Dr. Raul Reis is as dean of the School of Communication and professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Emerson College. Previously, he was the dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami. Prior to FIU, he was a professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at California State University Long Beach, where he also served as department chair.
A native of Brazil, Reis holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Oregon. He worked for many years as a reporter and editor in Brazil and in the United States. He embraced new digital media technologies in the late 1990s, making them a significant part of his teaching and research.
Reis has published extensively in academic journals and books on topics such as the digital media revolution, impact of mass media on traditional communities, journalism education, and science and the environment. His academic articles have appeared in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Science Communication, World Communication Journal, Environmental Communication and the Journal of Intercultural Communication, among others.
He's co-authored Mass Communication: Producers and Consumers and Writing & Reporting for Digital Media through Kendall Hunt Publishing.