EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Louisiana State University 1982
  • Major: Communication Studies
  • Minor: Rhetoric and Persuasion
  • Minor: English and Literary Criticism
  • Minor: Literature in Performance
  • Minor: Radio-Television-Film
    
• M.A. Southwest Missouri State University 1978
  • Major: Rhetoric and Persuasion
  • Minor: Theatre/Performance of Literature
    
• B.A. Baptist College 1975
  • Major: Music Theory
  • Minor: Vocal Performance
  • Minor: Biblical Studies

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Grand Canyon University 2001-2012
  • Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Professor of Humanities
  • Director of Academic Excellence, College of Liberal Arts
  • Associate Professor\Chair, Communications/Speech
• International University, Vienna, Austria 2008-2010 summers
  • Visiting Professor of Communication: Political and Business
• Shanghai Teachers University, Shangai, China 2002, summer
  • Visiting Professor of Conversational English
• Trinity International University 1985-2001
  • Professor of Humanities\Chair, Communication Studies/English
• Florida International University-Miami, FL 1986-2001
  • Adjunct Faculty, Speech, Corporate Communication, Oral Interpretation
• Drury College-Springfield, MO 1981-1985
  • Adjunct Faculty, Speech Communication
• Baptist College-Springfield, MO 1975-1985
  • Professor, Speech and Performance Studies
• Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, LA 1979-1981
  • Graduate Instructor, Speech and Radio, Television

COMMUNITY and CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT

• Visiting Professor, East-West Foundation, Rabat, Morocco, 2011.
• Visiting Professor, International University, Vienna, Austria, 2008-2010.
• Lead GCU student Tour of Germany, summer, 2007.
• Create "raps" to promote campus groups and activities, 2005-present.
• Lead GCU faculty tour of Paris and the South of France, Summer, 2005.
• Visiting Professor, Shanghai Teachers University in China, Summer, 2002.
• Member Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church, Key Biscayne, FL, 1985 – 2008.
• Renovation of Chateau in South of France, Summer, 2000.
• Project Teamwork (Habitat for Humanity) Honduras, Summer, 1999.
• Taught English and directed Performance group, Venezuela, Spring Break, 1997.
• Assistant, Head of Volunteers at LIPC, Key Biscayne, 1986-1993.
• Volunteer, Miami Grand Prix, 1989-90.
• Member-performer, Baton Rouge Arts and Humanities Council, 1980-81.
• Member University Church, Baton Rouge, LA, 1979 – 1981.
• Attend Campus and off-campus sporting events, 1975-present.

JOB RELATED SKILLS

• Professor of Humanities
• Over 30 years experience teaching across the liberal arts curriculum:
  • human communication: interpersonal, intercultural, human, and mass communication theory
  • literature: poetry, prose, drama, oral interpretation
  • literary criticism and literature in performance
  • mass communication:radio, television, film
  • philosophy, history of ideas, religion and art, art appreciation
  • public speaking: presentation, persuasion, rhetorical history
  • interdisciplinary courses in religion and the fine arts
• Creator, Director
  • Created and directed student performances of bilingual children's literature which were performed in:
    • Arizona, California, Louisiana, Missouri, Florida, China, Honduras, Austria, and Venezuela
• Peer and Student Evaluations
  • Received Student and peer evaluations that attest to my instructional abilities with diverse student populations
    
• Instuctional Technologies
• Constructed and managed personal website using Dreamweaver
• Developed and taught courses for ground and online modalities
• Use Blackboard, Angel, and other platforms to deliver online and web-enhanced courses
• Use PowerPoint, video, web media such as TED,YouTube, Facebook in daily instruction
  
• As Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Made difficult, data-driven, decisions regarding the sustainability of majors and programs
  • Managed annual CLAS budget in excess of 3 million dollars
  • Developed mission, vision statements, strategic plans and scorecard to measure outcomes
  • Processed timely progress reports and maintained SWOT analysis
  • Supervised 50 departmental employees in the College of Arts and Sciences
  • Taught faculty to use technology and web resources in instruction
  • Developed faculty evaluations and evaluation process
  • Hired, evaluated, and released faculty and staff

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and DEVELOPMENT

• NCA, program respondent, Performance Program, San Antonio, 2006
• NCA, program planning, Performing Christian Texts-Voicing the Past/Sounding the Future, Chicago, 2004
• AACU Conference Panelist/Speaker, Pedagogies of Engagement: New Designs for Learning In and Across the Disciplines, Chicago, 2004.
• NCA, program respondent, Text in Performance, Miami, 2003
• GCU, Faces of Justice Conference, Teaching Justice across the Curriculum, Phoenix, 2003.
• NCA, program respondent, Performance of Poetry and Mime, New Orleans, 2002.
• NCA Short Course and day long Seminar on Service Learning, New Orleans, 2002.
• Member of the GERT Teaching Team for pilot freshman course, The Individual in Community, GCU, 2002-2004.
• NCA Short Course with EM Griffin on A First Look at Communication Theory, New Orleans, 2002.
• NCA Short Course on Internship Management, Atlanta, 2001.
• NCA Short Course: Experiential Approaches to the Basic Communication Course. Atlanta, 2001.
• NCA panel, Representations of Grief in the Media, New York City, 1998.
• Conference on Liberal Arts Education and Diversity, Washington D.C., 1994.
• Chair, Oral Interpretation Program, Speech Communication Convention, Chicago, 1990.
• Speaker for Drug Enforcement Agency seminar on Communication Apprehension, Miami, 1988.
• Respondent-Speaker, Contributed Papers on Paul Shyre, Central States Speech, Chicago, 1988.
• Featured speaker, National Management Seminar, Credibility Enhancement for Organizations and Individuals, Miami, 1988.
• Speaker, Interpersonal Communication, U.S. Postal Service Southern Regional Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, 1986.
• Received L.S.U. Research Grant to study the collected papers of Paul Shyre at Boston University, Mugar Library, L.S.U., 1980.
• Selected as one of two graduate students to teach Television Production and Directing - Radio Production, L.S.U., 1981-82.
• Recognized as one of "Missouri's Six Outstanding Educators," 1983-84.
• Appointed to Central States Speech Association membership committee representing private institutions, 1983-84.
• Program participant, Central States Speech Association, Modern Poets of Indiana, 1985.
• Panel speaker at S.C.A. Convention, The Dramatistic Pentad: Toward a Hextad as a Means of Analysis in the Oral Performance of Literature, 1984.
• Assistant Director, Parker's Back, LSU, 1980.
• Assistant Director, Man of La Mancha, SMSU, 1977.