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Faculty

      Staff

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      Matt BlakeMatt Blake

      Associate professor

      Phone: 530-898-3608
      Email: mdblake@csuchico.edu
      Office: Tehama Hall 339
       
      Course website

      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: Popular Culture, Media & American Values, 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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      Glen BleskeGlen Bleske

      Professor emeritus

      "Journalism is lots of fun. Where else can you get paid to read and write all day?"

      Phone: 530-898-5636 (spring semester only)
      Email: gbleske@csuchico.edu  
      Office: Tehama Hall 341

      Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
      Service: Former J&PR chair, 2005-2011
      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: Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Education Award by the California Journalism Education Coalition; 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.
      Research Interests: Mass media effects, journalism history, the development of the Black press in the United States, and journalism education.

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      Debra JohnsonDebra Johnson

      Public relations professional-in-residence
      / adviser to Tehama Group Communications

      Phone: 530-898-4690
      Email: dejohnson@csuchico.edu 
      Office: Tehama 351 

      Course website

      Education: Master's and bachelor's degrees, California State University, Chico; fellow, Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations
      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.
      Awards: Fellow, Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute; Fellow, Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations
      Course Specialties: Writing for Public Relations, PR Publications, PR Strategy. Adviser to Tehama Group Communications.
      Research Interests: Influence of emerging technologies on PR, digital media startups, social media strategy, communications strategies relating to reproductive health.

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      Katie MiloKatherine J. Milo

      Professor emerita

      Phone: 530-898-6253
      E-mail:       kmilo@csuchico.edu
      Office:       Tehama Hall 349

      Education: Ed.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville
      Service: Former J&PR chair, 1994-2005, retired Chico State vice provost for research
      Experience: Public relations and advertising; radio news; state public outreach campaigns
      Awards: Outstanding Project Director Lifetime Achevement Award
      Course specialities: Intro to Public Relations, Writing for PR
      Research interests: Newspaper readership, tourism public relations, marketing higher education

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      Prisca NgondoPrisca Ngondo

      Assistant professor

      Phone: 530-898-4162
      E-mail:       pngondo@csuchico.edu
      Office:       Tehama Hall 347

      Education: ABD, Texas Tech University
      Course Specialties: Writing for Public Relations, Public Relations Research, Public Relations Strategy
      Research interests: Health communication, social media


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      Kurt NordstromKurt Nordstrom

      Professor /
      Director of Multicultural & Gender Studies

       

      Phone:530-898-4098
      E-mail: knordstrom@csuchico.edu
      Office: Tehama 253 and Butte 611 

      Education: Ph.D., University of Denver
      Service:       Former J&PR chair, 1991-1994
      Awards:       Conversations on Diversity Lifetime Achievement Award
      Course Specialties:       Women, Men & the Media, Race and Diversity in the Media


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      Mark PlenkeMark Plenke

      News professional-in-residence
      / adviser to The Orion

      Phone: 530-898-4782
      Email: mplenke@csuchico.edu
      Office: Tehama Hall 345

      Education: M.A., University of Minnesota
      Professional Experience:       Publisher and producer of the multiplatform news site 55423.info, Richfield, Minn., award-winning editor and reporter for the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, KMSP-TV, the StarTribune in Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette, Rapid City (S.D.) Journal, Winona (Minn.) Daily News, and Brookings (S.D.) Daily Register.

      More than 20 years experience teaching journalism at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul) and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and teaching and advising the student newspaper at Normandale and Anoka-Ramsey community colleges in Minnesota.
      Course Specialties:       Public Affairs Reporting, News Editing and Copy Reading, Mass Com Law
      Research interests:       Online journalism, newswriting, multiplatform storytelling and newspaper advising 

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      Aaron QuinnAaron Quinn

      Associate professor

      Phone: 530-898-3609
      Email: amquinn@csuchico.edu
      Office: Tehama Hall 343

      Education: Ph.D., 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.
      Recent publications: Book – Media, Markets, and Morals (Wiley Blackwell, 2011).
      Course Specialties: Mass Media Ethics, Photojournalism, Advanced Photojournalism, International Communication, Public Opinion & Propaganda. Adviser to Chico State student chapter of Society of Professional Journalists.
      Research Interests:       Journalism ethics, professionalism, media ownership, moral philosophy.


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      Susan BrockusSusan Brockus Wiesinger

      Associate professor / department chair

      Phone: 530-898-4770
      Email: swiesinger@csuchico.edu 
      Office: Tehama Hall 207A

      Personal website

      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.
      Recent publications:       Book – Media Smackdown: Deconstructing the News and the Future of Journalism (Peter Lang, 2013).
      Awards:       Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy fellow; AEJMC-Scripps Social Media Fellowship at The Oregonian; Indiana University Teaching Fellow; Alan H. Monroe Scholar for excellence in professional research and scholarship, Purdue University; Bruce Kendall Award for excellence in teaching, Purdue University; outstanding teaching award from the International Communication Association. 
      Course Specialties: Women, Men & the Media, Media Literacy & Civic Values, Writing for Mass Media, Public Affairs Reporting, Magazine Writing, News Editing & Copy Reading. 
      Research Interests: The interaction among media, technology and culture, with a heavy emphasis on the areas of journalism, diversity, organizational rhetoric, public relations and corporate media ownership.

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      Instructors

      Maria DeCastro, MA

      Course director, JOUR 130i

      Phone: 530-898-4162
      E-mail: mdecastro@csuchico.edu 
      Office: Tehama Hall 347

      Michael Griffin, MA

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

      Dave Waddell, Ph.D.

      Phone: 530-898-5636
      E-mail: dwaddell@csuchico.edu
      Office: Tehama Hall 341


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      Staff

      Diana AskeaDiana Askea

      Administrative Coordinator

      Phone: Journalism office 530-898-4779; Communication Design office 530-898-4048
      E-mail: daskea@csuchico.edu 
      Fax: 530-898-4839
      Office: Tehama Hall 205
      By Appointment only.

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      Cheryl Croman

      Administrative Services

      Phone: Journalism office 530-898-4779; Kinesiology office 530-898-6373
      E-mail: ccroman@csuchico.edu 
      Fax: 530-898-4839
      Office: Tehama Hall 207, Wednesdays and Thursdays only


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