Communications & Media Studies
Lisa Carponelli
Lisa Carponelli, M.S.J. (2008)
Visiting Instructor of Communication Studies.
B.S. Miami University, 1995
M.S.J., Northwestern University, 1997.
Office: McNeill 28
(515) 961-1353
Email: lisa.carponelli@simpson.edu
Lisa Carponelli joins the faculty as an instructor in the Department of Communications Studies. For the last 10 years Carponelli worked as a local television news anchor and reporter in different markets around the country. She has also worked internationally. Most recently, she served at the 5, 6 and 10 p.m.. nightly news anchor at WOI-TV in West Des Moines, where she started her job on September 11, 2001. Carponelli received her undergraduate degree at Miami University in Ohio, and her Master's Degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Carponelli will be teaching the video news component at Simpson College. She is married and has a young daughter.