Department Chairperson, Assistant Professor
Office: WL-C204
Phone Number: 508-626-4999
Email: mcaffrey1@framingham.edu
EDUCATION: B.A., Boston College; M.A., Northwestern University; M.F.A., Lesley University MK "Kate" Caffrey is an award- winning theatre artist and educator. Her full length plays include Mother’s Bliss, Mother's Woe, which had a full production at Framingham State University; Pandora's Box, which had a staged reading at Threshold Theatre, and Oh Mighty ISIS. Dover Sherborn Middle School produced her two one act plays Midsummer Dreaming and Lazy, Hazy, Crazy. She has written numerous ten-minute plays including E Pluribus Unum, in God we Trust produced by Scribe Stages in Los Angeles and My Dancing Days Are Over a finalist for the Warner International Playwrights Festival 2020. Caffrey is currently working on two TV Pilot/Treatments, A World of Their Own: Vanessa and Virginia and Higher Ed. Her textbooks The Natural Actor, and Celebrating Live Theatre: An Introduction are published by Cognella. She is a member of the local Boston's Proscenium Playwrights and the national Playwrights UNITE playwriting groups. Kate is an award-winning professional theatrical director (over 60 productions), theatre producer and artistic director. She is a founding member and Producing Artistic/Education Director of Boston’s award - winning Threshold Theatre, and served as Education Director at The New Theatre (Boston) and Artistic Director of the Triangle Theatre (Boston). She began her career in theatre as an actor, but rarely has time to tread the boards these days. Before coming to Framingham State, Caffrey taught at Northeastern University, UMASS Boston, Suffolk University and Massasoit Community College and has extensive experience teaching all aspects of theatre, writing and human communication to students of all ages. She is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild (DG), Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Theatre Communications Guild (TCG), and Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and presented workshops in theatre and playwriting at their conferences in Montreal (2014) and Boston (2018). Professor Caffrey sits on the Board of Directors of StageSource, which provides leadership and services to advance the art of theater in the Greater Boston and New England region. She loves to travel with her son and spouse, revels in laughing and making others laugh, and is an avid bicyclist, gardener, yogi, singer, guitarist and beginning angler.
Website: www.mkcaffrey.com.
Department Administrator
Office: Whittemore Library, 2nd Floor, Room C203
Phone Number: 508-626-4683
Email: msudmyer@framingham.edu
More than 30 years of experience at FSU including 3 years in Registrar's Office, 10 years in Admissions, and 20 years in Communication Media Performance. Mrs. Sudmyer is the "go-to" person who knows how to get everything done - quickly and efficiently.
Professor
Office: WL-C207
Phone Number: 508-626-4684
Email: rjohnson1@framingham.edu
Professor Johnson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose latest films, “Other People’s Footage: Fair Use in Scripted Film,” and “Other People’s Footage: Copyright & Fair Use” provide a comprehensive understanding of the three questions crucial to determining fair use exemptions for fiction and non-fiction media makers. His earlier film, “No Short Climb: Race Workers & America’s Defense Technology” won the “Best Documentary” at the 2007 Philadelphia International Festival & Market, and a “Platinum Remi Award” at the 2008 Houston International Film Festival. It tells the previously unknown story of contributions made by African-American scientists and technicians during WWII. He received a Fulbright Specialists Grant to teach documentary filmmaking in Rwanda, and served as an expert for the State Department’s cultural diplomacy program "American Documentary Showcase." He has exhibited video art, photography, and paintings at many galleries and art centers, and is the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Faculty Award for “Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Activity.” EDUCATION: B.A., Rutgers University; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago COURSES: COMM226 Writing for Visual Media, COMM280 Introduction to Film Production, COMM312 Screenwriting, COMM366 Documentary Filmmaking, COMM410 Senior Portfolio in Film Production, COMM490 Independent Study, COMM495 Internship in Communication, Media, and Performance
Professor
Office: WLC-UM08
Phone Number: 508-626-4677
Email: akali@framingham.edu
INTERESTS: Dr. Kali's recent research explores the rhetoric of contemporary debates about humane standards in animal agriculture and she is currently directing a documentary film about the contentious ethical guidelines in the production of animals for food. She has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Critical Animal Studies. Her work includes an interrogation of the political controversies inherent in kosher and halal ritual slaughter practices both in the United States and the European Union. As the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award, she recently taught for a semester at the University of Malawi Chancellor College in Zomba. EDUCATION: B.A., Chatham College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh COURSES: COMM115 Introduction to Speech Communication, COMM213 Advanced Public Speaking, COMM230 Organizational Communication, COMM322 Persuasion and Social Influence, COMM328 Argumentation and Advocacy, COMM370 The Rhetorical Tradition
Associate Professor
Office: WL-C210
Phone Number: 508-626-4683
Email: scole@framingham.edu
INTERESTS: In addition to directing and acting, Professor Cole is a playwright. Currently, she is focusing on play writing and ethnography. Her last full length play, "Aftermath," has been presented in New York City, Stockholm Sweden, and here at Framingham State University. EDUCATION: B.A., M.A., Kansas State University, Ph.D., The Union Institute COURSES: COMM201 Oral Interpretation of Literature, COMM212 Drama Workshop, COMM260 Voice and Articulation, COMM314 Acting, MLSL121 American Sign Language
Associate Professor
Office: WL-206
Phone Number: 508-626-4965
Email: cbowen1@framingham.edu
INTERESTS: Professor Bowen recently wrote Grammar of the Shot (4th edition, Focal Press, 2018) Grammar of the Edit (4th edition, Focal Press, 2018). Current projects include a fiction book manuscript, a stage play script, and he dabbles in acrylic and oil painting. His favorite color (now) is Hi-Viz Yellow. He rides motorcycles. Sasquatch = Yes. EDUCATION: B.A., Brandeis University; M.F.A., Boston University COURSES: COMM209 Audio Production: Podcasting, COMM226 Writing for Visual Media, COMM262 Television Studio Production, COMM280 Introduction to Film Production, COMM309 Video Editing and Effects, COMM380 Advanced Film Production, COMM410 Senior Portfolio in Film Production, COMM490 Independent Study, COMM495 Internship in Communication, Media, and Performance
Associate Professor
Office: UM-23
Phone Number: 508-626-4227
Email: nstephens@framingham.edu
INTERESTS: Dr. Stephens’ PhD dissertation is about the mediation of globalization in rural southern Chile. His academic research and writing interests include: the public sphere, global media & globalization, environmental communication, and media ecology. His work has been published in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Communication Currents, International Journal of Communication, and Human Ecology. EDUCATION: B.A., University College Dublin; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst COURSES: COMM250 Media/Society/Self, COMM220 Principles of Mass Communication