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Ken Brief
Dan Chaimowitz
Naomi Chiba
Maureen Ebben
Fred Field
Paul Greene
Nat Ives
Kate Kaminski
Julie Rabinowitz
Rob Rosenthal
Julie Zink

Ken Brief
Ken Brief graduated from New York University with a major in journalism and a minor in English/post-World War II American literature.  He served as  editor of NYU’s Washington Square campus newspaper, “Square Journal,” where he wrote a weekly column, “Briefly Speaking.”
He was hired for his first daily newspaper job as a reporter and bureau chief at the [now-defunct] Newark Evening News.  After three years, Ken moved to Newsday, the Long Island, NY, newspaper, initially as a reporter. For the next 16 years, he held a succession of jobs at Newsday, including copy desk chief, assistant to the editor, national editor and assistant managing editor.  In 1981, Ken was named vice president and executive editor of The [Stamford, CT] Advocate and Greenwich Time, then owned by the Times Mirror Co. of Los Angeles.

Ken retired from the news business in1995, and began his teaching career as an  adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In 1997, he was appointed a visiting professor at Columbia, and remained in that post until May 2000 when he and his family moved to Maine.  In 2006, he was appointed advisor to The Free Press. His first teaching job at USM, as an adjunct, is a news writing/reporting class in the Media Studies Department. 
At home with his wife and teenage daughter, Ken consumes literary novels and chats up wine merchants about Burgundy and Bordeaux, in pursuit of the perfect taste.
email: kbrief@gmail.com

Dan Chaimowitz
Dan Chaimowitz teaches Screenwriting I and II.
email: d_chaimowitz@hotmail.com

Naomi Chiba
Naomi Chiba teaches Japanese Film and Society and is a translator of Arthur A. Berger’s book, “Durkheim is Dead!”  She graduated with a B.A. from Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, and a M.A. in Sociology from City College of New York. She studied social policies in Japan and Japanese film in New York. Her research interests are ideological discourses on social policies and politics.  She has written on the social construction of public opinion toward the reconstruction of Japanese militarism. She has researched newspaper articles on the Japanese hostage crisis in Iraq and analyzed them in order to show the mechanism of media coverage and political intentions toward militarism.  She has also researched the relationship between war ideologies and the social policy of war, a homepage of a former Japanese military shrine in order to explain it. 
email: naomi.chiba@maine.edu

Maureen Ebben
Maureen earned her Bachelor’s degree from Carroll College, Wisconsin in Communication, a Master’s degree in Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a Master’s degree in Sociology from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, England. Her doctorate is from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In addition, she holds certification from the International/Intercultural Centre for the Built Environment, Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois. Her doctoral dissertation, which focused on women and information technology, won the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender.

Before joining the Communication department at USM, Maureen was an Associate Professor in the department of Communication at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas where she received the Distinguished Faculty award for excellence in teaching, scholarship and service in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

In addition, Maureen was the recipient of the National Communication Association Top Paper Award in the Women’s Studies Division. Her work on gender and technology resulted in the volume Women, Information Technology, and Scholarship, co-edited with Cheris Kramarae, and published by the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois.

Her teaching and research interests include communication and health, cultural studies, technology, media, theory, methods, criticism, gender, film, family communication, popular culture, organizational and interpersonal communication.

Maureen’s hobbies include music, art, travel, and cooking for friends and family. She lives in Gorham with her husband, Jeff, their two children, and numerous pets.
email: maureenebben@mac.com

Fred Field
Fred J. Field has 25 years experience as a staff and freelance news photographer for 5 New England newspapers including the Portland Press Herald and Boston Globe. His work has appeared in major newspapers around the world, as well as in TIME, People, US News & World Report and Sports Illustrated. He has numerous first place awards from competitions at the state, regional, national and international level. Fred attended Syracuse University's esteemed SI Newhouse School of Public Communications where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Television/Radio/Film. He teaches Photojournalism.

Paul Greene
Paul is three time Maine State Sportscaster of the Year. He was the Sports Director for Fox 51 News At Ten in Portland from 1996 - 2002. Highlights of his time there include covering the All-Star Game at Fenway Park in 1999 and the Patriots march to their first ever Super Bowl victory in 2002.

Paul has since worked as freelance sports anchor and reporter for College Sports Television, a network based in New York City. Paul has taught for Media Studies since 2003 and is energized by the enthusiasm of USM students each time he walks into the classroom.

Paul attended Brandeis University as an undergraduate earning a BA, cum laude in 1993. He subsequently earned a Master's Degree in History of American Civilization from Brandeis and a Master's Degree in Television/Radio/Film from Syracuse University's esteemed SI Newhouse School of Public Communications. Paul earned his JD cum laude from the University Of Maine School Of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the Maine Law Review. Paul currently works as an attorney in the Portland office of Verrill Dana, LLP.
Paul teaches Broadcast Newswriting and Radio Newswriting.

Nat Ives
Nat Ives is the lab instructor for MES production courses.  In addition, he manages the Media Studies production facility at 68 High Street. Nat has been working in the video production field since 1990, producing, directing and editing programs for the University and local non-profit agencies.  Nat is a graduate of the University of Maine at Augusta, with an Associate’s Degree in Music, and a graduate of USM, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. 
email: ives@maine.edu, phone: 207-780-5944

Kate Kaminski
Kate Kaminski is a writer-filmmaker whose work has been screened at film festivals all over the world. Kate received her B.A. from University of Texas at Austin and her M.S. in Film Production from Boston University. She teaches Producing the Documentary, Film Genres, and Advanced Field Production.
email: gitgo_productions@yahoo.com

Julie Rabinowitz
A native of Wakefield, Massachusetts, Julie has extensive experience as an educator, writer, and non-profit program manager focused on community engagement with the humanities. She is currently a freelance editor and consultant for humanities projects. She has extensive experience in non-profit management including youth services, archives and museums, universities, and professional associations. Julie has coached nationally ranked intercollegiate debate teams in both New York and North Carolina. She holds undergraduate degrees in History and Communication Arts from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and a Master’s degree in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Her research interests focus on public policy argument and presidential rhetoric. Julie Rabinowitz teaches Mass Media and Human Interaction and Introduction to Communication.
email: jdrabinowitz@yahoo.com

Rob Rosenthal
Rob teaches documentary radio at the Salt Institute for
Documentary Studies. He is an independent radio producer. He managed campus-based, community radio stations for 14 years. Rob's Masters Degree in Communication was earned at the University of Hartford. Rob teaches Audio Production I and II.

Julie Zink
Julie has been a faculty member in the Communication Department at USM since 2001. She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in Education where she double majored in Speech Communication and Social Studies. After teaching Speech, Drama, and Debate at Forrest City High School in Arkansas for 3 years, Julie left her teaching position to pursue her Master’s Degree. In 1988, she completed her Master’s Degree in Theatre with an emphasis in Directing at the University of South Carolina. While at USC, Julie worked as Associate Director of Forensics where she traveled extensively with the USC debate team.

In 1999, she completed her Doctorate Degree in Instructional Design and Development at the University of South Alabama. Julie’s dissertation focused on Speech Mapping and Outlining Effects on Speech Performance and Anxiety with Undergraduates. 

From 1988 to 2001, Julie taught at the University of Mobile , Spring Hill College , and the University of South Alabama. In 1994, she was hired full-time at the University of Mobile as Chair of the Speech Dept. and Director of Forensic Activities. In 2001, she left the Univ. of Mobile as an Associate Professor and moved to Maine with her family.

Julie teaches many courses including Introduction to Communication, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Small Group Communication and Intercultural Communication.
email: jgzink@aol.com, phone: 207-228-8433