Academic Appointments

Associate Professor – (with tenure)
    Philip Merrill College of Journalism
    University of Maryland at College Park             2006 – present

• Development of interactive media curriculum
• Teach required interactive media courses
• Created new courses in future media, interactive media

Director of Graduate Studies                                   2003 – 2006
    School of Visual Communication
    Ohio University, Athens, Ohio                   

• Recruitment and retention of graduate students
• Teach graduate research seminar
• Have improved degree-completion rate
• Plan, maintain and distribute support from annual graduate student budget

Associate Professor – (with tenure)
    School of Visual Communication
    Ohio University, Athens, Ohio                              2002 – 2006

• Development of interactive media curriculum; teach two of three required interactive multimedia courses
• Created new courses in media management and visual media aesthetics.
• Academic adviser, numerous thesis and dissertation committees
• Member of multiple university and school committees including University General Education Curriculum Council, College Graduate Council

Lecturer                                                                          Spring 2002
College of Communication – Department of Journalism
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Taught course in news and information design.

Associate Professor – (with tenure)                     1994 – 2000
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Developed new media curriculum; originated and taught two of three required new media courses
• Created new courses in media management and visual communications
• Academic adviser for all pre-journalism majors in University College
• Numerous thesis committees
• Member of multiple university and school committees
• Selected to teach only journalism course among “First-Year Seminars” offered to incoming freshmen
• Invited member, chancellor’s “Intellectual Climate Initiative” team
• Founding member university residential learning community planning and implementation committee

Assistant Professor                                                    1991–1994
Visiting Professional                                                   1988–1991
William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

• Sequence head, Visual Communication
• Member of school financial management team
• Resurrected photojournalism program
• Developed print design curriculum