Professional Title:
Interim Associate Department Chair, Associate Professor
Officer: CGCC 335
Phone: 309-677-4116
E-Mail: gpitts@bradley.edu
Dr. Greg Pitts is an assistant professor holding a Bachelor of Arts in Prelaw/Communications and a Master of Speech Communication both from Auburn University. Pitts earned a doctorate in Communications from the University of Tennessee. Pitts is a member of the Broadcast Education Association, and served in the leadership of the Management and Sales Division. He is also a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He has presented peer-reviewed research at both organizations' conferences. Since 1996, he has worked with the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Internship Co-ordination Team and attends the annual NATPE Conference. Earlier in his career, he oversaw the startup of a college-owned commercial radio station. He managed the station and sold advertising time, worked on-air and handled engineering assignments. Pitts received a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship for Teaching and Research in 1997 and spent six months teaching and researching at the University of Zambia and working with government and private media organizations in Zambia. His international teaching and consulting also includes work in Nigeria and Bulgaria. He is co-author of The Radio Broadcasting Industry (Allyn & Bacon, 2001). The author of "Radio Broadcasting" in Communication Technology Update, (Focal Press, 2000). He has published additional research in Communication Law and Policy, Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, Journal of Radio Studies, Ecquid Novi: Journal for Journalism in Southern Africa and Feedback.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Communications, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1992.
Dissertation: The Future of AM Radio: Station Owner and Manager Attitudes About Its Decline, Condition, and Outlook. Funded through an NAB Research Grant. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Norman Swan
Master of Speech Communication, Auburn University, 1983.
Bachelor of Arts, Prelaw/Communication, Auburn University, 1983.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Communication, Slane College of Communication and Fine Arts, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (2001-present). Tenured and promoted in 2003. Interim Associate Department Chair, 2006 – present.
Courses Taught: Three courses per semester.
Communication Theory
Media Sales
Media Research
Media Management
The Mass Media in a Global Environment
Development & Communication
Assistant Professor of Television-Radio, Division of Electronic Media & Film, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (1998-2001).
Courses Taught: Three courses per semester.
Communication Theory-Graduate
Research Methods-Graduate
Selling Electronic Media
Seminar: Radio Programming
Electronic Media Management
Survey of Electronic Media
History of Broadcasting
Writing for Mass Media
Basic Video & Audio Production Techniques
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television, College of Communications, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas (1991-1998). Tenured and promoted in 1996. Assistant to the Dean for Development Projects, College of Communications (1995-1997).
Internship Coordinator, College of Communications (1991-1997)
Courses taught: Four courses per semester.
Advanced Studies in Broadcast Management (Graduate)
Programs and Audiences
Electronic Media Management
Communications Research
Radio Production
Radio-Television Advertising & Sales
Television ENG/EFP Techniques
Survey of Electronic Media
Visiting Instructor, One year position while working on my dissertation, Department of Speech & Theatre Arts, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina (1990-1991).
Courses taught: Four courses per semester.
Broadcast Operations
Broadcast Writing
Broadcast and Cable Sales & Promotion
Television Production I
Instructor, Department of Broadcasting and Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Speech, University of Tennessee-Knoxville (1988-1990).
Courses taught:
Producing for Radio
Business and Professional Speaking
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Instructor, Department of Communication Arts, Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana (1983-1988).
Courses taught: Four courses per semester.
Seminar: Broadcast Regulation
Electronic Newsgathering
Broadcast News Writing
Public Speaking
Survey of Advertising
Introduction to Broadcasting
Understanding the Mass Media
Organizational Communications
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech Communication, Auburn University (1982-1983).
Courses taught:
Radio Production I
Introduction to Telecommunications
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Applied Speech Communication
INTERNATIONAL TEACHING AND CONSULTING
Media Consultant in media management, programming and promotional strategy, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Bucharest, Romania, November 9-18, 2006. Consultation with Romanian National Radio Service, focusing on network management, programming and promotion to enable the national radio service to compete effectively in a privatized marketplace.
Media Consultant in media management and sales, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Tirana, Albania, May 24-28 and March 23-29, 2006. Continuing consultation since November 2004 to improve the operation and profit of Vizion+ Television. Consultation has focused on the use of research data to more effectively “tell” the station’s viewership story to advertising clients, creation of sales support documents for account executives, and streamlining management practices—through creation of job descriptions and personnel evaluation procedures.
Lecturer/Media Consultant in media management, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Belgrade and Nis, Serbia, April 10-21, 2006. Lecturer and consultant during two one-week workshops to managers from private and government radio, television and newspapers on various topics including research methods, advertising sales, management strategy, personnel resources & assessment, and marketplace philosophy.
Fulbright Lecturer and Researcher, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro (February-May 2006). Lecturer to media students and media industry professionals in mass communication topics. Also consulted with municipal television stations through the Montenegro Media Institute to offer idea to improve the station’s operations and sales/marketing initiatives.
Media Consultant in media management and sales, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Tirana, Albania, November 11-23, 2005. Return consulting visit. Worked with station management to create a television viewer survey to assess television viewing and audience attitudes about television stations in Albania and station programming. Led a team of 10 data collectors in telephone and personal interview data collection of more than 500 questionnaires. Input data and analyzed with SPSS and presented Vision+ Television management with survey results.
Media Consultant in media management and sales, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Tirana, Albania, March 16-25, 2005. Return consulting visit to assess implemented recommendation and offer additional recommendations for station management and sales supervision to Vision+ Television in Tirana, Albania.
Lecturer/Media Consultant in media management, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Tirana, Albania, November 16-27, 2004. Lecturer and consultant on management and sales to Vision+ Television in Tirana, Albania. Evaluated station operation, management and ad sales strategy. Recommended specific actions to respond to market challenges being faced by the station.
Lecturer/Media Consultant in media sales, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Kampala, Uganda, September 13-17, 2004. Lecturer and consultant to private radio station managers, sales managers and account executives on advertising sales strategies & techniques and marketplace philosophy.
Fulbright Senior Specialist, Liberal Arts University, Lut’sk, Ukraine, May 14-28, 2004. Lecturer to students majoring in journalism and management. Topics included communication theory, advertising, public relations and research methods. Served as English language partner for Ukrainian faculty members and students.
Lecturer/Media Consultant in media management and sales, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Podgorica, Montenegro, March 4-14, 2004. Lecturer and consultant to private and government radio, television and newspapers on various topics including advertising sales, management strategy, personnel resources & assessment, research methods and marketplace philosophy.
Lecturer/Media Consultant in media management, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Belgrade, Serbia, November 20-29, 2003. Lecturer and consultant to private and government radio, television and newspapers on various topics including research methods, advertising sales, management strategy, personnel resources & assessment, and marketplace philosophy.
Lecturer/Media Consultant in media management and advertising sales, International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Belgrade, Serbia and Podgorica, Montenegro, May 16-June 4, 2003. Lecturer and consultant to private and government radio, television and newspapers on various topics including research methods, advertising sales, management strategy, and marketplace philosophy.
Fulbright Senior Specialist, Liberal Arts University, Lut’sk, Ukraine, May 15-June 4, 2002. Lecturer to students majoring in journalism and economics. Topics included journalism, management, advertising, communication theory, public relations and research methods. Served as English language partner for Ukrainian faculty members.
Lecturer/Station Consultant to Privately-Owned Radio Stations in Bulgaria, International Research Exchange and ProMedia, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 30-October 14, 2000. Lecturer in radio sales techniques, programming strategies and announcing skills.
Lecturer, Appropriate Electronic Media Technology, United States Department of State Media Workshops, Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, December 1-9, 1999. Lecturer in video editing technology and also a speaker discussing the importance of a free media system to national development.
Fulbright Lecturer, University of Zambia, Africa Literature Center, and Zambia Institute of Mass Communication, Lusaka, Zambia (January-June 1997). Lecturer to media practitioners on a variety of subjects, including radio production, broadcast writing and reporting, media management and advertising sales, and mass communications theory and research.
Instructor, Democratic Governance Project (USAID program administered by Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Zambia Institute of Mass Communication, Lusaka, Zambia (December 1994).
Taught "Radio Magazine Production" two-week intensive course to participants from
Zambia National Broadcasting, Zambia Information Services, and the National Agricultural Information Service.
BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE
Director of Faculty and Student Programs, National Association of Television Programming Executives Educational Foundation, June 2002-present. Responsible for three NATPE programs: Students Intern Program, Faculty Fellowship
Program and Faculty Development Grant Program. Coordinate selection of 35-40 student interns and 28-30 academic Faculty Fellowship recipients. These two groups attend the annual NATPE Conference. Select student interns, screen faculty participants, and arrange and schedule high-level media industry leaders for faculty seminar sessions. Also screen applicants for the NATPE Faculty Development Grant program. Place grant winners at desired stations or media firms.
NATPE Intern Coordinator, National Association of Television Programming Executives Conference and Exhibition, 1996-2002. Assisted the NATPE Director of Marketing with execution of conference events and
scheduling and supervising 30 college interns. Attended NATPE sessions and workshops. NATPE Faculty Development Grant Fellow, KATV-TV, Little Rock, Arkansas (Summer 1993). Recipient of National Association of Television Programming Executives Professional Fellowship. Worked in programming, sales, news, engineering and creative services areas during an eight-week period. Assisted and observed during cable retransmission negotiations, accompanied account executives, edited videotape for news reports, and wrote commercials and promotional scripts for creative services.
Station Manager, KKLC-AM, Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana (1985-1987). Responsible for planning and organizing the commercial operation of the station, including management, sales, staff supervision, budget preparation, programming and equipment purchase, and equipment installation.
News Intern, "TV 12 News," WSFA-TV, Montgomery, Alabama (Summer, 1983). News reporter/photographer; shot and edited 3/4" videotape; wrote and edited copy.
Producer and Director, "Sports Central" (two hour talk show), WEGL-FM, Auburn University, Alabama (1982-1983). Wrote and edited program copy and handled on-air directing.
Host, "On the Air" (two hour talk show), WEGL-FM, Auburn University, Alabama (1982-1983). Interviewed studio guests and fielded listener calls.
Station Manager, WEGL-FM, Auburn University, Alabama (1981-1982).
Responsible for budget preparation and administration. Liaison between student staff and university administration. Hired, organized and supervised student staff.
Announcer and Reporter, WJHO, Opelika, Alabama (1978-1981).
Announcer, WCRI, Scottsboro, Alabama (1975-1978).
PUBLICATIONS
“Radio Broadcasting” in Communication Technology Update, 10th edition. August E. Grant and Jennifer H. Meadows, Editors. Focal Press, 2006.
iChat from Montenegro. The Transmitter, Illinois Broadcaster’s Association, January 2006. (Essay in the membership publication of the Illinois Broadcaster’s Association.)
“Radio Broadcasting” in Communication Technology Update, 9th edition. August E. Grant and Jennifer H. Meadows, Editors. Focal Press, 2004.
Contributing author, Encyclopedia of Radio. Entries for Advertising on Radio, Radio Advertising Bureau, Simulcasting and WRR-FM. Chris Sterling, Editor, Routledge, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
Attitudinal and Structural Levels of Professionalism among Television Newsworkers. With Raymond L. Carroll. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 18:4, Fall 2002.
Radio Listening and News Prominence in Zambia. Journal of Radio Studies, 9:1, Summer 2002. “Radio Broadcasting” in Communication Technology Update, 8th edition. August E. Grant and Jennifer H. Meadows, Editors. Focal Press, 2002.
The Brain Drain. The Transmitter, Illinois Broadcaster’s Association, May 2002. (Essay in the membership publication of the Illinois Broadcaster’s Association.)
The Radio Broadcasting Industry. With Alan Albarran. Series on Mass Communications, Allyn and Bacon Publishers, 2001.
InfoTrac College Edition Workbook for Electronic Media. Wadsworth Publishing, 2001.
"Radio Broadcasting" in Communication Technology Update, 7th edition. August E. Grant and Jennifer Harman Meadows, Editors. Focal Press, 2000.
Press Freedom in Zambia: Attitudes of Members of Parliament Toward Media and Media Regulation. Communication Law and Policy, 5:2, Spring 2000.
Contributing author, Encyclopedia of Radio. Entries for Radio Advertising Bureau, Advertising on Radio, Shane Media Services, Simulcasting and WRR-FM. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, IL. Christopher Sterling, Editor. Submitted January 2000.
“Electronic Media and the 21st Century: Some thoughts about radio and television in Nigeria” in Hosting the 140th Anniversary of the Nigerian Press. With Alan Albarran. Tunji Oseni and Lanre Idowu, Editors. Tosen Consult, Lagos, Nigeria.
The Times Are Changing: Parliamentarians’ attitudes about press freedom in Zambia. Ecquid Novi: Journal for Journalism in Southern Africa, 20:1, Summer 1999.
Do They Know of What They Speak: Television journalists and poll science. With Jeff Boone. Feedback, 38:4, Fall 1997.
Contributing author, Magill's Ready Reference: Censorship. Entries for Associated Press, National Association of Broadcasters and Program Production. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA., 1997.
How do local television journalists feel about compliance with the AAPOR poll reporting standards? With Jeff Boone. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 12:3, Summer 1996.
Beware of the Trojan Horse: Corporate America's Classroom Marketing. With Mark McJunkin. Ohio Media Spectrum, 47:2, pp. 13-15, Winter 1995.
Compliance to AAPOR Poll Reporting Standards: Does Television Make the Grade? With Jeff Boone. Competitive paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, October 10, 1993. This paper received an honorable mention award in the open paper competition and was published in the Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 9:2, 1994.
Helping Parents Make Television Count. With James E. Cramer. Ohio Media Spectrum, 45:2, pp. 9-11, Winter 1993.
The Future of AM Radio: Station Owner and Manager Attitudes About Its Decline, Condition and Outlook, Results of a National Study. Monograph prepared for the National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., as part of an NAB Faculty Research Grant, September 1992.
Television Deregulation: How changing horses in the middle of the stream may have enhanced two comparative applications. Paper presented at the University of Tennessee Communications Research Symposium and published in symposium proceedings, March 1990.
REFEREED PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Job satisfaction and professionalism among private radio station employees in Uganda. Paper presented at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA, August 4, 2006.
Media Management in the Journalism Curriculum. Panel discussant through Cox International Center, University of Georgia/University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, May 18-19, 2006.
Keeping Up to Date: Professional organizations that provide workshops for faculty—NATPE Faculty Fellowships/Seminars. Presentation at Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 27, 2006.
Job Satisfaction and Professionalism Among Radio and Television Employees in Serbia and Montenegro. Paper presented at Global Fusion 2004, St. Louis, MO, October 31, 2004.
The development of private radio stations in Bulgaria after Communism. Paper presented at Global Fusion 2004, St. Louis, MO, October 30, 2004.
Job satisfaction and professionalism among private radio station employees in Bulgaria. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, KS, August 4, 2003.
Job satisfaction among the new generation of commercial radio station employees in Bulgaria. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2003.
Management Case Study: KDEA-FM, A station acquisition study. Paper presented at the meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 9, 2002. This case study received first place in the Management and Sales Division’s referred case study competition.
Commercial Radio Broadcasting in Bulgaria. Panel presentation at the meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 8, 2002.
Attitudinal and Structural Levels of Professionalism Among Television Newsworkers. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association in Las Vegas, NV, April 21, 2001. This paper ranked second in the News Division's open competition.
Reading and Rating the Press: Press Freedom and Fair Reporting in Zambia. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Phoenix, AZ, August 12, 2000.
Radio Formats and American Popular Music: Instant Export and Invective Import and Media and Music Preferences in Zambia. Panel topic and accompanying paper presented at the
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Phoenix, AZ, August 10, 2000.
Public Perceptions: Democratization and Press Freedom in Zambia. Presented at the Broadcast Education Association in Las Vegas, NV, April 8, 2000. This paper ranked third in the International Division's open competition.
Electronic Media and the 21st Century: Some thoughts about radio and television in Nigeria. With Alan Albarran. Presented at the 140th Anniversary Celebration of Journalism in Nigeria, December 3, 1999, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
The Times Are Changing: Parliamentarians’ Attitudes About Press Freedom in Zambia. Presented at the Broadcast Education Association in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 18, 1999.
Can the Leopard Change Its Spots: Parliamentarians’ Attitudes About Press Freedoms in Zambia. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Baltimore, Maryland, August 6, 1998.
A content analysis of U.S. television stations’ Web sites. With Rey Rosales. Paper and panel presentation at Broadcast Education Association, April 5, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada.
AAPOR poll reporting standards: Television journalists say one thing but do another. With Jeff Boone. Presented at the Southwestern Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication, San Angelo, Texas, October 2, 1995.
Visual Agenda Setting: A case study of Exxon's report of the Valdez cleanup. With Mark McJunkin. Presented at the Southwestern Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication, San Angelo, Texas, October 1, 1995.
Selling Broadcast Sales: The sales course in the RTV curriculum. Panel presentation at the Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 8, 1995.
A Comparison of Newspaper and Television Reporting of Polls During the 1992 Election Campaign. With Jeff Boone, M. D. Buffalo, Jeanne Norton Rollberg and Luther W. Sanders. Paper presented to the Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 30, 1994.
Whose Signal is it Anyway? The Battle of Rhetoric Over the 1992 Cable Act. Panel presentation at the Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 20, 1994.
Viable Medium or Out-of-Date Technology: What Station Owners and Managers Think about AM Radio. Paper presented at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, October 10, 1993.
Television and Video Program Consumption in Africa, the Middle East/Near East, and the Far East/Pacific Rim. Paper presented at the Sixteenth National Third World Studies Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, October 7-9, 1993.
Content Changes in Three Shortwave News Services Since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. With John J. Lombardi. Paper presented to the International Division, Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 17, 1993.
Shortwave Broadcasting: News Content Changes Since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. With John J. Lombardi. Paper presented at the Fifteenth National Third World Studies Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, October 8-10, 1992.
AM Stations Owners' and Managers' Attitudes Regarding AM Improvement. Presentation of grant findings, NAB/BEA Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 13, 1992.
Do AM Managers Care Whether AM Survives? Presentation at the 22nd Annual Convention of the Popular Culture Association, Louisville, Kentucky, March 20, 1992.
Band on the Run: A study of failed AM stations. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association Radio Programming Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, September 16, 1990.
GRANTS
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $3,990 for Bucharest, Romania, November 9-18, 2006. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Cox International Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 17-20, 2006. Travel Grant of $554 for panel participation in “Media Management in the Journalism Curriculum”, University of Belgrade, Department of Journalism, Belgrade, Serbia.
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $7,980 for Tirana, Albania, March 23-29 and May 24-28, 2006. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State. Training Grant of $7,690 for Belgrade and Nis, Serbia, April 10-21, 2006. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Fulbright Grant, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C., February-May, 2006. Grant of $21,540 to support teaching and research activities at the
University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $4,580 for Tirana, Albania, November 11-23, 2005. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $6,150 for Tirana, Albania, March 16-25, 2005. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Office of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development. Grant of $2,281 to support faculty- student collaborative study on television political poll reporting. Fall 2004 and Spring 2005, Bradley University.
Office of the Provost, Bradley University. Grant of $900 to fund involvement in an Internet2: NATPE Career Workshop from Bradley University. Fall 2004 and Spring 2005.
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $7,450 for Tirana, Albania, November 16-27, 2004. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $4,600 for Kampala, Uganda, September 13-17, 2004. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C., May 15-28, 2004. Grant of $4,910 to support teaching activities at Liberal Arts University, Lut’sk, Ukraine. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $5,675 for Podgorica, Montenegro, March 4-14, 2004. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $7,350 for Belgrade, Serbia, November 20-29, 2003. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Office of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development. Grant of $455 to support faculty-student collaborative study on radio listening. This grant resulted in a faculty mentored student research paper/presentation at the Bradley University Student Research Expo, 2004. The presenting student was awarded second place in the competition. Fall 2003, Bradley University.
International Broadcast Bureau/Voice of America, U.S. Department of State, Training Grant of $9,200 in Belgrade, Serbia and Podgorica, Montenegro, May 16-June 4, 2003. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars,
Washington, D.C., May 15-June 4, 2002. Grant of $6,100 to support teaching activities at the Liberal Arts University, Lut’sk, Ukraine. (See Int’l Teaching and Consulting.)
Journalism in Sub-Saharan Africa. Grants from ICAC: $500, Office of Minority Students: $200, Caterpillar Global Scholars Program: $150, to support the visit by Dr. Francis Kasoma from the University of Zambia to visit Bradley University for a series of class visits and lectures about journalism in Zambia and Sub-Saharan Africa. April 12-16, 2002.
Office of General Education. Grant of $3,000 to develop a Cultural Formations course titled, Ethics and the Media: Are we what we watch, hear and read?, Southern Methodist University. 2001.
Meadows Faculty Research Grant. Grant of $2,000 for Professionalism Orientation of Television Newsworkers. With Ray Carroll. Southern Methodist University, 2001.
International Research Exchange and ProMedia, Training Grant of $5,700 for Sofia, Bulgaria, September 30-October 14, 2000. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Instructional Technology Grant, "AVID" Software Nonlinear Video Editing: Training the teachers to train to students. Grant of $2,500 from Southern Methodist University, August 1999.
United States Department of State, Media Workshop Grant of $4,800 for Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, December 1-9, 1999. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
President's Partners Grant, Audio Production Lab Equipment. Grant of $1,780 for additional audio lab production equipment. Southern Methodist University, Spring 1999.
Teaching Technology Grant, WebCT Bootcamp. Grant of $1,000 to provide training regarding use of WebCT software for classroom instruction, December 1998.
Fulbright Grant, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C., January-June 1997. Grant of $29,075 to support teaching activities at the University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Eisenhower Grant, Arkansas Department of Higher Education, Little Rock, AR, Fall 1995. Grant of $18,000 for advanced training in mathematics, science, and reading, and presentation/leadership skills. With Mark McJunkin, Ron Towery, and Ruby Midkiff.
Science Information Liaison Office Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Little Rock, AR, Spring 1994. Grant of $1,177.24 to conduct the study "Small Market Radio Advertising Rates and the Effects of Market Competition" with Leanne Wilson.
Democratic Governance Project, USAID program administered by Southern University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, Training Grant of $5,570 for Zambia Institute of Mass Communication, Lusaka, Zambia, December 1994. (See Int’l Teaching & Consulting.)
Faculty Fellowship: National Association of Television Programming Executives, Los Angeles, California, Summer 1993. Grant of $3,000 for summer fellowship at KATV-TV, Little Rock, Arkansas. (See Professional Experience.)
Capital Grant: Cosmos Broadcasting/The Liberty Corporation, Greenville, South Carolina, 1992. Grant of $5,300 for purchase of a satellite dish to receive CNN Newsource services.
Software Grant: TAPSCAN, Incorporated, Birmingham, Alabama, 1993-1996. Tapscan/Qualitap/Multimedia/Continuity Director ratings analysis and sales presentation software, valued at $36,000 for the three year term of the grant.
Research Grant: National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., 1991-1992. NAB Research Grant of $2,678 for An Investigation of AM Station Owners' and Managers' Attitudes Regarding AM Improvement. This project was also the subject of my doctoral dissertation.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
Media Use Among Students at Western Carolina University: An Investigation of an Isolated User Group. Presented to the station manager and staff, WWCU-FM, 1991.
KKLC-AM, Application for license transfer, 1985. Prepared for Louisiana College for submission to the Federal Communications Commission, including equipment and engineering calculations and expense and revenue projections.
Lee County Student Listenership Surveys, 1980-1981, 1981-1982 and 1982-1983. Reports to the management of WEGL-FM and the Auburn University Board of Communications.
WEGL-FM, Application for license renewal, 1981. Prepared for Auburn University for submission to the Federal Communications Commission, including programming reports and ascertainment.
Title IX allegation against Auburn University, WEGL-FM investigative documentary, 1981.
"God, Man and Country," radio documentary produced for WJHO, Opelika, Alabama, 1980.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Teaching & Research Undergraduate Mentoring Award. Supervision of Faculty/Student Collaborative Research, presented at Bradley Student Research and Creative Project Exposition. Office of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, Spring 2005.
Teaching & Research Undergraduate Mentoring Award. Supervision of Faculty/Student Collaborative Research, presented at Bradley Student Research and Creative Project Exposition. Office of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, Spring 2004.
Peer Nominee, Barry Sherman Teaching Award, Media Management and Economics Division, AEJMC, Summer 2001.
Dean's Faculty Award, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, 2000.
National Association of Broadcasters Research Grant, 1992. Used to fund dissertation research.
Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Honor Society, 1991.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate, College of Communications, University of Tennessee, 1989-1990.
Who's Who Among Students at American Universities and Colleges, 1981-1982.
Alabama Broadcaster's Association Scholarship and Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, 1981.
International Radio Television Society, Faculty-Industry Seminar, "Telecommunications Management and Business Strategy," New York New York, February 23-27, 2000.
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Sixth Annual Faculty-Industry Seminar, North Hollywood, California, November 10-13, 1993.
International Radio Television Society, Faculty-Industry Seminar, "Broadcasting in the '90s: Is it on its way up or out?" New York New York, February 5-9, 1992.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS (SELECTED EXAMPLES.)
Peer Reviewer, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, Spring 2006-present.
District Four Board of Directors Representative, Broadcast Education Association. Elected by BEA District Peers to serve as a member of the BEA Board of Directors, beginning Spring 2006.
Paper Competition Chair, International Communications Division, Broadcast Education Association, April 2004-present.
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Radio Studies, 2004-present.
Chair, Broadcast Education Association Management and Sales Division, April 1999-2001.
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Media Economics, 1999-present.
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1998-present.
Vice Chair and Competitive Papers Chair, Broadcast Education Association Management and Sales Division, April 1997-1999.
Editor, Broadcast Education Association Management and Sales Division Newsletter Editor, elected by peer votes, April 1995-April 1997.
Competitive Paper Reviewer for Broadcast Education Association and Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, national paper competitions. 1994-present.
Chairperson, Bradley University, Department of Communication Personnel Committee, peer elected to chair the personnel committee leading to tenure and promotion and contract renewal recommendations, Fall 2006-present.
Member, Slane College of Communication and Fine Arts Executive Committee. Non-voting committee member through duties as interim associate chair, Fall 2006-present.
Member, Bradley University Curriculum and Regulations Committee, peer elected to represent the Slane College of Communications & Fine Arts, 2006-present.
Member, Screening Committee, Department of Communication Chair Search, Bradley University, Spring 2006-present.
Member, Provost Search Committee. Elected by peers in Communications and Fine Arts to serve on Provost Search Committee, Bradley University, 2005.
Chair, Journalism position search, Bradley University, Fall 2003-Spring 2004.
Member, Department of Communication Personnel Committee, Fall 2003-present.
Member, Provost’s Committee on Post-Baccalaureate Education, Bradley University, Fall 2002.
Chair, Student Scholarship Committee, Department of Communication, Bradley University, Spring 2001-present.
Member, Radio-Television Concentration Curriculum Committee, Committee-of-the-Whole, Department of Communication, Bradley University, Fall 2001-present.
Member, Electronic Media Curriculum Committee, Southern Methodist University, 1998-2000.
