Brief Biography:

After receiving both his B.A. and M.A. from Indiana State University, Paul F. Gullifor completed his Ph.D. at the University of Missouri in 1988. He teaches and advises majors in the electronic media program (CFA COM EM). His research has been in the area of broadcast history and programming. He has been at Bradley since 1988.

Education

1988-Ph.D., Communication. University of Missouri (3.94 GPA, 4.0 scale). Dissertation entitled "Family Communication Patterns and Adolescent Use of Radio."

1982-M.S., Broadcast Management/Programming. Indiana State University (3.5 GPA, 4.0 scale).

1981-B.A., Broadcasting: Radio, Television, Film. Indiana State University (3.3 GPA, 4.0 scale).

Administrative Experience

2006-Present, Chairperson, Department of Communication, Bradley University

Teaching Experience

August 1988 to present, Tenured Professor of Communication, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.

Courses taught:

Intro to Radio Production
Intro to Television Production
Advanced Television Production
Advanced Video Field Production/Editing
Intro to Mass Media
Intro to Radio and Television
Intro to Public Speaking
Communication Theory
Comm in Perspective (senior seminar)
Electronic Media Programming
Electronic Media Management
Comm Expedition (New York field trip)
Various Honors Program Seminars
Various Independent Studies
Freshman Orientation

Courses developed:

Broadcast Programming
Communication Expedition
Various Honors Program Seminars
Independent Studies
Media Sales
Media Management
Media Research

Teacher Evaluation Scores are available upon request.

August 1986 to August 1988, teaching assistant, University of Missouri, Columbia. Full responsibility for speech communication course and labs for audio production. (Teacher evaluation scores are available upon request.)

August 1984 to May 1986, Instructor of Mass Communication, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri.

Courses taught:

Theory of Mass Communication
Broadcast advertising
Intro to Mass Media
Broadcast Programming
Broadcast Operations
Film study
Advisor student radio station, KDLX.

Teacher evaluation scores are available upon request.

July 1986 Taught survey of media, high school summer honors workshop, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.

May 1982 to August 1982 Taught radio production, high school summer honors program, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana.

January 1982 to December 1982, teaching assistant, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. Taught introductory speech.

Scholarship 

Books 

Gullifor, P., and McGraw, M. (2003).  Courting Success: Muffet McGraw's Formula for Success in Basketball and Life.  Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland. 

Gullifor, P. (2001).  The Fighting Irish on the Air: The History of Notre Dame Football Broadcasting.  Diamond Communications: South Bend, IN. 

Articles

Gullifor, P. (2007, July.). Book Review of Viewer Discretion Advised: Taking Control of Mass Media Influences by Jeffry McCall, Feedback.

Gullifor, P. (2006, Oct.). The importance of student organizations, Transmitter, the newsletter of the Iliinois Broadcasters Association.

Gullifor, P. (2006, Sept). Sporting a new format: WFAN and the birth of all sports radio. In Sports-Talk Radio in America: Its Contex and Culture. Dempsey, J.M. (Ed). Haworth Publishing: Binghamton, NY.

Gullifor, P. (2005, Sept.). Book Review of Mass Communication Education by Michael Murray and Roy Moore (Eds), Feedback, 46, p. 48.

Gullifor, P. (2003). Radio Marti. In C. Sterling (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Radio. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers: Chicago, IL.

Gullifor, P. (2003). WEVD.  In C. Sterling (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Radio. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers: Chicago, IL.

Gullifor, P. (2002, May).  Book Review of Introduction to Telecommunications by Anu Gokhale, Feedback, p.60.

Gullifor, P. (2001). The importance of broadcast history, Transmitter, the newsletter of the Illinois Broadcasters Association. 

Gullifor, P. (2001). Curricular advice for broadcast majors, The Radio-TV Review, monthly newsletter of Rogers State University.

Gullifor, P., and Berman, J. (1998). Teaching and evaluating creativity, Feedback, 39, p.1-7. 

Gullifor, P., and Carlson, B. (1997). Defining the public interest: Socialist radio and the case of WEVD, Journal of Radio Studies, 4, p. 203-217.

Gullifor, P. (1992). Family communication patterns and adolescent use of radio, Journal of Radio Studies, 1, p.1-14

Dreibelbis, G., and Gullifor, P. (1992). Forensics as a laboratory experience in mass media, National Forensic Journal, 10, p.77-82.

Gullifor, P. (1992). Using newspapers as textbooks in basic speech courses, The Speech Communication Teacher, 2, p.3.

Benoit, W.L., Gullifor, P., and Panici, D. (1991). President Reagan's defensive discourse on the Iran- contra affair, Communication Studies, 42, p.272-294.

Gullifor, P. (1991). Is state-of-the-art equipment really necessary, Feedback, 32, p.16-17.

Gullifor, P. (1990). Fighting the trade school trend, College Broadcaster, 2, p.24.

Publication as Contributor to Sports and Entertainment

Gullifor, P., and Gullifor, D. (2003, Sept/Oct). College football preview. Sports and Entertainment, 2, p. 7.

Gullifor, P., and Hinze, S. (2003, Sept/Oct). A life on hold: America's best known telephone operator talks about her life two years after Septemeber 11th, the day she became a hero. Sports and Entertainment, 2, p. 10. 

Gullifor, P. (2003, July/Aug). Boys and girls sports are different: There, I've said it.  Sports and Entertainment, 1, p. 19. 

Conference Presentations

Moderated a panel entitled Broadcast history in the curriculum: From survey to seminar. (April 2007) Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV.

Gullifor, P. (2007, April). Localism and sports talk. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Convention, Boston, MA.

Gullifor, P. (2005, March). Sporting a new format: WFAN and the birth of all sports radio. Paper presented at thePopular Culture Association/American Culture Association Convention, San Diego, CA. 

Gullifor, P. (2004, April). From sport to franchise: When college football became broadcast business.  Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association National Convention, Las Vegas, NV.  (First place winner in the open competition in the history division). 

Gullifor, P. (2003, April). Notre Dame football and radio play-by-play in the 1920s. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association National Convention, Las Vegas, NV. 

Moderated a panel at the IBA-U Academic Conference on the state of the industry, Illinois Broadcasters Association, Springfield, IL (2002, October).

Gullifor, P. (2001, April). The NCAA vs. Notre Dame 1951-1953: The battle over television rights to college football. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association National Convention, Las Vegas, NV. 

Gullifor, P. (2001, April). The feeling is Mutual: The Mutual Radio Network and its relationship with Notre Dame football.  Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA. 

Moderated a panel on broadcast sports programming at the AERho Regional Convention in Chicago, (2000, October).

Gullifor, P. (2000, July). Presenter and panel moderator on Sports Marketing Panel.  Indiana Broadcasters Association First Annual Sports Broadcasting Workship, Indianapois, IN. 

Gullifor, P. (2000, April). Joe Boland and the Irish Football Network. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Gullifor, P. (1999, March). Irish on the air: Notre Dame football and radio play-by-play in the 1920s. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Convention, San Diego, CA.

Gullifor, P. and Kerns, D. (1998, April). Rating the ratings: How the television content rating system played in Peoria. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV. (also organized and moderated this panel on "Current Issues in Television Content.")

Gullifor, P. (1997, August). The promise of new technology: A cautious perspective. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Chicago, IL.

Gullifor, P., and Berman, J. (1997, April). Teaching and evaluating creativity. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV.

Gullifor, P., and Carlson, B. (1995, April). Defining the public interest: Socialist radio and WEVD. Paper competitively selected (history division) and presented at the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV.

Gullifor, P. (1994, April). When Irish eyes aren't smiling: Protecting the image of Notre Dame football. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Assoc./American Culture Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Gullifor, P. (1994, March). Television production opportunities: Cable access channels and student free-lancing. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas, NV.

Gullifor, P. (1991, April). Government use of civilian radio frequencies for political propaganda: The case of radio marti. Paper presented at Central States Speech Communication Convention, Chicago, IL.

Dreibelbis, G., and Gullifor, P. (1990, November). Television use and technology in the 1990's: Predictions for the decade. Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Gullifor, P. (1989, April). Doctoral dissertation. Presented at the Broadcast Education Association and National Association of Broadcasters Convention, Las Vegas, NV. A copy was also requested by the Children's Television Workshop.

Benoit, W.L., Gullifor, P., and Panici, D. (1988, November) President Reagan's defensive discourse on the Iran-contra affair.  Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Grants

Discretionary Research Grant awarded by Bradley University to attend the academic seminar of the National Cable and Telecommunication Associaton annual convention (April 2005). 

Research Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University to study the history of broadcasting Notre Dame football (November, 2000).

Discretionary Research Grant awarded by Bradley University to study the history of Broadcasting Notre Dame football (August, 2000). 

Research Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University to study the history of broadcasting Notre Dame football (December, 1998).

Research Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University to study the history of broadcasting Notre Dame football (December, 1997).

Discretionary Research Grant awarded by Bradley University to study the history of broadcasting Notre Dame football (August 1997).

Teaching Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University for participation in the International Radio and Television Society Faculty/Industry Seminar (October 1992).

Research Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University to study Eugene V. Debs and WEVD-AM (March 1992).

Research Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University to study radio audience measurement (November 1991).

Teaching Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University to improve radio-television curriculum (October 1991).

Research Excellence Grant awarded by Bradley University to study radio audience measurement (April 1991).

Awarded a grant from the National Association of Broadcasters to study the radio listening habits of adolescents (March 1988).  Published as NAB memo.

Service 

Member, search committee, station manager WCBU-FM (Spring 2004).

Member, Intercollegiate Athletic Committee (Fall 2003-present).

Administered IBA Minority Internship Program (Spring 2003).

Member, University's Arbitration Board (Spring 2003).

Member, departmental search committee for GCC engineer (Summer 2002).

Member, Sports Communication Curriculum Committee (2002-present).

Member, Charlety Steiner internship committee (2001).

Member, Peoria Public School District 150 RTV Curriculum Review Committee (2000-present).

Chair, departmental search committee, electronic media Position (2000-2001). 

Chair, departmental cirriculum committee (1999-present). Led the single largest curriculum rewrite in department history in 2004.

Member, college curriculum committee (1999-present). 

Chair, departmental search committee, chairperson position (1999-2000).

Member, departmental core curriculum subcommittee (1999- present).

Member, departmental graduate program committee (1999- Present).

Member, Illinois Broadcasters Association Academic Committee (2000-present).

Member, departmental search committee, radio-tv position (1997-present).

Member, departmental scholarship and awards committee (1997-present).

Member, departmental assessment committee, radio-tv program (1997-present).

Chair, departmental search committee, journalism position (1995-1997).

Member, music department personnel committee (1996-1997).

Member, committee to elect department chairperson (1996).

Member, university task force on future of WCBU-FM (1995-present).

Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, governing body of Bradley University, re-elected to second term (1994-1998).

Faculty senate, re-elected to second term by college faculty (1993-present).

Faculty advisor to student radio station WRBU (1995- present).

Founder and faculty advisor to BUMS, Bradley University Media Society (1988-present).

Member, department personnel committee (1995-present, chaired in 2002).

Member, college committee to evaluate the Dean (1994).

Reader, Bradley commencement ceremony (winter 1994).

Chair, departmental search committee, telecommunications position (1994-present).

Member, departmental search committee, journalism position (1994-present).

Member, departmental curriculum committee (1994- 1997).

Member, departmental teaching excellence committee (present).

Member, Horowitz scholarship committee (1994).

Member, university conference planning committee (1994).

Member, departmental search committee, journalism position (1993-94).

Member, departmental promotion and tenure guidelines committee (1993-94).

Member, journalism curriculum committee (1993-94).

Chair, radio-tv curriculum committee (1993-94).

Member, university planning committee, EHS freshman orientation (1991-present).

Member, college co-curricular activities committee (1992-present).

Chair, departmental building committee (1992-93).

Chair, departmental curriculum task force committee (1992-93).

Member, departmental Robison Lectureship committee (1992-93).

Member, departmental search committee, chairperson position (1992-93).

Member, departmental search committee, chairperson position (1991-92).

Chair, departmental search committee, radio-tv faculty position (1992-93).

Chair, departmental search committee, radio-tv faculty position (1991-92).

Member, college search committee for Dean of college (1989-1992).

Chair, departmental curriculum committee (1991-92).

Member, departmental building committee (1990-92).

Chair, departmental master's program feasibility committee (1988-89).

Professional Experience

Consultant to Pekin Energy, Pekin, Illinois (1991 to 1993).

Part-time consultant to Ross Advertising, Inc., in Peoria, Illinois (1989 to 1990).

News Director, KXCV-FM, an NPR affiliate, Maryville, Missouri (May 1985 to August 1985).

News Director, WVTS-FM, now WMGI-FM, Terre Haute, Indiana (January 1983 to August 1983).

General Manager, WISU-FM, Terre Haute, Indiana (May 1982 to August 1982).

Program Director, WISU-FM, Terre Haute, Indiana (January 1982 to December 1982).

Morning drive announcer/news, WAAC-AM, now WJSH-AM, Terre Haute, Indiana (August 1981 to December 1982).

Producer/Director, WBAK-TV, an ABC affiliate, Terre Haute, Indiana (November 1980 to August 1981).  Later transferred to news where duties included photography, reporting and anchoring the daily morning newscast.

Newspaper Reporter, "The Indiana Statesman," Terre Haute, Indiana (Sept. 1980 to Dec. 1980).

Awards/Honors/Distinctions

Award for teaching excellence from the Parents Association at Bradley (April 2007).

Nominated by the Bradley Parent's Association for Professor of the Year (Spring 2003).

Nominated for the Frank Stanton Fellow Award for outstanding accomplishment in electronic media education by the International Radio and Television Society in New York (Fall 2002).

Named honorable mention Professor of the Semester by Kappa Delta Sorority, Bradley University (Fall 2002).

Named Stephen H. Coltrin Communication Professor of the Year by the International Radio and Television Society in New York (September 2001).

Received Faculty Achievement Awarwd for Excellence in Teaching from Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts (April 2001).

Received Paul B. Snider Award for Teaching Excellence in Communication, from Bradley University's Department of Communication (November 2000).

Nominated Professor of the Semester by Bradley University Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and the Order of Omega (October, 2000). 

Received award of excellence from the Parents Association at Bradley University for excellence in teaching, April 2000.

Awarded a travel grant to attend the International Emmy Festival in New York, November 1999.

Awarded a travel fellowship by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania to attend the Centers 4th Annual Conference on Children and Television in Washington, DC, June 1999 and again in June 2000.  Competitively selected.

One of 25 faculty members chosen internationally for participation in NATPEs (National Association of Television Program Executives) educational seminar in New Orleans, January 1999.  Comptetitively selected.

One of 75 faculty members chosen nationally to participate in the annual faculty-industry seminar sponsored by the International Radio and Television Society (1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000, New York).  Competitively selected.

Granted sabbatical leave from Bradley University for research, fall semester, 1998.

Honorable mention, Communication Professor of the Year 1998, by the International Radio and Television Society Foundation in New York.

Nominated for Who's Who in America (56th Edition). 

Twice selected for inclusion in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers, 1998, 1999. (5th and 6th Eds).

Named Professor of the Semester by Bradley University Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and the Order of Omega (fall, 1996).

One of ten faculty members campuswide nominated by the Mortar Board for University Teacher of the Year (1996).

Nominated by department chair for award for excellence in teaching at Bradley University (May 1990).

One of 22 faculty members chosen nationally to participate in a television industry workshop sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (November 1989, Los Angeles).  Competitively selected.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri (1987-1988).  Voted by the faculty of the Department of Communciation.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri (1986-1987).  Voted by the faculty of the Department of Communication.

Outstanding Graduate Student, University of Missouri (1986-1987).  Voted by the faculty and the graduate students of the Department of Communication.

Professional Speaking Engagements 

Northern Indiana Center for History, Rockne Exhibit (September 2006).

Kiwanis Club of Peoria (December 2005).

East Peoria Rotary Club (May 2004).

Notre Dame Club of Springfield (May 2003).

Notre Dame Club of Starved Rock (January 2003).

Illinois State Library, Springfield (September 2002).

East Peoria Rotary Club (May 2002).

Bradley Alumi Chapter of South Bend, IN (April 2002). 

Professional Memberships

Member of the editorial review board for The Journal of Radio Studies (Spring 1992 to present).

Member of the editorial review board for The Journal of Communication and Religion (1997-98).

Member of the Broadcast Education Association.

Member of the Popular Culture Association.

Advisor to BUMS, Bradley University Media Society.

Courses Taught:

COM203 Introduction to Radio-Television COM417 Communications in Perspective COM450 Broadcast Programming and Promotion

Research:

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