Faculty
PrOF. Krishna Jayakar
Associate Professor, Telecommunications
The College of Communications
Biography:
Krishna Jayakar is an associate professor in the Department of Telecommunications, teaching telecommunications management and media economics. He serves as co-director of the Institute for Information Policy, housed in the College of Communications. His areas of research cover telecommunications policy and media economics, with a special interest in universal access to telecommunications.
Jayakar is a past head of the Media Management and Economics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and currently serves on the boards of editors of The Information Society journal and the Journal of Information Policy. His research has been supported by grants from the Pacific Telecommunications Foundation, the Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communications, the Media Democracy Fund, and AT&T.
In 2013, he received the Deans' Award for Excellence in Integrated Scholarship. He had previously received the 2004 Deans’ Award for Excellence in Integrated Scholarship and the 2002 Deans’ Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is currently serving as Penn State's chapter NAMIC advisor.
The College of Communications
Biography:
Krishna Jayakar is an associate professor in the Department of Telecommunications, teaching telecommunications management and media economics. He serves as co-director of the Institute for Information Policy, housed in the College of Communications. His areas of research cover telecommunications policy and media economics, with a special interest in universal access to telecommunications.
Jayakar is a past head of the Media Management and Economics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and currently serves on the boards of editors of The Information Society journal and the Journal of Information Policy. His research has been supported by grants from the Pacific Telecommunications Foundation, the Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communications, the Media Democracy Fund, and AT&T.
In 2013, he received the Deans' Award for Excellence in Integrated Scholarship. He had previously received the 2004 Deans’ Award for Excellence in Integrated Scholarship and the 2002 Deans’ Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is currently serving as Penn State's chapter NAMIC advisor.
JOSEPH Selden
Assistant Dean of Multicultural Affairs
The College of Communications
Biography:
During his tenure at Penn State, Selden has served as president of the Council of Multicultural Affairs Directors, was selected as a special committee member for the Vice Provost’s Orientation Planning Committee and was appointed a board member of New York City’s chapter of the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications. He received an outstanding rating for his diversity initiatives and accomplishments from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, and in 2012 was honored with the AEJMC's Robert P. Knight Award for outstanding recruiting of diversity students in journalism.
Matt Jackson
Head of the Telecommunications Department/Lecturer
The College of Communications
Biography:
Matt Jackson teaches communications law, telecommunications regulation and policy, and management and broadcast/cable programming in the College of Communications. His research focuses on the evolution of intellectual property law and its impact on communication networks and free speech. He also conducts research on the First Amendment and policy issues affecting the Internet and other telecommunications industries. Professor Jackson is currently the head of the Telecommunications department in the College of Communications.
The College of Communications
Biography:
Matt Jackson teaches communications law, telecommunications regulation and policy, and management and broadcast/cable programming in the College of Communications. His research focuses on the evolution of intellectual property law and its impact on communication networks and free speech. He also conducts research on the First Amendment and policy issues affecting the Internet and other telecommunications industries. Professor Jackson is currently the head of the Telecommunications department in the College of Communications.