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
Through hands-on instruction, students learn and practice several styles of production. They include multi-camera studio productions producing TV talk shows and fictional narratives, in addition to single camera fictional narrative production, TV news production, video documentary production and video editing. Radio courses cover console operation and announcing, audio recording for radio, writing, and producing.
Students have access to all labs and studios for personal projects and are assigned their own personal studio time in conjunction with a particular course. They may also reserve the studios for additional projects using an online booking procedure. Outside guests are welcome accompanied by the student.
We have two digital design and animation studios, and a traditional studio for drawing, painting and design. All stations in our digital studios are equipped with Cintiq Interactive Pen Displays.
Each digital studio has dedicated video projection and audio equipment for classroom demonstrations and critiques. Students routinely borrow digital cameras or audio recording for independent and class projects.
Available Programs
- 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
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.
Full-Time Faculty
Josh Gaetjen
- VIC 209A
- JGaetjen@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-3015
Louis Grasso
- VIC 205A
- LGrasso@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7615
Justin Kessler
- VIC 209
- jkessler1@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7162
Michael Perrota
- VIC 211A
- MPerrota@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7422
Ralph Sullender
- Victory Hall - 209A
- rsullender@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7641
Stephen Ward
- VIC 202
- SWard@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7432
Jason Zalinger
- VIC 209B
- jzalinger@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7511
Part-Time Faculty
Steven DeRosa
- Center for Academic Excellence, Westchester
- sderosa1@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7282