John  Lavine

Dean of Medill, Professor and Founder, Media Management Center

John Lavine is the dean of Medill and a professor of media management and strategy in Medill and in the Kellogg School of Management. He is presently leading the school in a sweeping transformation based on implementation of Medill's strategic plan. Prior to becoming dean in January of 2006, he was the founding director of Northwestern's Media Management Center. Lavine regularly educates senior executives in leading print, broadcast, and digital media companies in the U.S. and abroad and teaches graduate students from Medill and Kellogg in the media management MBA major at Kellogg.

Office

Fisk 211

Phone

847.491.2045

Email

j-lavine@northwestern.edu

Richard J.  Roth

Senior Associate Dean, Associate Professor

Richard J. Roth is the senior associate dean at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He is also an associate professor and, as such, teaches writing and reporting, which is where his career began in 1971 at the Buffalo (N.Y.) Courier-Express. It was near there, in the remote village of Attica, N.Y.,in his rookie year as a reporter, that Roth became involved in the bloodiest prison riot in American history and there to which he has returned many times for research about that prison and that village.

Phone

847-467-6759

Email

profroth@northwestern.edu

Mary  Nesbitt

Associate Dean for Curriculum and Professional Excellence

Mary Nesbitt is managing director of the Readership Institute at the Media Management Center and Associate Dean for Curriculum and Professional Excellence at the Medill School, both at Northwestern University. The Institute was formed in 1999 by the national publishers’ and editors’ organizations (NAA and ASNE) to help U.S. daily newspapers grow readership. Since then its role has evolved to include other news media. It conducts consumer, content and organizational research with an emphasis on practical application. It shares the findings through workshops, seminars, presentations, reports, articles and an extensive website, www.readership.org.

Office

Fisk 304

Phone

847-467-4285

Email

m-nesbitt@northwestern.edu

Tom  Hayden

Chief Marketing Officer

Tom Hayden joined Medill full time as Chief Marketing Officer in November 2006 following eight years as an adjunct lecturer. Prior to Medill Tom was President of GreenHouse Communications, an independent, mid-sized marketing communications firm founded in 1990.

Office

Fisk 211

Phone

847.467.0558

Email

t-hayden@northwestern.edu

Tom  Collinger

IMC Chair; Associate Dean, Medill; Associate Professor; Sector Head: Direct, E-Commerce & Search Marketing

IMC Chair, Associate Dean and Associate professor of Medill Integrated Marketing Communications; former Senior Vice President, The Leo Burnett Company; Vice President and General Manager, Ogilvy & Mather Direct; BS, University of Colorado. Email: t-collinger@northwestern.edu.

Office

MTC 3-139

Phone

847.467.3433

Email

t-collinger@northwestern.edu

Frank  Mulhern, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research; Professor

Associate Dean for Research; associate professor; former faculty member, Pennsylvania State University School of Business; specialist in database analysis, time series and forecasting; MBA, West Virginia; PhD, University of Texas-Austin. Phone:847-491-5877. Email: fjm274

Office

Fisk 209

Phone

847.491.5877

Email

fjm274@northwestern.edu