CMS Director
Julie Dobrow
617-627-4744
julie.dobrow@tufts.edu 

Julie Dobrow has an A.B. from Smith College in anthropology and sociology, and holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in media studies from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Some of her research centers on the content and effects of media on children, on issues of gender and ethnicity in media and how children make sense of these images in the world of animated programming.  Dobrow’s other main research interest is in the intersection of history and communication studies.  Her current project is a dual mother/daughter biography of 19th century writers/editors/environmental advocates Mabel Loomis Todd and Millicent Todd Bingham and how they used the media of their day to promote social causes and their own careers.   Dobrow has worked professionally as a journalist, and runs workshops on media literacy training for parents, teachers, and students.

CMS Associate Director
Susan Eisenhauer
617-627-2007
susan.eisenhauer@tufts.edu

Susan Eisenhauer has a B.A. in English from Tufts and a M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has worked in many areas of media, including print journalism, television, radio, and public relations. Among other responsibilities, she directs the internship program, supervising more than 90 students each year who intern for credit at media organizations.

CMS Staff Assistant
John Ciampa
617-627-2155
john.ciampa@tufts.edu

John Ciampa has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His many duties at CMS include the construction and maintenance of the CMS website, as well as overseeing the program's biannual newsletter. Before joining Tufts, he was a staff writer for the Community Newspaper Company, and continues to contribute to various publications on a freelance basis.