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 Dr. John Bodle
Director of Graduate Studies in Mass Communication
Office: COMM 112a
Tel: 615/898.5874 (MC grad office), 615/898.5871 (direct)
John Bodle, professor of journalism, came to MTSU in 1993. He holds degrees from San Jose State University (BS) and Ohio University (MSJ & PH.D.). He serves as Director of Graduate Studies in Mass Communication. Dr. Bodle teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses which consider the effects money has on news content quality. Dr. Bodle worked three years as director of information for a public relations firm and published weekly newspapers for nine years in northern California and southern Oregon. He has sold advertising space, designed ads and newspaper pages, written news articles, operated an offset press and managed personnel. He has won awards for his writing and photography. He has presented papers to academic conferences and has had numerous articles published in Journalism Educator and Journalism Quarterly. Dr. Bodle has also written for Newspaper Research Journal and College Media Review, and he is a past head of the Media Management and Economics Division of AEJMC. Curriculum Vitae (PDF: 256 KB / 21 pages)
 Dr. Sanjay Asthana
Tel: 615/898.5274
Office: COMM 112B
Sanjay Asthana, assistant professor in Journalism, earned his Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2003 from the University of Minnesota. He also holds degrees in Philosophy and Communication from the University of Hyderabad in India. Dr. Asthana teaches courses in visual communication, media design, globalization, communication technologies, and cultural studies. He worked as a radio broadcaster at the All India Radio (state-regulated network) in India, where he scripted and produced current affairs programs and numerous documentaries on social and political themes. Dr. Asthana’s major research areas include globalization and media, visual communications, postcolonial theory, and cultural studies. His research appeared in Journal of Communication Inquiry, and essays in two media studies books. Curriculum Vitae (PDF: 173 KB / 8 pages)
 Dr. Anantha Babbili - Dean
Tel: 615/898.5872
Office: COMM 247,
Anantha Babbili, dean of the College of Mass Communication, assumed responsibilities of the dean in August 2002. Babbili holds a Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from the University of Iowa and an M.A. from the University of Oklahoma. He received undergraduate degrees in biological sciences and journalism from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. A professor of journalism and media studies at Texas Christian University for two decades, Babbili chaired the Department of Journalism and helped shape TCU's programs in globalism and media literacy. He spent the 2000-2001 academic year as holder of the Rogers Chair of Studies in Journalism and New Information Technology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Babbili is the editor of Journalism & Communication Monographs and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and Journalism Studies. Babbili is active in research and professional projects relating to diversity in the media and internationalizing media education. A former journalist in India, Babbili continues to write a column periodically on international affairs, media ethics and foreign policy. More...
 Dr. Ken Blake
Tel: 615/898.2226
Office: COMM 258
www.mtsu.edu/~kblake
Dr. Ken Blake, associate professor of journalism, earned his Ph.D. in Mass Communication in 1997 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches courses in writing, reporting and quantitative research methods. Additionally, he is operations director for the Middle Tennessee Poll, a once-a-semester telephone poll measuring the opinions of residents living in the 39 counties that constitute Middle Tennessee. The poll is funded by the Office of Communication Research, the John Seigenthaler Chair, and the MTSU School of Journalism. Dr. Blake's research interests include mass media and society, public opinion theory and methodology, and Internet-based instruction. A former newspaper reporter, he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va
 Clare Bratten - Assistant Professor
Tel: 615/898.2795
Office: COMM 215
Teaches video production and media theory classes. Teaches video production and media theory classes at undergraduate level. Teaches video production and media theory classes at undergraduate level. Teaches video production and media theory classes at undergraduate level. Teaches digital imaging and es. Teaches digital imaging and media ethics courses. Teaches digital imaging and media ethics courses.
 Chris Harris - Professor
Tel: 615/898.2841
Office: COMM 201
Web site: http://www.mtsu/~crharris
Professor Chris Harris received his BFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1969, and his MA in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1990. Between undergraduate and graduate years Mr. Harris worked as a freelance photojournalist for major news publications worldwide, and was a founding member of Gamma/Liaison photo agency. He has completed hundreds of assignments for TIME, Newsweek and The New York Times as a photojournalist, and worked as a reporter on investigative teams for TIME, and The New York Times. Professor Harris is the author of numerous academic journal articles as well as trade publications. His historical, legal, and photographic academic research has been published in The Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Visual Communication Quarterly, History of Photography, MedienPsychologie, Federal Communication Law Journal (UCLA) and Communication and the Law. His textbook, Visual Journalism, was recently released by Allyn & Bacon. Professor Harris is on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics, as well as being an advisor for Media Psychology.
 Dr. Geof Hull - Assistant Professor
Tel: 615/898.5516
Office: COMM 210
Geoffrey Hull is a professor and one of the founders of the Recording Industry department at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author of The Recording Industry (2d Ed., 2004) on Routledge. Geoff received his J.D. degree from the University of Virginia Law School (1971), an M.B.A. from Middle Tennessee State University (1981), and a B.S. in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech (1968). He taught in Georgia State University's Commercial Music/Recording program for three years before coming to MTSU in 1977 as the first full-time faculty member in the Recording Industry program. He served as chair of the department from 1988-1990. In the Mass Communication graduate program he teaches Media Law and Ethics and Media Management. He received MTSU's Outstanding Teacher Award in 1981 and has been nominated on three other occasions. Geoff’s professional experience is in broadcast news, as a professional musician, and an attorney. He is a member of the Tennessee, Georgia, and American bar associations, specializing in copyright and entertainment law. His publications have appeared in Popular Music and Society, Mass Comm. Review, the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law and Practice, and The NARAS Journal. He is a member of the AEJMC (Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication) law division and Media Management and Economics division.
 Tom Hutchison - Associate Professor
Tel: 615/898.5695
Office: Comm 220
Website: www.mtsu.edu/~thutchis
Thomas W. Hutchison received his Ph.D. in Marketing/Mass Communication from Florida State University. His expertise is in the areas of entertainment marketing, consumer behavior and market research. Hutchison teaches in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University where he is the coordinator of the music business program. He is a member of the Americana Music Association research committee, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Retail Certification Committee and is the coordinator of the NARM Educator's Outreach Committee. Hutchison has conducted focus group research on many artists for Sony, RCA, MCA/Universal and Giant/WB Records. He has conducted other marketing research and consumer research projects for Geffen Records, DreamWorks, Warner Music Group, MCA, RCA Label Group and Polydor that have involved such artists as Faith Hill, Travis Tritt, The Dixie Chicks, Ricochet, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Sons of the Desert, White Zombie, Sonic Youth, Rufus Wainwright, Beck and many others. His industry wide research includes studies for NARM, Music Video Association and an ongoing study for the Country Music Association (CMA) on Fan Fair fans. Hutchison has also implemented consulting/marketing projects for record labels RCA, Sony, Pioneer, Magnatone, Virgin, Sparrow, Compass, Mercury, Provident, Compendia and Lucky Dog.
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 Dr. Jane Marcellus - Assistant Professor
Office: COMM 112E
Tel: 615/898.5282
Jane Marcellus has a bachelor's degree (cum laude) from Wesleyan University, master's degrees from Northwestern and the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on cultural history, looking primarily at gender representation. Dr. Marcellus teaches courses in media culture and history, reporting, feature writing, and qualitative research methods. A former newspaper writer, her free-lance features and op-ed pieces have appeared in The Oregonian and alternative publications such as the Tucson Weekly. Her academic work has appeared or is forthcoming in Journal of Communication Inquiry, American Journalism, Journal of Popular Culture, Feminist Media Studies, and the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. She contributed to a recent book, Women in Literature: Reading Through the Lens of Gender (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003). Dr. Marcellus is currently working on Business Girls and Two-Job Wives: Emerging Media Stereotypes of Employed Women Between the World Wars, an examination of how magazines represented women with jobs at a critical time for both employed women and the magazine industry. Curriculum Vitae (PDF: 116 KB / 5 pages)
 Dr. John Omachonu - Associate Dean
Tel: 615/898.2695
Office: COMM 248
With more than twenty years of international broadcasting experience and fifteen years of college teaching including eight years of simultaneous appointments as college radio manager and communication department chair, Dr. John Omachonu is currently associate dean and professor of electronic media communication in the College of Mass Communication, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN since July 1, 2004. Omachonu has received several post-doctoral administrative fellowships including the Freedom Forum’s Leadership Institute for Journalism & Mass Communication Administrators, and more recently, the coveted Journalism and Mass Communication Leadership Institute for Diversity (JLID). Omachonu’s publications have appeared in Communication Research, Feedback, and several conference proceedings. Teaching and research areas include, but not limited to, mass communication law and ethics, media management, introduction to mass communication, media technology and globalization. Dr. Omachonu also has consulting expertise in substance abuse education and counseling, implementation of collegiate broadcasting media and religious communication. (Diversity-online resources).
 Dr. Zeny Panol - Professor
Tel: 615/904-8239
Office: COMM 229A
Zeny Sarabia-Panol, professor and head of the public relations emphasis, teaches PR campaigns, PR Communication and Principles of PR. Her graduate courses include Seminar in Applied Research (MC 6600) and Mass Media & Public Opinion (MC 6320). She is also the immediate past head of the International Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Dr. Sarabia-Panol holds degrees from Silliman University (magna cum laude), University of the Philippines and Oklahoma State University. Her research interests include international public relations, advertising, ethics, new media technology, academic quality rankings, and ethnic media. Dr. Sarabia-Panol's research has been published in the Public Relations Review, Disability Studies Quarterly, Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, and Media Asia. She has authored a number of book chapters and presented research at the AEJMC, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Academy, and the American Academy of Advertising (AAA). Curriculum Vitae (PDF: 132 KB / 11 pages)
 Dr. Bob Pondillo - Associate Professor
Tel: 615/904.8465
Office: COMM 232B
Bob Pondillo is an Associate Professor of Mass Communication in the Department of Electronic Media Communication at Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Mass Communication. He holds Bachelors degrees in both political science and mass communication from Ohio University, and a Masters degree from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Pondillo earned his Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches classes in mass media history and American culture, media writing (news and creative), and issues in religion and mass media. Dr. Pondillo has worked for some of the largest media firms on the planet including Paramount and Columbia Pictures TV, Los Angeles, The Voice of America, Washington DC, WNBC, WABC and the ABC Radio Networks, New York City. In addition he's garnered four EMMY Awards for television writing and producing and is an inductee in the Radio and Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Pondillo’s academic work has been published in Television Quarterly, Journalism History, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and The Journal of Popular Film and Television, among others. He teaches in the MTSU Honors College and has presented academic papers at numerous scholarly conclaves including AEJMC, BEA, the American Journalism Historians Association, and at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. Dr. Pondillo is presently working on a book for Praeger Publishers about American television censorship. His creative work includes writing and producing short narrative films. Curriculum Vitae (PDF: 144 KB / 4 pages)
Dr. Jan Quarles - Professor
Tel: 615/898.5482
Office: COMM 218
www.mtsu.edu/~jquarles
Dr. Jan Quarles completed her Ph.D. in Mass Communication at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK) in 1986, and did Master's work at UTK and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her undergraduate degree in Philosophy from UTK with a focus in Asian Philosophy. Dr. Quarles has been a professor of mass communication for more than two decades, and she has taught journalism, public relations, new media and international communication courses. Quarles has been a postdoctoral collaborative research Fulbright scholar to Australia (1988) where she spent a year in the newsrooms of The Age, The Sun and The Herald In Melbourne. In 2003, she completed a Senior Specialist Fulbright to the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia. She is a Salzburg Seminar Fellow, an AEJMC Journalism Leadership in Diversity Fellow (2003) and an RTNDA Excellence in the Newsroom Fellow (2000). At MTSU, Quarles has served as Chair of Journalism, Associate Dean and Assistant Dean. Prior to joining MTSU in 1994, Quarles taught briefly at the University of Maryland-Towson and for six years at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Victoria, Australia, where she directed the public relations program and worked with the Public Relations Institute of Australia to develop accreditation of university programs. She is the co-author (with Bill Rowlings) of Practising Public Relations: A Case Study Approach. Quarles has also taught at the University of Georgia and the University of Kentucky. She currently teaches and conducts research in the area of international communication. In the graduate program, she teaches in the management area. Her research now focuses on cultural policy and products, world trade and globalization. Her full CV listing her articles and presentations is available at www.mtsu.edu/~jquarles.
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