Departmental Faculty
A program is only as good as its faculty and the Communication faculty is the best. We have more than 100 years of collective media experience. Your professors have been videographers, TV and radio news directors, anchors and on-air personalities, newspaper publishers and front line editors as well as journalists with impeccable credentials.
The department features small classes and the opportunity to learn closely from your professors who not only have "book" knowledge but the practical knowledge only working professionals can gain. Production courses like Introduction to Video and TV News Production are limited to 15 students and lecture courses are limited to 30 students.
Professor Keith Sykes
A vice president of marketing, Turley Publications, Professor Sykes is an award-winning photojournalist and editor who produces over 200 newspapers annually. Students in his Photojournalism course publish a magazine of their work.
Professor Tony Gill
Professor Gill teaches regularly and hosts is own afternoon talk show on the College's own FM radio station, WAIC. He has more than 20 years experience as an on-air personality on radio and Television. He has been a personality with FOX TV-61 in Hartford and ABCTV40 in Springfield. Check here for Info about his radio show at AIC.
Professor Will Hughes
Chairman of the department, Professor Hughes has a BA in Journalism and English from the State University of New York at Albany and an MFA in Writing from Columbia University. He is a journalist and radio morning show producer. His research interests include the environmental attitudes of heavy television viewers, the focus of his Ph.D. dissertation in Communication. Professor Hughes has published over 100 articles and reviews on media topics in daily newspapers and national publications like Billboard. Dr. Hughes' office hours and teaching schedule.
Professor John Krebs
A graduate of the Newhouse School of Communication of Syracuse University, he is a videographer with FOX News in Albany, NY. Video production work one on one with Professor Krebs in our new DVC TV studio.
Professor Keith Silver
A retired news director of WWLP TV-22, Professor Silver has interviewed celebrities including four presidents. He has taught at a number of colleges including the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati.
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