Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

I’m an award-winning journalist, who has worked as a beat reporter for newspapers and websites across the nation. I cover economic disparities and the business of sports for CBS MoneyWatch and have been a reporter for Newsday, the Omaha World-Herald, the Florida Times-Union, and the Associated Press. I’m a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. A Detroit native, I hold a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Central Michigan University and a master’s degree in literary reportage from New York University.

While I teach at Saint Rose, I’m also a Ph.D. candidate in communication at the University at Albany and am currently working on my dissertation that investigates how experience is built as a resource to be recollected by interactants via communicative practices when learning a new task. I’m highly interested in the intersection of media, culture, and identity as these themes become relevant and are produced in everyday interaction. I hold a master’s degree in both communication and education theory and practice.

My research and teaching interests include digital culture, film analysis, media industry, and video games. I’ve published articles on Black Mirror, Animal Crossing, YouTube, and more. Our discussions in my classes often influence my research, and it becomes a sort of co-working between myself and my students.

Working with a Saint Rose alum, I’m the co-author of two books related to generational differences: “The Millennial Mindset: Unraveling Fact from Fiction” (2015) and “Gen-Z: The Superhero Generation” (2021). I’ve also published chapters and articles on esports, Marvel Comics, “The Big Bang Theory,” and more.

I’m a communications leader and consultant who founded Creative Collaborations Consulting and has over 20 years of experience in higher education, community relations, corporate communications, public relations, and broadcast journalism.

I’m an adjunct professor at Saint Rose who teaches media law and has previously taught at American Jewish University, California State University at Dominguez Hills, and Whittier College. When not teaching a course, I’m the full-time television host of “Air Land & Sea,” a global travel series broadcasting weekly on the national cable network JLTV. I also host JLTV’s weekly news magazine, “The J Report with Brad Pomerance” and “Uncovered in the Archives,” a historically-driven television show I developed for PBS-affiliate KVCR in Southern California.  This program focuses on often-forgotten nuggets of California history. I’ve also worked as a television journalist in Los Angeles. I earned my bachelor’s degree in international relations from The University of Southern California, and my Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School.

I’m a filmmaker, video artist, and sound designer with over 70 national and international screenings and presentations of my work. My teaching career spans over 20 years, with my non-teaching time spent in film, television, and web production, including the PBS documentary history series “American Experience.”

I’m an Emmy-nominated video producer with a specialty for documentary and narrative storytelling genres. My career has spanned over 20 years in the broadcast, advertising, marketing, and higher education industries.