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FACULTY AND STAFF
Marc Barr (M.F.A., Professor)
Emphasis: Digital Imaging / Animation
Office: Comm 147
Phone: (615) 898-5118
E-mail: mjbarr@mtsu.edu
Teaches digital animation, compositing, and applied media aesthetics courses.
Website
Thomas Berg (Ph.D., Associate
Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Management
Office: Comm 205
Phone: (615) 898-5867
E-mail: tberg@mtsu.edu
Teaches in both the electronic media management and electronic media journalism.
He also teaches introductory mass communication courses and in the graduate
program for the college.
Clare Bratten (Ph.D., Assistant
Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Production
Office: Comm 215
Phone: (615) 898-2795
E-mail: cbratten@mtsu.edu
Teaches video production and media theory classes at undergraduate level.
John Egly (Adjunct Instructor)
Office: LRC 200
Phone: (615) 898-2802
E-mail: jegly@mtsu.edu
Teaches a course in radio station operations. Director of WMOT (NPR
affiliated radio station located on campus).
Bob Gordon (B.F.A., M.B.A. Assistant Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Production
Office: Comm 155
Phone: (615) 898-5862
E-mail: rgordon@mtsu.edu
One year teaching appointment. Teaches multiple-camera entertainment and
informational program production and applied media aesthetics. Gordon is a
full-time independent television program producer with work seen on PBS,
Cinemax, TNN, CMT, The Family Channel, syndication and home DVD release. He
also served in upper management positions at both WTVF and WNGE, here
in Nashville.
Chris Harris (M.A., Professor)
Emphasis: Digital Media Communication
Office: Comm 201
Phone: (615) 898-2841
E-mail: crharris@mtsu.edu
Teaches digital imaging and media ethics courses.
Website
Jackie Heigle (M.F.A., Assistant Professor)
Emphasis: Photography
Office: Photo bldg 103B
Phone: (615) 904-8458
E-mail: jheigle@mtsu.edu
Teaches Photography and digital imaging
Roger Heinrich (Ph.D., Assistant Professor)
Office: Comm 263
Phone: (615) 904-8565
E-mail: heinrich@mtsu.edu
Teaches Broadcast Journalism and Management. Faculty advisor to MTTV Channel
10 and WMTS.
Thomas Jimison (M.F.A.,
Professor)
Emphasis: Photo Illustration
Office: Photo Bldg. 116
Phone: (615) 898-2085
E-mail: tjimison@mtsu.edu
Teaches photography courses and manages the Harold Baldwin Photo Gallery.
Michael Johnson (M.A.,
Assistant Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Production
Office: Comm 204
Phone: (615) 898-5830
E-mail: majohnson@mtsu.edu
Teaches in electronic media production.
Robert Kalwinsky (Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor)
Emphasis: Digital Media Communication
Office: Comm 261
Phone: (615) 904-8366
E-mail: rkalwins@mtsu.edu
Mary Nichols (Ph.D., Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Production
Office: Comm 203
Phone: (615) 898-5677
E-mail: mnichols@mtsu.edu
Teaches in electronic media production and various upper division theory
courses for the college.
James Norton (M.F.A., Associate
Professor)
Emphasis: General Photography
Office: Photo Bldg. 116
Phone: (615) 898-2084
E-mail: jnorton@mtsu.edu
Teaches photography courses.
John Omachonu(Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Communication
Office: Comm 248
Phone: (615) 898-2695
E-mail: omachonu@mtsu.edu
Teaches Media and Society and media management.
Dennis
Oneal (Ph.D., Professor and
Department Chair)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Management
Office: Comm 205
Phone: (615) 898-2105
E-mail: doneal@mtsu.edu
Teaches in electronic media management and media law courses for the college.
Robert Pondillo (Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Journalism
Office: Comm 232B
Phone: (615) 904-8465
E-mail: pondillo@mtsu.edu
Teaches Broadcast Journalism and Media History.
Jan Quarles (Ph.D., Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Journalism
Office: Comm 218
Phone: (615) 898-5482
E-mail: jquarles@mtsu.edu
Teaches in digital communication and electronic media journalism areas and
also teaches international communication.
Website
Robert Spires (Ph.D., Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media Production
Office: Comm 250
Phone: (615) 898-2217
E-mail: rwspires@mtsu.edu
Teaches Understanding Mass Media, Media and Society, and other theory courses
for the college. Member of Honors faculty.
Jennifer Bailey Woodard (Ph.D.
Assistant Professor)
Emphasis: Electronic Media
Journalism
Office: Comm 262
Phone: (615) 898-2766
E-mail: jwoodard@mtsu.edu
Teaches converged journalism and race and gender courses. Advises National
Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) student chapter
Guanping Zheng (Ph.D., Associate Professor)
Emphasis: Digital Imaging / Animation
Office: Comm 216
Phone: (615) 904-8365
E-mail: gzheng@mtsu.edu
Teaches digital imaging and animation
STAFF
Marc Parrish (Director of Technical Systems )
Office: Comm 170
Phone: 615-898-5730
E-mail: mparrish@mtsu.edu
Marc earned his BS in Mass Communications with an emphasis in production from
Middle Tennessee State University. Marc has worked at MTSU since 1993. His
responsibilities include maintaining two production studios and a mobile
production lab. He also oversees system integration, installation of new
audio, video, and computer equipment for the Department of Electronic Media.
He is also the system administrator for the department_s Macs and PCs and serves
as an adjunct professor, teaching advanced production classes.
Toffer King (Asst. Director of
Technical systems)
Office: Comm 170
Phone: 615-898-5863
E-mail: tking@mtsu.edu
Toffer joined MTSU in September of 2005. He has a BS in Mass Communication
from Middle Tennessee state University. He assists the Director of Technical
Systems in management and maintenance of the department's video, audio, and
computer systems. Toffer is a Certified Broadcast Technologist by the Society
of Broadcast Engineers. He comes from WRKN-TV where he was Director/TD for
the morning news.
Gail Sneed (Executive Aide,
Department of EMC)
Office: Comm 250
Phone: (615) 898-5196
E-mail: gsneed@mtsu.edu
Gail Sneed has been with MTSU since 1979. Gail started work in the Admissions
Office and transferred to the EMC Department in 1989. Gail passed her CPS
(Certified Professional Secretary) exam in 1995 and is currently a member of
the ASCE (Association of Secretarial and Clerical Employees). Gail was
recently named quarterly secretarial/clerical award winner and is involved in
all functions of the department.
Irma Melton (Secretary,
Department of EMC)
Office: Comm 250
Phone: (615) 898-5628
E-mail: imelton@mtsu.edu
Irma started work with MTSU on April 25, 1994. Irma directs incoming calls
and assist students with scheduling and other clerical duties. She also
manages student workers and maintains student media budgets.
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MTSU students were honored at
the 17th Annual Southeast Regional Emmy Awards. Matthew Pessoni, Scott
Pessoni, Jason Bailey, Rachel Pickel won the student production award for
their piece called Investigative Explorer.
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