Associate Professor, Chair, Communication & the Arts
Classes Taught
MEDA 130 News Reporting I, MEDA 132 Copy Editing & Graphics, MEDA 232 News Reporting II, MEDA 134 The Feature Article I, MEDA 240 Mag Editing/Production, MEDA 234 The Feature Article II, MEDA 251 Sports Reporting, MEDA 387 Problems American Journalism, MEDA 222 Newspaper Publication Pract, MEDA 333 Newspaper Publication Pract II, MEDA 399 Internship in Media Studies, MEDA 397 Independent Study in Media, ENGL 110 Elements of Exposition, ENGL 111 Written Engl/Lit Studies I, ENGL 109 Fundamentals of Exposition, ENGL 217 Intro To Fiction.
Education
Pace University
B.A.
Marketing
Iona College
M.A.
Journalism
Western Connecticut State University
M.F.A.
Professional Writing
Bio
Michael Perrota has taught at Mercy College for 10 years in the journalism and media studies program. He is the advisor to the award winning newspaper, The Impact (theimpactnews.com)He grew up in northern New Jersey and began his career writing sports, news and features for North Jersey Media Groups. After winning multiple New Jersey Press Association Awards, he joined Mercy College. He began writring for the sports section of the Newark Star-Ledger before earning his MFA in professional writing, specializing in biography and fiction writing.His first book, Mercy College: Yesterday and Today, was published in 2013. His next book, the History of New Jersey Boxing, will be out in 2015. He is currently freelancing magazine articles in New York.
Most recently, he was elected by his peers to be the interim chair of the department of Communication and the Arts.
