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faculty & staff

In preparing students for careers in the world of journalism as well as related fields, our faculty bring years of experience in their field.

For instance, Professor and Department Chairman Frank Harris III has written for more than 50 publications over the past 25 years, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New Haven Register, Northeast Magazine, and USA Today. He currently writes a column for the Hartford Courant.

Professor Jerry Dunklee has nearly 40 years experience as a broadcaster and teacher. He has worked as a news reporter, news director, program director, disc jockey, and talk show host on radio, TV and cable.

To learn more about our faculty and staff, visit the links on the left.

Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo

 Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo is an experienced journalist and PR practitioner whose varied career has included news reporting, government communications and teaching.

fORMERLY THE director of communications for New Haven Public Schools, the state's second largest school district. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Southern Connecticut State University and a master's of science in communications management from the S.I.   Newhouse   School of Communications at Syracuse   University .

Catherine was a newspaper reporter for eight years. She left reporting to direct the media campaign of John DeStefano, Jr., who ran for and was elected Mayor of the City of New Haven in 1994. Catherine served as the Mayor's press secretary for four years.

Catherine has won several communications and journalism awards for her work, including several from the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, and a 1984 reporting award from the CT Society for Professional Journalists. In 2004, she won the Seton Elm Ivy Award, Yale   University , for positive collaborations between Yale   University and the New Haven   Public Schools . In 2007, she was honored by the New Haven Business Times as one of 20 noteworthy women in New Haven . Catherine coordinated New Haven 's successful application in 1998 as an All-America   City and directed the application process that led to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Reginald Mayo being named Connecticut Superintendent of the Year and a finalist for National Superintendent of the Year.  She is president of ConNSPRA, the Connecticut chapter of the National School Public Relations Association. She has also served on the New Haven Commission on Substance Abuse Policy and Prevention