Professor of Communication at Concordia University, St. Paul
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 1988 ‑ PresentConcordia
University, St. Paul, Minnesota
(Tenured 1991)
Chair
of the Department of Communication Studies (2009-Present)
Chair,
Master of Arts in Strategic Communication Management. (2009-2012)
Associate
Vice-President for Academic Affairs 2007-2011
Dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences 1999-2007
Chair
of the Faculty Senate 1997-1999
Professor
of Communication Studies since 1997
Thrivent Fellow 2005-2006
September
2007 – July 2008Oak Trust
Credit Union, Oakbrook, IL
Board
of Directors
January
1994 – August 2007Minnesota's
Credit Union, Eagan, Minnesota
Chair,
Board of Directors April 1996 thru August 2007
June
2005 – July 2008Woodlands
Foundation, Eagan, Minnesota
Founding
Member, Board of Directors
August
1977 ‑ June 1988Concordia
Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska
Assistant
Professor of Speech (1982). Director of Forensics
August
1985 ‑ August 1986University
of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Teaching
Assistant in Department of Communication
January
1977 ‑ May 1977Highland
Community Junior College, Highland, Kansas
Extension
Instructor
August
1975 ‑ November 1976Britone
Company, Denver, Colorado
Assistant
Manager of retail camera and photographic store.
September
1973 ‑ June 1975University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Teaching
Assistant in Department of Speech Communication
EDUCATION
CSMS2012.
Certified Social Media Strategist
by the National Institute for Social Media
PhD1989.
University of Missouri,
Columbia, Missouri
Communication
major, Journalism research,Marketing minor
Dissertation
Title: "A Burkean Analysis of the 1982 and 1986 Tylenol Poisoning Tragedies"
Secondary Certification1988. Concordia Teachers
College, Seward, Nebraska Completed Nebraska certification requirements for Secondary Speech Communication and Business Education
Graduate Course Work1979-81. University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Graduate
work in Speech Communication,Psychology, Statistics, Marketing, and Organizational
Behavior.