Naomi Yanike
Director of Media Arts | Associate Professor of Media Arts
Education
- M.A. Communications – University of Nebraska Omaha
- Graduate Certificate Human Resources & Corporate Training – University of Nebraska Omaha
- B.A. Communications – Augustana University
About Professor Yanike
Naomi Yanike comes to Corban from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, where she taught journalism and media in the School of Communications. Before pursuing graduate school and teaching in higher education, her 20 years of professional experience include business, non-profit, and ministry positions. She has been a media entrepreneur for two decades, owning a video production and photography company. She freelances as a local journalist.
Her professional ministry positions include serving as a student ministry director, where she oversaw middle school, high school, college ministry, and church communications. Her non-profit experience took her into local elementary schools to provide education and social work programs to at-risk populations in low-income neighborhoods.
Naomi is married to Rob, the co-lead pastor at Mosaic Church in West Salem, and one of our adjunct professors for Corban film studies. They have three children: Caleb, Reagan, and Michael. Together, their family served as urban church leaders for ten years, living in the inner city, followed by ten years of suburban ministry. They have planted and launched churches and are experienced in global missions.
Naomi’s unique personal background narrative has shaped her passion for teaching and mentoring college students in higher education. She grew up in the most ethnically diverse area of Omaha and is a first-generation college student.
She loves good documentaries and movies in general, discovering unique local eateries, coffee, books, in-depth relationships, prayer, hosting gatherings, planning anything creative, and investing in others’ lives.
Recently Taught Courses
Photography and Visual Rhetoric
Master the art of storytelling through photography. Learn camera techniques, composition, editing, and the power of visual rhetoric. You will gain critical skills in visual literacy and ethical storytelling across digital and print media.
Advanced Photography
Take your photography to the next level by developing a professional portfolio. Apply advanced techniques in storytelling, collaboration, and visual communication to create compelling photographic projects.
Journalistic Writing
Learn to write clear, engaging, and ethical news content. This course will introduce you to reporting, interviewing, and editing using AP style while providing practical skills for writing in today’s fast-paced media landscape.
Creativity and Career
Develop creative problem-solving and design thinking skills essential for today’s workforce. This course will help you unlock your creative potential and apply it to their future careers through hands-on innovation and strategic exploration.
I teach at Corban because I gave my life to Christ at age 19 in my college professor’s office. Corban allows me the unique opportunity to sow into the character and faith of students, helping launch them into their calling to be disciples who do creative work. I love that my job includes strategically designing the media arts major to prepare students who make a difference for Jesus Christ in the marketplace, ministry, and missions.
Naomi Yanike
Publications
Yanike, N. and O Sullivan, M. (forthcoming), “Hunzoning: How multi-level marketing message strategies on Facebook make women feel” in Critical Perspectives on Multi-Level Marketing, edited by Deanna Grant Smith (Queensland University of Technology) and Claudia Groβ (Radbout University Nijmegen), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Fellow Faculty
Gina Ochsner
Associate Professor of English | Writer-in-Residence
gochsner@corban.edu(503) 589-8103