Title
Chairperson and Associate Professor of Communication Arts

Expertise

• History of the media and the impact it has on cultures
• Television production and its impact on our cultural development
• Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, video blogging and its impact on the development of our society

Biography
James Fauvell has been teaching at NYIT for more than 20 years. Now, he is the undergraduate and graduate chairperson for the Department of Communication Arts at NYIT-Old Westbury. He is responsible for designing and implementing undergraduate and graduate programs including theory, film, video, and radio production, writing, digital electronic imaging, advertising, public relations, and electronic and print journalism.

In 2000, Fauvell developed a joint degree program with French school L'Ecole Française des attachés de Presse et des Professionnels de la Communication (EFAP).  The EFAP program allows French students studying communications to study at NYIT-Manhattan for a semester or a year. He also chaired a joint degree program in Seoul, Korea and Taipei, Taiwan. He leads many committees at NYIT, and has directed and produced many plays, comedies, musicals, documentaries, and dramatic and children’s productions.

Prior to his career at NYIT, Fauvell was the president, director, and co-founder of Park West 58 Theatrical Production, Inc, in New York City. He received his master’s degree in communication arts at NYIT and his bachelor’s degree in theatre arts and communications media at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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