Faculty Experts
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Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150
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Areas of expertise: Popular culture; children, youth, and media; news; mass media effects; film; work; internships |
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| Campus e-mail: | whusson@albany.edu | ||||
| Campus phone: | (518) 442-4872 | ||||
| Biography: William Husson teaches courses that address diverse facets of the media-society relationship. He is especially interested in the media's role in the lives of children and adolescents; the variety, character, and quality of news in modern society; film as a source of entertainment vs. film as an instrument of persuasion; and the nature of American popular culture. Husson is also the coordinator of the undergraduate internship program for the Department of Communication. In that capacity, he has developed a growing interest in young adults' experiences and expectations of work. Husson received his doctorate in Communication and Rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |
