Full-Time Faculty

• Michael Niederman
• Luke Palermo
• Dr. Beau Basel Beaudoin
• Frank Bianco
• Michael Fry
• Sara Livingston
• Kristin Pichaske
• Mat Rappaport
• Dr. Sharon Ross
• Eric Scholl

Michael Niederman

• Chairperson, Columbia College Television Department
• Full-time Faculty
• BA Theater & Political Science, Grinnell College Iowa
• MFA Film & Video, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Teaching Focus: Writing and Directing

Luke Palermo

• Full-time Faculty
• MA Counseling & Therapy, Roosevelt University, Chicago Il
• BA Columbia College Chicago
• Teaching Focus: Production, Directing

Dr. Beau Basel Beaudoin

• Full-time Faculty
• PhD Interdisciplinary Arts & Media analysis & Multicultural Learning, Union Institute & University Ohio
• BS Television Production, Columbia College Chicago
• BA Music/Education DePaul University Chicago
• Teaching Focus: Culture Race & Media. Social Justice. Multicultural Communications

Frank Bianco

• Artist-in-Residence
• News Director WLS-TV Chicago
• BS Elementary Education, State University of New York at Geneseo
• Teaching Focus: Production, Live News Directing

Michael Fry

• Full-time Faculty
• MFA Dramatic Writing for Film, Television and Theater, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
• BA English Literature, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown University
• Teaching Focus: Writing for Television, Internet and Mobile Devices

Sara Livingston

• Full-time Faculty
• MA Mass Media Studies, University Of Illinois at Chicago IL
• BA Television, University Of Illinois at Chicago IL
  Literature & Art History, Universidad de Barcelona,
  Spain Literature & Language, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
• Teaching Focus: Writing for Television. Aesthetics & Storytelling

Kristin Pichaske

• Full-time Faculty
• MA: Documentary Film and Video, Stanford University
• BA: Northwestern University
• Teaching Focus: Documentary

Mat Rappaport

• Full-time Faculty
• BFA Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Boston and Tufts University
• MFA New Genres, The University of Notre Dame
• Teaching Focus: Motion Graphics, Video and Art

Dr. Sharon Ross

• Full-time Faculty
• PhD Radio, Television & Film Studies, University of Texas
• MA Women’s Studies, Ohio State University
• BA Cleveland State University
• Teaching Focus: Critical Studies, History of Television

Eric Scholl

• Full-time Faculty
• MFA Film & Video, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• BA Radio, Television, & Film, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Teaching Focus: Producing, Directing. Documentary