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# Faculty | Department of Communication, Sound and Media Arts

Department of Communication, Sound and Media Arts

##  Faculty 

Meet the faculty of Manhattan University's Department of Communication, Sound and Media Arts, a team of scholars and working practitioners teaching across communication, digital media art, game design and production, and sound studies in New York City. Our professors bring industry experience from media brands, record companies, art studios, and acoustic firms directly into the Riverdale classroom.

 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/427636.jpg)  [Arshia Anwer](/directory/arshia.anwer)Associate Professor

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/319781.jpg)  [Andrew Bauer](/directory/andrew.bauer)Director for Performing Arts

Student Engagement

Director - Singers

Student Engagement

Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/286425.jpg)  [James Behr](/directory/james.behr)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/46112.jpg)  [Melissa Cerezo](/directory/melissa.cerezo)Leo Hall KSAS Department Administrative Assistant

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/52985.jpg)  [Bob Coleman](/directory/bob.coleman)Adjunct

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/382061.jpg)  [Rachel Coloff](/directory/rachel.coloff)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/365221.jpg)  [Ilena DeRose](/directory/ilena.derose)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/353646.jpg)  [Daniel Garcia](/directory/daniel.garcia)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/330593.jpg)  [Thom Gencarelli](/directory/thom.gencarelli)Professor

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/362238.jpg)  [Michael Grabowski](/directory/michael.grabowski)Media Tech. Coordinator

Communication

Professor

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/562404.jpg)  [Leah Horowitz](/directory/leah.horowitz)Adjunct

Communications, Sound & Media Arts

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/364831.jpg)  [Lisa Johnson](/directory/lisa.johnson)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/534625.jpg)  [James Kelly](/directory/james.kelly)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/519773.jpg)  [Quentin Langley](/directory/quentin.langley)Adjunct

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/382057.jpg)  [Geoff Mattoon](/directory/geoff.mattoon)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

Director of the Jazz Band

Music & Drama

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/466526.jpg)  [Caroline McCarthy](/directory/caroline.mccarthy)Adjunct

Communications, Sound & Media Arts

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/21238.jpg)  [William Mulligan](/directory/william.mulligan)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/550072.jpg)  [Sasha Ono](/directory/sasha.ono)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/393149.jpg)  [Helen Pfeffer](/directory/helen.pfeffer)Adjunct

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/423425.jpg)  [Michael Plugh](/directory/michael.plugh)Associate Professor

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/260712.jpg)  [Mark A. Pottinger](/directory/mark.pottinger)Professor

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/414296.jpg)  [Jake Robinson](/directory/jake.robinson)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

Pep Band Director

Pep Band

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/473222.jpg)  [Joseph Ruggiero](/directory/joseph.ruggiero)Producer/Director

Communication

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/479006.jpg)  [John Runowicz](/directory/john.runowicz)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/488285.jpg)  [Luca Lévi Sala](/directory/luca.sala)Adjunct

Department of Music and Theater

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198)