Department of Communication & The Arts
Communication and the Arts at Mercy University
The Department of Communication and the Arts offers students the ability to explore communications in all its forms – video and television production; public relations; graphic design and animation; music production; and journalism. Students are given hands-on opportunities to create and gives student the skills relevant for today’s media professions.
State-of-the-Art On-Campus Facilities
A teaching moment in our TV production studio
Mercy's state-of-the-art music production studio
A student at work in our design and animation studio
The Impact
Our award winning student newspaper, The Impact, enables its student writers to build a portfolio, an important tool for interviewing for a job as a writer.
Program Information
- Communication Studies & Communication Studies with Public Relations Specialization, Bachelor's Degree
- Design and Animation (formerly Computer Arts + Design), Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
- Media Studies: Film/Culture, Bachelor's Degree
- Media Studies: Journalism, Bachelor's Degree
- Media Studies: Radio and Television Production, Bachelor's Degree
- Music Production and Recording Arts (formerly Music Industry and Technology), Bachelor's Degree
Full-Time Faculty
Justin Kessler
Assistant Professor , Music Production and Recording Arts
- VIC 209
- jkessler1@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7162
Marc Palmieri
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- VIC 209B
- mpalmieri2@mercy.edu
- (914) 888-5206
Michael Perrota
Associate Professor, Media Studies | Department Chair, Communication and the Arts
- VIC 211A
- MPerrota@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7422
Ralph Sullender
Assistant Professor, Design and Animation
- Victory Hall - 209A
- rsullender@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7641
Stephen Ward
Associate Professor, Music Production and Recording Arts
- VIC 202
- SWard@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7432
Jason Zalinger
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
- VIC 209B
- jzalinger@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7511
Part-Time Faculty
Faculty Emeritae/i
Paul Steinman
Associate Professor Emeritus, Music Production and Recording Arts