New Media Photojournalism Faculty

Stephen Elfers
Stephen Elfers

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.
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Michelle Frankfurter

Professorial Lecturer, Studio Arts Program

Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer from Takoma Park, MD.
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Beck Harlan
Beck Harlan

Professorial Lecturer, Studio Arts Program

Beck Harlan is a freelance photographer, video producer, art director, and writer based in Washington, D.C.
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Richard Leiby
Richard Leiby

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 years
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Astrid
Astrid Riecken

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.
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Susan Sterner

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.
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