EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Denver, 1989, Communication

M.A., University of Denver, 1985, Mass Communications

B.A., St. Cloud State University, 1978, Mass Communications

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS December 2007 - Present: Director, School of Media Arts & Design
August 2007 - December 2007: Interim Director, School of Media Arts & Design
August 2005 - Present: Professor
August 2000 to August 2005: Associate Professor (Tenured August 2002)
James Madison University
School of Media Arts & Design
Harrisonburg, VA

August 1997 to August 2000
Associate Professor (Tenured)
Assistant Professor
The University of Oklahoma
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Norman, Oklahoma
Tenured & Promoted May, 2000
Broadcasting & Electronic Media Sequence Coordinator, 1998-2000

August 1995 to August 1997
Assistant Professor
Utah State University
Department of Communication
Logan, Utah

August 1994 to August 1995
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Department of Journalism
River Falls, Wisconsin

August 1989 to August 1994
Assistant Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Communication Studies
Blacksburg, Virginia

NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

June 1992 to October 1992
Executive Producer, At Issue with Bob Denton, WBRA-TV, Roanoke, Virginia.

January 1982 to August 1989
Environmental Reporter/Weekend Weathercaster, KCNC-TV, (Network owned & operated station), Denver, Colorado.

January 1982 to August 1989
Announcer, KOA-AM/KOAQ-FM radio, Denver, Colorado.

June 1979 to January 1982
Weathercaster/News Photographer/Reporter, KJEO-TV, Fresno, California.

March 1978 to June 1979
Chief News Photographer/Weathercaster/Reporter, KTHI-TV, Fargo, North Dakota.

August 1976 to August 1977
Radio News Reporter, WJON-AM/WWJO-FM, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

July 1976 to July 1977
Program Director, KVSC-FM, St. Cloud State University station, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

1987-1988
Dean's academic scholarship and tuition waiver, graduate school, University of Denver.

2005: Broadcast Education Association (BEA) "BEA Festival of Media Arts - Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition" Best of Competition (1st Place), Informational Category, James Madison University School of Media Arts & Design Web Site. Top award among 8 entries in the Informational Category. (12.5% Acceptance Rate).

2004: Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) "Juried Web Design Competition" 2nd Place in "Teaching Sites Category", Video Exposure Control Tutorial (with M.J. Hinshaw). Second place among 19 submissions in the "Teaching Sites Category." (10.5% Acceptance Rate).

2004: Broadcast Education Association (BEA) "BEA Festival of Media Arts - Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition" Best of the Festival/King Award, Video Exposure Control Tutorial. (Co-developed with M. J. Hinshaw), Top award among 33 entries in the Faculty IMM Category. (Top 3% of BEA entries). [See also [Judges' Comments]

2002: Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) "Juried Web Design Competition" 2nd Place, Depth of Field Tutorial (with M.J. Hinshaw). Seven awards were given among 58 submissions. (12% Acceptance Rate). Two awards in "Teaching Sites Category" among 27 entries. (7% Acceptance Rate). [See also Conference Presentations] [Judges' Comments]

2002: Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) "Juried Web Design Competition" 2nd Place, SMAD Web Site (with Dietrich Maune). Seven awards were given among 58 submissions. (12% Acceptance Rate). Two awards in "Department/School Category " among 13 entries. (15% Acceptance Rate). [See also Conference Presentations] [Judges' Comments]

2002: Broadcast Education Association (BEA) "International BEA Festival of Film, Video and Media Arts - Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition" Best of Show & 1st Place Instruct Category, Depth of Field Tutorial. (Co-developed with M. J. Hinshaw), Top award among 18 entries. (Top 5% of BEA entries).

2002: Broadcast Education Association (BEA) "International BEA Festival of Film, Video and Media Arts - Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition" 2nd Place Instruct Inform/Educate: Online Category, SMAD Web Site. (Co-developed with Dietrich Maune), Twelve awards were given among 18 entries. (66% Acceptance Rate).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Offices
April 23, 2005 - April 26, 2006
Immediate Past-President, Broadcast Education Association

April 19, 2004 - April 23, 2005
President, Broadcast Education Association. The President is the chairperson of the board of directors of the Association. Responsible for annual written review of the performance of the Association's central office, preparing board agendas, appointing committees and task forces and acting and traveling as the primary BEA emissary to other non-profit media associations. Primary initiatives involved the promotion of scholarship via appointment of a BEA Research Promotion Task Force. The Task Force recommended, and the board approved, a new award called the BEA Distinguised Scholar Award. The board also created a new standing committee on scholarship to advance and promote traditional scholarship within BEA. Other initiatives involved developing relationships with major software and hardware companies that led to BEA hands-on computer labs and technology displays.

October 27, 2003 - April 23, 2005
Council of Communication Associations (CCA) member. Membership includes top two executives from the seven associations in the field of communication (ACA, AEJMC, ASJMC, BCCA, BEA, ICA and NCA). Our group is working to advance the discipline of communication via National Research Council (NRC) recognition and the development of baseline data on the communication discipline.

April 6, 2003 to April 18, 2004
Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Broadcast Education Association. Elected by the board to serve a one year term. (Also, served on the board's Election Task Force).

April 2002 to April 2005 (BEA2003 - BEA2005 Conventions)
Technology Demonstration Room (TDR) Coordinator (along with John Woody), Broadcast Education Association. Involved in acquiring and coordinating technology companies in exhibition and presentation at the BEA annual conventions. Worked with Apple Computer and Avid Technology with BEA convention training labs.

April 7, 2002 to April 6, 2003
Secretary/Treasurer, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Broadcast Education Association. Elected by the board to serve a one year term.

April 2001 to present
Member, "BEA Festival of Media Arts Committee." The Festival Committee and the Chair, appointed by the Board of Directors, directs the activities in planning and executing the Festival. Members of the committee participate and supervise overall planning: juried entries, organizing the awards presentations, the exhibition of winning presentations and related Festival Workshops.

April 10, 2000 to April 7, 2002
Board of Directors, Broadcast Education Association. District 8 representative representing BEA Interest Divisions. Elected by Interest Division chairs to serve a two year term.

April 2000 to April 2001
Co-Chair, Broadcast Education Association "Creative Activities Task Force." Co-chair (with Scott Hodgson, Southern Illinois University) of a task force to look at the role of creative activity in BEA, to develop a statement on the role of creative activity and how to assess it's merit in the evaluation of faculty, and to consider the establishment of an association peer-reviewed venue for reviewing and exhibiting creative activity. This task force recommended the creation of the BEA Festival of Media Arts.

April 1999 to April 2000
Convention Program Chair (BEA2000), Responsible for coordination and planning of the annual national convention of the Broadcast Education Association in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2000. The convention had more than 1,100 attendees and more than 100 sessions. Elected by BEA Division Chairs and approved by the Board at the 1998 annual convention.

April 1999 to April 2000
Member, Broadcast Education Association "Online Publications Task Force". Committee investigated possible online publication of existing BEA journals and the possible formation of a new online-only journal. Both editorial and technical aspects were considered.

April 1996 to April 1998
Chair, Broadcast Education Association Production Aesthetics & Criticism Division.

April 1997 to April 2005
Ex Officio Member, Broadcast Education Association Publications Committee.  

April 1995 to July 1, 2005
Chair, Broadcast Education Association World Wide Web Presentation Committee. Led to development of BEA web site. Currently serve as BEA Web Webmanager.

April 1995 to April 1996
Member, Broadcast Education Association "Multimedia Task Force". Committee was charged with making recommendations as to the future status of multimedia applications and curricula within the organization.

April 1993 to April 1995
Co-Chair for Showcases, Broadcast Education Association (BEA), Production Division. In charge of showcase sessions for the annual conventions in 1994 and 1995.

Competitive Paper Judge
Spring 2002
Broadcast Education Association (BEA), Communication Technology Division.

Spring 1996
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), RTVJ (Radio-Television Journalism Division).

Spring 1995
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), Media Management & Economics Division.

Spring 1991
Broadcast Education Association, News Division, Spring, 1991.

Competitive Production Judge
February 1998
Broadcast Education Association (BEA), "Interactive Multimedia Competition." (Communication Technology and Production Aesthetics & Criticism Divisions).

Editorial
Fall 1997 to present
Manuscript reviewer for technology related manuscripts submitted for inclusion in Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.

Winter 1996
Review of manuscript for a proposed text called Balancing on the Wire: The Art of Managing Media Organizations. (For Morton Publishing)

1993
Review of Ron Whittaker's manuscript for a text in the area of television production. (For Mayfield Publishing)

1992
Review of prospectus for fourth edition to Wurtzel and Acker's text entitled Television Production. (For McGraw-Hill).

1992
Review of a prospectus for Fundamentals of Media Management. (For Wadsworth Publishing Company)

1991
Review of Yoakam & Cremer's text ENG: Television News & the New Technology. Suggested revisions for McGraw-Hill, Inc. for incorporation into new edition.

Community
May 1997
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Logan, Utah. Produced a video entitled Building Faith, Building Community, Used for a fundraising campaign to build a new facility.

December 1994 to December 1995
Town of River Falls, Wisconsin, Cable Communications Advisory Committee, Appointed by Mayor. (Member, Ordinance Sub-committee: Charged with reviewing the city's cable television franchise ordinance and providing advice).

December 1994 to December 1995
Town of River Falls, Wisconsin, "River Falls Electronic Village" committee.
(Member, Committee of community leaders formed to write a grant for a city-wide community network).

May 5, 1993
WBRA-TV (PBS Affiliate), Roanoke, Virginia, On-Air Auction Anchor.

Fall 1991 to Summer 1994
Town of Blacksburg, Virginia, "Telecommunications Advisory Committee", Appointed by Town Council.

September 1992
Cable TV Survey: Developed a survey for the Town of Blacksburg which was used to determine the cable television related needs of the community. (Part of the cable television franchise renewal process with Booth-American). The survey had one of the highest response rates in the history of survey research conducted by the town of Blacksburg.

1989 to 1991
Montgomery County Virginia Improvement Council, Education Committee Member.

1987
Steering Committee Member, University of Denver, Mass Communications Department.

1985 to 1986
Served on a speakers' bureau for the Colorado Health Department's Better Air Campaign, 1985-1986.

1984 to 1987
On-air fund raising for Public Television System stations KBDI and KRMA in metropolitan Denver, Colorado.

State
May 16, 1992
Virginia, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Chairman, 28th Annual State Skill Olympics, Television Production Competition, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

College Courses:
- Advanced Multimedia
- Web Communication
- Fundamental Skills in Media Arts & Design
- Multimedia on the Internet
- Interactive Multimedia
- Current Issues in Broadcasting & Electronic Media
- Introduction to Broadcasting
- Television News
- Broadcast Newswriting
- Electronic News Gathering
- Television Production (Intro. & Advanced)
- Broadcast Management
- Communication Theory
- Broadcast Performance
- Public Speaking
- Media Relations

K - 12:
- Computer Gaming and Web Design classes, (5 - 8 graders and 9 - 12 graders as part of Blue Ridge Community College's summer program "Learning Can Be Fun"), Summer 2003 - Summer 2006. 

Middle School Course:
- College Camp: (Video Production Course for culturally diverse students).

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
Departmental:
August 2006 to present
College of Communication, Information and Media Workgroup (Represent SMAD on committee to form a new college at JMU).

August 2005 to present
Member, School of Media Arts & Design, Curriculum & Instruction Committee (C&I).

August 2006 to May 2007
Member, School of Media Arts & Design, Search Committee (Print Journalism & Corporate Communication Positions).

August 2005 to May 2006
Member, School of Media Arts & Design, Search Committee (Print Journalism Position).

August 2004 to March 2005
Member, School of Media Arts & Design, Search Committee (Print Communication/Corporate Communication Position).

August 2003 to August 2004
Chair, School of Media Arts & Design, Personnel Advisory Committee (PAC).

August 2002 to August 2003
Member, School of Media Arts & Design, Personnel Advisory Committee (PAC).

August 2001 to present
SMAD Web Manager.

August 2001 to present
Assessment Committee.  

College and University:
January 2005 to present
Member, James Madison University, Advising Portal Committee.

August 2001 to August 2002
Member, James Madison University, Technology Users Survey Group.

September 2000 to September 2001
Member, College of Arts & Letters, Teaching Learning Technology Roundtable.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Departmental:
June 2000 to August 2000
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

August 1997 to June 2000
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

August 1998 to August 2000
Sequence Coordinator, Broadcasting & Electronic Media Sequence.

August 1997 to August 2000
Member, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Computer Committee.

Fall 1997
Member, School of Journalism and Mass Communication Broadcast/Electronic Media Search Committee.

Fall 1997
Member, School of Journalism and Mass Communication Informational Graphics-Visual Communication Search Committee.

1998
Thesis Committee (Jerri L. Culpepper), The Dynamics of Internet Usage by Public Relations Offices at Institutions of Higher Education, School of Journalism & Mass Communication.

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
Departmental:
August 1995 to August 1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication.

August 1995 to August 1997
Member, Department of Communication, Graduate Committee.

1995 to 1996
Thesis Director (Michelle Hales), Multimedia in Higher Education, Department of Communication.

1995 to 1996
Thesis Committee (Chi Wang), Mass Communication and National Development: The Case Study of Taiwan, Department of Communication.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, RIVER FALLS
Departmental:
August 1994 to August 1995
Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism.

August 1994 to August 1995
General Manager/Advisor, WRFW-FM, university Class A radio station.

August 1994 to August 1995
Advisor, 10/20 News, weekly student produced newscast.

College and University:
Spring 1995
Marketing Communications Major Committee. Worked on the Information Technology Lab component to a proposed multi-disciplinary major in Marketing Communications.

October 1994 to May 1995
Member, Globalizing K-12 Curriculum Committee. Provided advice and help with College of Education grant project on using the Internet in the classroom.

November 1994 to May 1995
Member, Extension Broadcasting Committee. University of Wisconsin System committee formed to facilitate the use of system wide communications channels for outreach across the state.

Summer 1995
Instructor, Six week video production course for "College Camp" on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus. The camp was designed to bring culturally diverse middle school students into a structured environment and develop skills and attitudes which would encourage later enrollment in college.

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY

Departmental:
August 1989 to August 1994
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies.

August 1989 to August 1994
Advisor, VTTV, student-operated cable television channel.

August 1993 to August 1994
Advisor, National Broadcasting Society/Alpha Epsilon Rho, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Chapter.

August 1993 to August 1994
Chair, Department of Communication Studies
Recruitment/External Development Committee.

August 1990 to August 1994
Member, Department of Communication Studies, Recruitment/External Development Committee.

August 1990 to August 1994
Member, Department of Communication Studies
Commencement Committee.

August 1991 to August 1993
Member, Department of Communication Studies
Personnel Committee.

August 1991 to August 1993
Member, Department of Communication Studies
Curriculum Committee.

Winter 1992
Chair, Department of Communication Studies
Broadcast Search Committee.

College and University:
Spring 1992
Member, Virginia Tech, Student Media Board Search Committee for Student Media Coordinator.

August 1993 to August 1993
Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, (Val Larsen), Advertisers in Adland: The Effects of Time/Space Distortions in Advertising.

August 1993 to August 1994
Member, Virginia Tech, Americans with Disabilities Act Telecaptioning Committee.

August 1992 to August 1994
Member, Virginia Tech, Educational Service Oriented Radio Investigational Committee.

April 1993 to July 1994
Member, Blacksburg Electronic Village Beta Test Group Member, Tested adv