Full-Time Faculty

Matt Blake, Assistant Professor

Glen Bleske, Professor, Department Chair

Susan Brockus, Assistant Professor

Morris Brown Jr., Assistant Professor

Debra Johnson, Professional-in-Residence

Kurt Nordstrom, Professor

Aaron Quinn, Assistant Professor     

Dave Waddell, Professional-in-Residence

Adjunct Faculty

Lewis Brockus

John Grant

Leslie Layton-Flores

Steve Metzger

Kristen Petersen

Staff

Diana Askea,
          Administrative Coordinator

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Phone: (530) 898-3608
E-mail:
Office: Tehama Hall 339
Fax: (530) 898-4839

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Education: Ph.D., University of Florida

Professional Experience: Worked as managing editor, Gainesville Sun Newszine, Gainesville, Fla.; Web developer for several north Florida businesses and institutions.

Awards: AEJMC Best of the Web (2005): 1st place, instruction category; 2nd place, journalism category.

Course Specialties: Internet Newspapers and Magazines, Writing for Mass Media, History of American Journalism.

Research Interests: Folklore and journalism, writings of Woody Guthrie, online newspapers

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Phone: (530) 898-4770
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Fax: (530) 898-4839
Office: Tehama Hall 207A

Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Professional Experience: Taught at the University of North Carolina and the University of Florida. Worked at newspapers in Richmond, Ind.; Daytona Beach, Fla; and Melbourne, Fla.

Awards: Outstanding Journalism Teacher of the Year at a Four-Year University by the California Newspaper Publishers Association,1998; Freedom Forum Teaching Fellowship; an Institute for Journalism Excellence Fellowship from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Course Specialties: Advanced Reporting, Copy Editing, Writing for Mass Media, Internet Newspapers and Magazines.

Research Interests: Mass media effects, journalism history, the development of the Black press in the United States, and journalism education.

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Phone: (530) 898-4162
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Fax: (530) 898-4839
Office: Tehama Hall 347

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Education: Ph.D., Purdue University

Professional Experience: Taught journalism courses and was assistant editor of research publications at Purdue University. Worked at newspapers in Los Alamos, N.M., Abilene, Texas, Ashland, Ore., Libby, Mont., Winnemucca, Nev., and Lafayette, Ind.

Awards: Alan H. Monroe Scholar for excellence in professional research and scholarship, Purdue University; Bruce Kendall Award for excellence in teaching, Purdue University, 2004; outstanding teaching award from the International Communication Association, 2005.

Course Specialties: Writing for Mass Media, Public Affairs Reporting, Copy Editing, Internet Newspapers and Magazines. Adviser to Chico State student chapter of Society of Professional Journalists.

Research Interests: The interaction among media, technology and culture, with a heavy emphasis on the areas of journalism, newspapers, organizational rhetoric, public relations and corporate media ownership.

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Phone: (530) 898-4134
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Fax: (530) 898-4839
Office: Tehama Hall 349

Education: Doctor of Public Administration, Golden Gate University

Professional Experience: Taught public relations, journalism, and advertising courses at state and private colleges in California, Colorado, Michigan, Tennessee, and Utah; newspaper reporter for the Gannett Newspaper Group; copywriter for two advertising agencies and a major book publisher.

Awards: New York State Associated Press Association, AEJMC/Gannett Journalism Workshop on Teaching Fellowship, Andrews University Professor of the Year, Southern Utah University Multicultural Center Service Award.

Course Specialties:  Intro to PR, Writing for PR, Mass Media Ethics. Adviser to Chico State student chapter of International Association of Business Communicators.

Research Interests:  The management function of PR, ongoing training of PR practitioners and newspaper reporters, PR applications from Japanese/Chinese history, and diversity issues in mass media.

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Phone: (530) 898-4690
E-mail:
Office: Tehama 351
Fax: (530) 898-4839

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Education: M.A. and B.A., California State University, Chico  

Professional Experience: More than 10 years public relations experience including agency, corporate and government positions with an emphasis in integrated communication and social marketing programs.

Course Specialties: Writing for Public Relations, Desktop Publishing, PR Strategy. Adviser to Tehama Group Communications.

Research Interests: influence of emerging technologies on PR, communications strategies relating to reproductive health.

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Phone: (530) 898-4098
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Fax: (530) 898-4839
Office: Tehama Hall 253

Education: Ph.D., University of Denver

Course Specialties: Communication Research, Introduction to Public Relations, Women, Men and the Media (General Education theme course).

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Phone: (530) 898-3609
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Office: Tehama Hall 343
Fax: (530) 898-4839

Education: Ph.D. (abd) Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Professional Experience: Reporter, The Bradenton Herald; managing editor/photographer, The Pinellase News; freelance photography and photographic assistance for numerous editorial publications and sports entities, e.g. the National Football League and the National Hockey League.

Course Specialties:  Mass Media Ethics, Photojournalism.

Research Interests: Journalism Ethics, Professionalism, Media Ownership, Moral Philosophy.

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Phone: (530) 898-4782
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Fax: (530) 898-4839
Office: Tehama Hall 345

Education: M.A., California State University, Chico B.A., California State University, Fresno

Professional Experience: Newspaper reporter and editor for nearly 20 years, including 10 years as the Redding Record Searchlight's editorial page editor and three years as city editor.

Awards: College Media Advisers’ Distinguished Four-Year Newspaper Adviser, 2006; Chico Rotary Club outstanding educator of the month, 2004; American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Institute for Journalism Excellence fellow, 2001; statewide editorial writing award, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 1992.

Course Specialties: Writing for Mass Media, Public Affairs Reporting, Advanced Reporting. Adviser to The Orion.

Research Interests: Writing, reporting, student diversity.

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Adjunct Faculty

Phone: (530) 774-3170 or 898-5636
Office: Tehama Hall 341
Fax: (530) 898-4839
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Phone: 898-6650
Office: Tehama Hall 239
Fax: (530) 898-4839
E-mail: jgrant@csuchico.edu

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Phone: (530) 898-5636
Office: Tehama Hall 341
Fax: (530) 898-4839
E-mail: lalayton@csuchico.edu

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Phone: (530) 898-6468
Office: Taylor Hall 116
Fax: (530) 898-4839
E-mail: smetzger@mail.csuchico.edu

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Phone: (530) 898-5636
Office: Tehama Hall 341
Fax: (530) 898-4839
E-mail: krpetersen@csuchico.edu

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Staff

Phone: (530) 898-4779
E-mail:
Fax: (530) 898-4839
Office: Tehama Hall 207
By Appointment only.

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