Brian Steffen
- Professor of Media, Communication & Design
- Chair of Media, Communicaiton & Design
- Department of Multi-Media Communications, Graphic Design, and Speech & Debate
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Office Location
McNeill Hall 19
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Office Hours
M-F 10 - 11:15 a.m.
Biography
Brian Steffen has headed the Department of Media, Communication & Design from 2002 – 2022 and again from 2024. He has been on the Simpson faculty since 1989. Before joining Simpson, he taught at Iowa State University and worked as a journalist with the Associated Press and the Ames Daily Tribune.
Twice the winner of Simpson’s Distinguished Teaching Award, Steffen was also selected as the Small Program Teacher of the Year by the national Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2009. He’s led groups of Simpson students on international and domestic travel courses more than a dozen times, opening their vista to media around the world.
Education
B.S., Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University, 1981.
M.S., Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University, 1987.
Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Iowa, 1995.
Publications
Available on request.
Awards
Available on request.
