Steven  S.  Duke

Associate Professor

Duke is the newspaper sector head, as well as associate professor and managing director of training with the Media Management Center and the Readership Institute.

Email: s-duke@northwestern.edu
Phone:  847-467-4374  

Rich  Gordon

Director of Digital Innovation; Professor

Rich Gordon is associate professor and director of digital innovation at the Medill School of Journalism, where he launched the school’s graduate program in new media journalism. 

Email:richgor@northwestern.edu
Phone:  847-467-5968  

David  Nelson

Associate Professor

Nelson teaches graduate courses in media management and ethics, media marketing and news at Medill as well as undergraduate reporting classes and an adult writing class. Northwestern University inducted Nelson to its “Teachers Honor Roll” in 2002 and named him “Professor of the Year” in 2007.

Email: d-nelson@northwestern.edu
Phone:  847-491-2087  

Ben  Sylvan

Director of Content Stategy at ARC Worldwide

Ben Sylvan (MSIMC09) spent 7 1/2 years with ESPN RISE, a sports and lifestyle brand targeted at high school athletes, including more than a year as Editor in Chief of ESPNRISE.com. He is now Director of Content Strategy at ARC Worldwide in Chicago.  

Patti  Wolter

Assistant Professor

Wolter joined the Medill faculty in the spring of 2002 after a successful magazine career in New York, San Francisco and Chicago, where she gained editorial experience that includes 12 years of senior staff jobs at a range of non-profit and for-profit publications.

Email: p-wolter@northwestern.edu
Phone:  847-491-5269  

Matt  Mansfield

Associate Professor and Co-Director of Medill News Service, Washington

Mansfield is co-director of Medilll's Washington program. He is a visual journalist whose professional experience includes working as deputy managing editor for the San Jose Mercury News.

Email: matt@northwestern.edu
Phone:  202-661-0103  

Charles  Whitaker

Helen Gurley Brown Research Chair

Whitaker is the Helen Gurley Brown Research Chair in Magazine Journalism and teaches courses in magazine writing and editing and is one of the rotating directors of Medill’s acclaimed Magazine Publishing Project.

Email: c-whitaker@northwestern.edu
Phone:  847-491-3014  

Ellen  Shearer

Director and Bureau Chief, Medill Washington and William F. Thomas Professor

Shearer is the William F. Thomas Professor at Medill, director of the school’s Washington Program and co-director of the school’s National Security Journalism initiative.
Email:shearer@northwestern.edu
Phone:  202-661-0102 

Joshua  Karp

Adjunct Lecturer

Josh Karp has written for Salon, the Atlantic Monthly Online, Premiere, LA Times Sunday Magazine, TimeOut New York and numerous other publications.

Email:

j-karp@northwestern.edu 

Ashlee  Humphreys

Assistant Professor

Humphreys studies consumer collaboration, both consumer interactions with other consumers and with companies and her current research focuses on online communities.

Email: a-humphreys@northwestern.edu
Phone:  847-467-1820  

Abe  Peck

Professor Emeritus-in-Service, Director of Business to Business Communications, Senior Director of Media Management Center

Peck is now Professor Emeritus-in-Service and Director of Business to Business Communications.

Email:a-peck@northwestern.edu 
Phone:  805-681-1102  

Jeremy  Gilbert

Assistant Professor

Gilbert is an assistant professor at Medill teaching interactive storytelling, Web and print design tools and techniques.

Email: jgilbert@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-467-0874

Owen  Youngman

Knight Professor of Digital Media Strategy

Youngman was appointed to the Knight Professor of Digital Media Strategy at Medill in January 2009, after a 37-year career at the Chicago Tribune focused on new product development, innovation and interactive media.

Email: o-youngman@northwestern.edu
Phone:  847-467-6759  

Rachel  Davis  Mersey

Assistant Professor

Mersey joined the Medill faculty in 2008 as an assistant professor of journalism with a specialization in audience understanding.

Email:

rdmersey@northwestern.edu

Phone:  847-491-2196 

Beth  Bennett

Assistant Professor

Bennett is an award-winning television news reporter and producer and started teaching at Medill in 2003 as an adjunct lecturer.

Email: e-bennett6@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-491-2060

Edward  C.  Malthouse

Theodore R. and Annie Laurie Sills Professor of Integrated Marketing Communciations

Malthouse is an associate professor of Integrated Marketing Communications at Medill. He is an expert in data mining, market research, and media marketing.

Email:ecm@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-467-3376