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The Department of Communication's full-time
faculty have expertise in areas of journalism, broadcasting, public
relations and interpersonal and business communication. Our mission
involves instruction which responsibly blends theory with professional
practice skills. Through our classwork and hands-on training we're
dedicated to challenging our students and preparing them for productive
futures in a changing technology-based work environment.
Our faculty and department offices are on
the fourth floor of University Hall (UH on the map) on the northwest
side of campus. Our television studio and production facilities are
located in Rocket Hall on the southwest side of campus. Download a map
from UT's visitors page.
Below you will find a listing of our
faculty, click on their name for additional information. Click on the
e-mail address to send an e-mail.
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Dr. James Benjamin is the new Department
Chair as of August 15, 2005. Dr. Benjamin joined The University of
Toledo in 1986 and his areas of interest include; organizational
communication, visual communication, and rhetorical theory and
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Dr. Amy Capwell
Burns, assistant professor, has taught at UT since 2000. She
earned her undergraduate degree from Baldwin-Wallace College, her M.A.
from Cleveland State University, and her Ph.D. from Bowling Green
State University. Her areas of specialties include Interpersonal
Communication, Gender Communication, and other general communication
courses.
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Dr. Paul Fritz began teaching at U.T. in 1980 after completing his graduate
studies at Bowling Green State University. He teaches Communication
Theory, Conflict in the Workplace, Portfolio Documentation, and
Introduction to Communication (Introduction to the Internet) on the
Web. His current research investigates the Microsoft monopoly trail.
Please
feel free to stop at his office for career counseling and a free copy
of "Pathways To Careers In Communication"~a list of job titles from 14
different career areas (business, television, health care, etc). You
can visit his personal page with course links at www.utoledo.edu/~pfritz/.
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Dr. Paulette D. Kilmer
began teaching at UT in the fall of 1997. She graduated from the
University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign campus, with a Ph.D. in media
studies, from the University of Kansas in Lawrence with a M.A. in
speech/ theater, and from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with a
M.A. in specialized reporting as well as a B.A. in journalism and
history. She is the author of "The Fear of Sinking: The American
Success Formula in the Gilded Age" (1996) and "Always Sunny Skies:Why
We're Wanderers At Heart" (forthcoming). Her research interests include
values across time and narrative formats in the mass media for myths
and legends.
She
serves as the advisor of the Society for Professional Journalists.
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Dr. Richard J. Knecht,
has taught at UT since 1971. He has earned degrees from the University
of Dayton, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and the Ohio State
University. His areas of specialties include Telecommunications Policy
in the United States, and Professional Business Communication. |
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Dr. Jacqueline Layng has been a professor at UT since 1997. She has a Master's of
Arts degree in Media Communication and a Doctorate in Educational
Technology from Northern Illinois University. Her recent publications
include:
Layng, J. (1999). Developing Multimedia Presentations in a New
Technology
Communication Course. Speech Communication Teacher. 13(4), 1-2.
Layng, J.
(1998). Uncovering the Layers of Diversity: A Semiotic Analysis of the
Corporate Training Video Series, "Valuing Diversity." Semiotica. 119
(3/4), 251-267.
Layng, J
(1998). Beauty and the Beast Unveiled: An Application of critical
viewing to a fable turned television drama. Journal of Visual Literacy.
18(1), 95-110.
Layng, J.
(1997). A Course of action: A Pedagogical approach to multimedia
presentations. Florida Technology in Education Quarterly. 9(3), 28-37.
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Dr. Paul A. Many
is a professor of communication. He is the
author of three young adult novels and two children’s picture books as
well as a number of short stories, poems and professional articles. He
has an MA in journalism from Ohio State University, an MFA in creative
writing from Bowling Green and a Ph.D. in mass communication/journalism
from Ohio University.
You can visit his homepage at www.utoledo.edu/homepages/pmany |
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Dr. Norbert H. Mills
began his career at UT in 1974, as an assistant professor of speech. He
earned his bachelor's degree at Winona State College in Minnesota and
continued his graduate studies at Bowling Green State University, where
he earned his master's degree and doctorate. Dr. Mills retired Summer,
2005.
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Dr. Brian Anse
Patrick holds a Ph.D. in Communication Research from the
University of Michigan. He is an associate professor in the
Department of Communication , and teaches courses in research
methods, group communication, propaganda, and persuasion. His seminar
on propaganda has been among the most popular courses in UT's Honors
Program in recent years. Professionally, he has served as a
communication and development consultant for state governments and
non-profit organizations.
His most recent book is The National Rifle Association and the Media:
The Motivating Force of Negative Coverage (Peter Lang Publishing,
2003). It examines the effects of negative media coverage on American
gun culture over a ten-year period, demonstrating how negative coverage
has actually benefited NRA and gun culture by helping to recruit new
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Don Reiber is an
assistant professor of communication and the director of the department
of communication's Media Services. He oversees the department's
television studio and production facilities in Rocket Hall.
He teaches classes in television production, live-truck production, and
radio production and programming.
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Dr.
Sumitra Srinivasan is an assistant professor of
communication and has been teaching at UT since 2006. She has a
Ph.D. in Communication from Georgia State University, MS in
Television-Radio-Film from Syracuse University, M.A. in Communication and B.Sc. in Physics and Applied
Electronics from the University of
Madras. She also holds a graduate
diploma in Computer Science and Information Technology and was
certified as Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD).
Her research and
teaching interests include International Journalism; New Media
Technologies;
Globalization, Culture and Technology; Telecommunication Law and
Policy; History of Technology.
Her website is at http://homepages.utoledo.edu/ssriniv/index.html
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Dr. David E. Tucker
is an associate professor of communication. He teaches Mass
Communication and Society, Radio/TV Newswriting, Communication Theory
and Senior Portfolio classes. |
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Joe Clark
has worked at UT since 1991 serving eight years as chief public
relations officer for the University and assistant to President Frank
Horton. He has retained adjunct status in the department of
communication and is the current advisor of UT's chapter of the Public
Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Joe has been accredited
by the PRSA since 1974.
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Fatima A. Shousher
has taught at UT since 1998 and has held positions as a part-time
Instructor, Visiting Professor and is currenly a Lecturer. She received
her bachelor's degree from UT in the Communication Department and
earned her master's degree from BGSU. She has experience in Web
Development, Public Relations and Marketing and currenly teaches Visual
Communication and Interpersonal Communication. |
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Raymond Jackson
has been advising students in the communication department at
UT since 1994. He holds a bachelor's degree from UT and earned his
master's degree at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Students
can set an appointment by calling the department secretary at 530-2005
or e-mailing Ray at rjackson@utnet.utoledo.edu
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Tom Osswald
has been producing video, television, radio, and web materials for UT
since 1998. He has worked as a video and audio editor/engineer and as a
television news editor in California, Montana, and Ohio. His interests
include the utilization of new media for marketing, public relations,
and teaching. He holds a bachelors degree in communication from UT. He
has taught visual communications and radio production and programming.
He is an
advisor to UTTV, the student television broadcasting organization and
works with students to produce the "Rocket Report", student news
program. Click here for the UTTV page.
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John Eidemiller
has worked as a producer/director for the UT Department of
Communication since the summer of 2002. He shoots, edits, and produces
various video projects for clients both within and outside the
University and helps to maintain and supervise the television studio
and remote truck. Prior to joining the UT Department of Communication
staff, he worked at Creative Video, a Washington D.C. corporate video
production company, where he coordinated, set up, and directed
multi-camera productions at many prestigious venues in Washington and
around the country.
To find out more about John, or to access information for his Basic TV
Studio Operation Class, click
here to check out his web site.
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The University of Toledo
The Department of Communication
University Hall Room 4600
2801 W. Bancroft St.
Toledo, OH 43606
419-530-2005
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