Matthew Matsaganis
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Assistant Professor
Teaching and Research Areas: Organizational Communication, Health Communication, Communication and Technology, Political Communication
Office: SS 329
Phone: (518) 442-4860
Fax: (518) 442-3884
E-mail: mmatsaganis@albany.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Research Interests
- Health Communication and Health Disparities
- Civic Engagement and Community Capacity Building
- Neighborhood Effects
- Organizational Communication
- Ethnic, Diasporic, Immigrant, and Minority Media
- Communication Technologies and Communication Policy
- Urban Communication
Research Projects
My research program lies at the intersection of health, organizational, and mass communication. The overarching question of how place – as the neighborhood or community – shapes and is shaped by the lives and interactions of individuals and organizations brings together the four interrelated axes of my work. These involve (1) advancing our understanding of how communication, as a process that unfolds in our social environment, impacts urban residents’ health (along with the physical and built environment); (2) investigating how community organizations and media can aid diverse ethnic communities in developing the capacity to address pressing health issues; and (3) examining ethnic media and the roles they perform in diverse societies from the point of view of consumers, producers, and from a public policy perspective. From a methodological standpoint, my research program requires and is committed to a multi-level and multi- (or mixed-) methods approach.
My research informs my teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In the fall semester, I will be teaching the core course in organizational communication for M.A. and Ph.D. students as well as an upper level undergraduate course on ethnic media in the United States and beyond. In the spring semester I will be teaching a graduate seminar on communication and community health, as well as an upper level undergraduate course on communication and global organizations.
