Positions:  Professor and former Department Chair, Journalism and Media Communication, CSU; Former Interim Vice President, Marketing and Communications, CSU;  Senior Faculty Fellow and Program Director, Institute for Education in International Media; Former Academic Representative, Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation; Immediate Past Council Member, Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC); Past President, Broadcast Education Association; Academic Dean, Semester at Sea, spring 2019.

Education: M.A., Broadcast Journalism/Public Affairs, The American University; B.A., Technical Journalism, Colorado State University; Scripps Howard Leadership Adacemy, Louisiana State University.

Professional experience: Reporter, photojournalist, producer and anchor for television; independent producer of documentaries, educational and corporate videos.

Specialty areas: News coverage and journalist behavior in coverage of significant events, especially as it relates to coverage of sensitive issues involving victims of crime and tragedy. Also, production techniques and practices in television news, documentary and corporate video production.