New Media Photojournalism Faculty
Professorial Lecturer, Studio Arts Program
Steve Elfers has been a visual journalist for 30 years and has covered military conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Somalia.Read More
Professorial Lecturer, Studio Arts Program
Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer from Takoma Park, MD.Read More
Professorial Lecturer, Studio Arts Program
Beck Harlan is a freelance photographer, video producer, art director, and writer based in Washington, D.C.Read More
Professorial Lecturer, Studio Arts Program
Longtime GWU journalism instructor Richard Leiby was an editor and writer on the staff of The Washington Post for more than 30 yearsRead More
Professional Lecturer, Photojournalism, Studio Arts Program
Astrid Riecken is an award-wining documentary and fine-art photographer, based in Washington, D.C., and New York City. Riecken started her photographic career in her native Hamburg, Germany.Read More
Associate Professor, Art and Design Director of Graduate Studies, New Media Photojournalism; Undergraduate Advisor, B.A. & B.F.A. in Photojournalism
Susan Sterner started her career as a photojournalist freelancing with national and international publications while based in New Orleans, La. She worked for the Associated Press as a staff photographer, based in Mississippi and California. With the AP she covered domestic issues such as immigration, child labor and families in poverty as well as U.S. border issues and social change in Haiti. Read More