Contacts for Media

Drexel University faculty experts are available to provide insight and expert commentary on a variety of topics for news media.

For general inquiries contact Britt Faulstick, executive director, News & Media Relations, bef29@drexel.edu. For reporters seeking experts on the topics below, contact the News & Media Relations representative listed.

Niki Gianakaris

Niki Gianakaris

Vice President, Strategic Communications

Beats

  • University Administration
  • Community Initiatives
  • Public Safety
  • Campus architecture, campus construction, campus strategic and master plan
  • Admissions
  • Steinbright Career Development Center: cooperative education and career services
  • Drexel Libraries
  • Drexel Online
Britt Faulstick Headshot

Britt Faulstick

Executive Director, News & Media Relations
News & Media Relations

Beats

  • College of Engineering: chemical and biological engineering, civil architecture and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and mechanics, engineering leadership and society
  • College of Computing & Informatics: cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction
  • Student Life
  • Center for Functional Fabrics
  • ExCITe Center
  • Office of Research & Innovation (Drexel Applied Innovation)

Annie Korp

Associate Director
News & Media Relations

Beats

  • College of Nursing and Health Professions
  • Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services Center
  • A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
  • LeBow College of Business: accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, sport business, decision sciences and general business
  • Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship

Greg Richter

Assistant Director
News & Media Relations

Beats

  • College of Medicine: including all inquiries about College of Medicine faculty, staff and medical students; Departments, Centers and Institutes; medical discoveries; and medical research
  • Dornsife School of Public Health: environmental and occupational health, community health and prevention, epidemiology, health management and policy
  • Center for Hunger Free Communities, Urban Health Collaborative, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, and Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity
  • School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
  • Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Mike Tuberosa

Assistant Director

Beats

  • College of Arts and Sciences: history and politics, English and philosophy, culture and communication, mobilities research, public policy, BEES (biodiversity, earth and environmental sciences) and biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and psychology.
  • Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design: fine arts, fashion design, design and merchandising, interior design, performing arts, theater, photography, dance, Fox Historic Costume Collection, architecture, arts administration, immersive reality, virtual reality, digital media, music industry (MADDragon Records), television, film and video, screenwriting, entertainment & arts management.
  • Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: scientific research, collections and science experts
  • Kline School of Law
  • School of Education
  • Pennoni Honors College

Chris Friedkin

Assistant Athletic Director

Beats

  • Sports information: including student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators

Kaitlyn Foti Kalosy

Director of Public Relations and Communications
The Academy of Natural Sciences

Beats

  • The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  • Information regarding exhibits, history, collections, and events at the ANS