"My love of study and exploration of my discipline naturally came together and melded with forays into broadcasting, film and the media—it seemed perfectly natural to take "performance" into the classroom in order to help motivate and educate others."
Degrees Held:
Department: Liberal Arts/Communication
Career highlights:
In which online degree program do you teach?
BS in Communication with a concentration in Communication Studies
Which classes do you teach online?
COMM 2362: Introduction to Public Relations COMM 4362: Cases & Campaigns in Public Relations COMM 4370: Issues Management
Why did you start teaching?
My love of study and exploration of my discipline naturally came together and melded with forays into broadcasting, film and the media—it seemed perfectly natural to take "performance" into the classroom in order to help motivate and educate others.
What's the best advice that you ever received?
Follow your bliss.
What qualities make someone particularly successful in communications?
A passion and devotion to the craft.
What do you think is the biggest challenge that people in communications face today?
Too much information, too little time!
What is the one book you think everyone should read?
“Pursuit of Loneliness” by Philip Slater.
Tell us something your students might not know about you:
As a member of SAG-AFTRA, the professional actors’ guild, I have made brief appearances in films with Chris Rock, George Clooney, Tom Cruise and John Travolta, among others. If you get to visit the Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum in Yorktown, Virginia, you can see me in one of the three films that are screening. I play George Washington. But you'll never really get to see me—the film was shot from ground level in the viewpoint of the soldiers in the camps. So, I appear as just a pair of legs (but with great boots!) walking through the fire-lit camps during evening hours.
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