotely. Please note that while phones are being monitored, the best way to contact faculty, advisors, and staff is via email.
Undergraduate Program
514-848-2424 ext. 5055
Graduate Program
514-848-2424 ext. 5283
Equipment depot
514-848-2424 ext. 2556
Learning Center
514-848-2424 ext. 2544
Location
7141 Sherbrooke St. West CJ-3.230
Montreal, Quebec
H4B 1R6
Mailing address
Department of Communications
7141 Sherbrooke St. West CJ-3.230
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H4B 1R6
