Faculty

Members of the Communications faculty at The Sage Colleges share a commitment to teaching and student service, while remaining active scholars in their particular research areas. We share a belief that ongoing scholarship is necessary to ensure good teaching. But make no mistake, at Sage, the student comes first. We pride ourselves on our advising and on getting to know each student as an individual.

Professor Penny Perkins

assistant professor of communications;
coordinator, communications / information design programs

Professor Perkins began teaching full-time at The Sage Colleges in the Fall of 2007 and also serves as the coordinator of the department and as the faculty advisor for The Quill, the student newspaper on the Russell Sage campus. She teaches a wide variety of courses in Public Relations, Strategic Writing, Information Design, and Media Studies and Production.

With more than 20 years experience as a professional communicator working in a variety of industries (including education, technology, financial services, and entertainment), she brings to the classroom a unique blend of industry expertise and a love of teaching and scholarship. Her prior teaching experience also includes multimedia and writing/composition classes , as well as creative writing and video-making classes for middle-school students.

Prof. Perkins has worked as a marketing manager for a regional software company, served as a commercial producer for a local news station, and operated her own communications small business. She is active in the local filmmaking community and has served as a scriptwriter, actress, crew member, and producer on a number of independent productions including UnCivil Liberties, which was the first local independent feature to get picked up for national distribution. Penny is also the author of the science fiction novel Bob Bridges: An Apocalyptic Fable.

Offices and phones:

Troy: Walker 201

Albany: Froman 305

Phone: 518-265-6752

Email: perkip@sage.edu

Adjunct Faculty

The Communications Program also makes wide use of leading practitioners in various communications fields, turning to them to provide "up-to-the-minute" practices that they bring with them directly from the office to the classroom.

  • Sandrine Dinko, Ph.D. candidate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Mass Media and Society)
  • Joseph Lirosi, M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Oral Communication) joelirosi@yahoo.com
  • Terez Limer, B.A. in English from SUNY Albany, (Editing, Media Writing, Advisor to The Quill) tzlime@yahoo.com
  • RaeEllen Doyle, M.A. from Colorado State University (Oral Communication and Interpersonal Communication) doyler@sage.edu
  • Jonathan Pierce, M.B.A. from The Ohio State University (Public Relations Campaigns)
  • Greg Stapleton, M.A. Sycracuse University (Editing, Media Writing) gstapleton@timesunion.com
  • Christopher Ringwald, M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University; M.A. in Religion (Oral Communication) ringwald@capital.net
  • jsilver1@nycap.rr.com
  • Edward Tick, Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetoric from Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute ( Interpersonal Communication) edtick@juno.com