Communications Staff
147 Wallis Hall • University of Rochester • Rochester, NY 14627-0033
(585) 275-4118 • Fax: (585) 275-0359 • offcomm@rochester.edu
Elizabeth Stauderman
Vice President for Communications
(585) 275-4118
Amy Athey McDonald
Associate Vice President for Communications and Strategy
(585) 276-8735a.atheymcdonald@rochester.edu
Jenny Leonard
Assistant Vice President for Digital Strategy
(585) 275-6076jenny.leonard@rochester.edu
Sara Miller
Assistant Vice President for Communications and University Spokesperson
(585) 275-4128smiller@ur.rochester.edu
Administrative Support
Creative Services
Graphic design, editorial, photography, and video services
Digital Media
Web and social media
Lori Packer
Director of Digital Media and Newscenter Editor
(585) 275-5277lori.packer@rochester.edu
Sofia Tokar
Communications Officer and Web Writer for Arts, Sciences and Engineering
(585) 275-8150sofia.tokar@rochester.edu
Futurity.org
Liz Goodfellow
Editor, Futurity
For queries related to Futurity, Liz may also be contacted at editor@futurity.org.
egoodfel@admin.rochester.edu
Internal and External Communications
Media relations, digital publications, and Rochester Review
Jeanette Colby
Communications Officer, Arts and Humanities, and Calendar Editor
Covers: Dance; Music; Religion and Classics; Theater; Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program; Hartnett Gallery; AsIs Gallery; Institute of Performing Arts; Institute for Popular Music; International Theatre Program; and University of Rochester Press.
jcolby@admin.rochester.edu
Peter Iglinski
Communications Officer, Social Sciences
Covers: Anthropology; Business; Economics; Interdepartmental Studies; Linguistics; Public Health; Children’s Institute; Frederick Douglass Institute for African & African-American Studies; and the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies.
peter.iglinski@rochester.edu
Sandra Knispel
Communications Officer, Social Sciences
Covers: History; Political Science; Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology; Susan B. Anthony Center; Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies; W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy; Mt. Hope Family Center; International Relations; Multidisciplinary Studies Center.
sandra.knispel@rochester.edu
Jim Mandelaro
Communications Officer, The College and Student Life
Covers: Ain Center for Entrepreneurship, Athletics and Recreation, CARE Network, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; College Center for Advising Services; Fellowships Office; Fraternity and Sorority Affairs; Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence; Gwen M. Greene Career Center and Internship Center; Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity in AS&E; Language Center; Minority and Student Affairs; Naval ROTC; Office of the Dean of Students; Rochester Center for Community Leadership; Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center; Postbaccalaureate Premedcial Program; Residential Life; Summer Sessions and Precollege Programs; Sustainability; Take Five Program; Undergraduate Research; and Wilson/Douglass Commons/Student Activities.
Jim.Mandelaro@rochester.edu
Bob Marcotte
Communications Officer, Science and Engineering
Covers: Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures; Biomedical Engineering; Chemistry; Chemical Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Institute of Optics; Center for Biomedical Ultrasound; Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences; Center for Medical Technology and Innovation; Goergen Institute for Data Science; and URNano.
bmarcotte@ur.rochester.edu
Kathleen McGarvey
Communications Officer, Arts and Humanities, and Rochester Review
Covers: American Sign Language, Art and Art History, English, Film and Media Studies, the Humanities Center, Literary Translation and Open Letter Books, Modern Languages and Cultures, and Philosophy.
kathleen.mcgarvey@rochester.edu
Lindsey Valich
Communications Officer, Science and Engineering
Covers: Biology and Biological Sciences; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Mathematics and Statistics; Physics and Astronomy; Center for Energy and the Environment; Center for Future Health; Center for Visual Science; Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE).
lvalich@ur.rochester.edu
Scott Sabochek
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
(585) 276-6838ssaboche@sports.rochester.edu