Julio A. Rodriguez-Rentas, M.A.

Julio A. Rodriguez-Rentas is an instructor in the Department of Communications, Journalism & Media Arts in the School of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at the State University of New York (SUNY)—Westchester Community College. Prior to that, he has served as adjunct instructor in the Department. Professor Rodriguez also has an adjunct teaching appointment at Iona College (New Rochelle, NY), where he developed a new course which has been made mandatory for all students in the Mass Communication Department. He has also taught at Pace University (Pleasantville, NY) and Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, CT). Professor Rodriguez also has extensive experience training faculty and staff. In a previous full-time capacity, he facilitated numerous individual and group training workshops assisting faculty and staff in their online course instruction, teaching pedagogies and instructional technologies across all of Pace University's campuses in New York City and Westchester County.

Throughout his professional career, he has worked on staff and/or as a consultant to a variety of institutions such as non-profit community organizations; an NGO bank corporation; an advertising agency; a regional dance company; a law school; a private national university; and most recently in the role of assistant director in the Office of Public Relations at New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY), where he was brought on to manage its website redevelopment project and strategic integrated marketing initiatives.

Professor Rodriguez continues to publish and present at a number of local, regional and national conferences on research topics and publications that he has published. He is a member of the National Communication Association (NCA), New York State Communication Association (NYSCA), and the New Jersey Communication Association (NJCA). Professor Rodriguez holds a Bachelors in Business Administration as well as a Master's degree in Media Communication.