Radio, Television & Film
Radio, Television & Film
Welcome to Radio, Television & Film!
In the Department of Radio, Television, & Film, we offer comprehensive degree programs designed to blend creative mastery within a liberal arts and professional framework. We prepare students for a variety of careers in the media industries all housed within our diverse curriculum including:
Our mission is to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary for thriving careers across the media landscape and related fields.
Mission Statement
Through rigorous degree programs that nurture creative expression within a liberal arts and professional context, the Department of Radio, Television, & Film prepares majors for a variety of careers in the media industries and beyond. Integrating theory and practice, the program emphasizes writing, critical thinking, media aesthetics and history, cultivation of professional skills and ethics, and hands-on experience with industry-standard technology. The department seeks to empower the faculty by promoting their professional achievements as teachers, creators, and scholars by providing a positive environment that fosters artistic and scholarly achievement and rigorous intellectual effort. The department offers a variety of general education courses and other activities aimed at exposing the entire university community to the rich history and cultural influence of our field while promoting aesthetic awareness, artistic freedom and civic responsibility. RTF is committed to promoting diverse approaches to storytelling and to creating an inclusive and equitable learning community within and outside of the classroom.
Optional Concentrations
Students may choose to focus their studies by completing one of the following optional concentrations within the RTF major:
• Production Concentration
• Film & TV Studies Concentration
• Broadcast & Video System Concentration
• Photography Concentration (beginning Fall 2025)
B.A. in Radio, Television & Film
This diverse program offers students courses in radio, television and film production, as well as the history, business, and aesthetics of the media.
B.F.A. in Biomedical Visualization
BMV students combine artistic talent and strong visual communication skills with natural science in this one-of-a-kind discipline.
M.A. in Television Studies
Graduate students explore the principles of writing for, on, and about television through this Master of Arts program.
Minor in Photography
The photography minor is designed to offer an aesthetic, technical, critical, and practical understanding of photography and its myriad applications.
Minor in New Media
The New Media Minor will allow students to explore evolving media with a focus on the expressive qualities of interactive and digital technology.
Minor in Film and Television Studies
The Minor in Film and Television Studies offers students critical approaches to the study of film and television in media aesthetics, history, and theory.
RTF: The Student Experience
Get to know the RTF Department!
About Us
Our department is a learning community of 19 dedicated faculty and staff and over 300 undergraduate students engaged in the production and critical studies of radio, television and film. We offer our students a balanced curriculum that provides integrated study and training in the art and business of the electronic media. Students thrive with the help of our pre-professional student organizations and thousands of alumni leaders in the field. See below for more information about each program.
Careers
Careers in Television & Film
- Screenwriter
- Film Director
- Cinematography
- Sound Mixing
- Camera Operation
- Production Design
Careers in Radio
- Station Manager
- Producer
- Radio Planner
- Presenter
- Broadcast Journalist
Careers in BMAV
- Pharmaceutical Media Markets
- Medical Device & Biotechnology Media Markets
- Publishers
- Animators
- Illustration
- Graphic Design
Industry Workshops & Visiting Artists
Learning at Rowan RTF extends well beyond the classroom. Students regularly meet and work with leading filmmakers, writers, producers, showrunners, craftspeople, and media professionals through workshops, screenings, masterclasses, classroom visits, and informal conversations.
Over the years, our guests have included filmmakers Spike Lee, George A. Romero, Abel Ferrara, Hal Hartley, and Ken Burns; producer and Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon; Fargo creator Noah Hawley; Yellowjacketscreators Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson; Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Kevin Wilson, Jr.; and Academy Award-winning actor Jane Alexander.
Just as importantly, students have direct access to working professionals across the industry—from writers and development executives to cinematographers, editors, music supervisors, sound artists, VFX producers, documentary filmmakers, and live television professionals.
Writing & Creative Development
Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion, Alien: Earth)
Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson (Yellowjackets, Narcos)
Matt Fogel (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru)
Kate Erickson (Mr. Robot, Fear the Walking Dead)
Phil Tsopanides (Director of Creative Development, DC Studios)
John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation, The House of Blue Leaves)
Directors & Filmmakers
Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman)
George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead)
Abel Ferrara (King of New York, Bad Lieutenant)
Hal Hartley (The Unbelievable Truth, Henry Fool)
Kevin Wilson, Jr. (My Nephew Emmett)
Jane Alexander (Kramer vs. Kramer, All the President's Men)
Producing
Christine Vachon (Past Lives, Carol, Boys Don't Cry, May December)
Deborah Oppenheimer (Into the Arms of Strangers)
Irina Malcea (Alice On & Off, Teach)
Lyndsay Duthie (Production Guild of Great Britain)
Documentary
Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball, The Vietnam War)
Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp, Detropia, One of Us)
Violet Du Feng (Hidden Letters, The Dating Game)
Moira Demos (Making a Murderer)
Theo Anthony (Rat Film, All Light, Everywhere)
Ilinca Calugareanu (Chuck Norris vs Communism)
Anna Zamecka (Communion)
Connie Bottinelli (Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker)
Marta Renzi & Daniel Wolff (Guardians of the Flame, Cathy & Harry)
Alan Rosenthal (BBC, PBS, Channel 4; documentary filmmaker and author)
Editing, Sound, Music & VFX
Lindsay Utz (American Factory, Miss Americana, Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry)
Joe Rudge (Midsommar, The Lighthouse, Eighth Grade, Blue Valentine)
Ann Tegnell (Academy Award-nominated documentary editor)
Tara Acquesta (Bridgerton, One Piece, Nine Perfect Strangers)
Leslie Gaston-Bird (Supervising Sound Editor & Re-Recording Mixer; Women in Audio)
Adele Fletcher (House of the Dragon, Peaky Blinders)
Laura Montgomery (What We Do in the Shadows, The Apprentice)
Broadcast, Sports & Live Production
Mike Mulligan (NBC Sports Philadelphia, TNT/TBS)
Ed Sherrier (NFL Films, Super Bowl international broadcasts)
Deanna Kelchner (Philadelphia Phillies / PhanaVision)
Justin Chan (Valley Creek Productions)
Digital Media & Emerging Careers
David A. Wilson '99 (Co-founder, theGrio; former SVP, BET Digital & Studios)
Josh Katz (Documentary photographer, author & digital creator)
Oorbee Roy / Aunty Skates (Digital creator & skateboarder)
Bat-Sheva Guez (Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow)
Kate Kinninmont MBE (Women in Film & Television UK)
Scholarships
Scholarships recognize student academic performance, financial need, and/or leadership. The RTF department offers the following scholarships:
- Ned Eckhardt Television Production Scholarship
- The Salva Family Scholarship
- The Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation Scholarship
- Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Scholarship
- Diana King Memorial Scholarship
- Diana King Master of Arts in Television
- Daniel E. Baker Scholarship
- Cindy A. Nanny Memorial Scholarship
Get Involved
Students can learn and achieve through RTF's active clubs extracurricular activities. From producing Television and Radio shows to creating short films, RTF clubs offer real-world experience outside of the classroom.
Student Organizations: Rowan Cinema Workshop holds an over 25 year history for producing student creative work, while also providing grants and awards. Rowan Television Network (RTN) offers hands-on opportunities for students to learn professional equipment through creating their own TV programs. WGLS FM (89.7FM) Rowan Radio reaches an over an audience of over 1 million people through South Jersey and parts of Delaware and Philadelphia.
Contact Us
Chair: Prof. Joe Bierman
Secretary: Ms. Tami Cortes, 856-256-4641
Advising: Ms. Gina Gondos, 856-256-4329
Internship Coordinator: Prof. Diana Nicolae
Industry Relations & Partnerships: Prof. Jonathan Mason
Location: Bozorth Hall - 300 Memorial Circle, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Faculty and staff
Alumni in the field
Our alumni are everywhere, in nearly every industry in the greater New Jersey area. Check out how they're using their degrees and why they chose Rowan.
Samuel Taylor
Story & Editorial Coordinator at Netflix
Karlee Rogers
Biomedical Artist at Red Nucleus
Adam Chazen
Five-time Emmy Award-winning visual effects producer (Game of Thrones, Avatar)