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Specialization

Health Communication; Organizational Communication; Autoethnography; Advocacy

Professional Experience

Over 38 years as a public broadcasting/media professional. West Virginia Public Broadcasting in Morgantown, WNPB-TV, (1972-1997) 鈥� Writer/Announcer, Continuity Chief, Community Relations Manager, Director of Public Information and Graphic Design, General Manager. In 1993, first African-American female named general manager of a public television station in the U.S. Served as Director and General Manager of the WOUB Center for Public Media at 红杏视频 (1997-2011). Led stations through strategic planning, reorganization, and change, including WOUB鈥檚 conversion from analog to digital television. Garnered myriad national, regional, and local awards, and produced and hosted both radio and television programs. Consultant to other public broadcasting stations and student mentor. In 2013, named Director and General Manager Emerita, WOUB Center for Public Media, by the 红杏视频 Board of Trustees.

Academic Experience

• West Virginia University Perley I. Reed School of Journalism 鈥� Media Issues and Ethics, Introduction to Mass Communication, Public Relations
• 红杏视频 School of Media Arts and Studies 鈥� Public Telecommunications, Media Management, Leadership for the Media Industries, Gender Leadership in Media, Women and the Media, Public Media in the Digital Environment
• 红杏视频 School of Communication Studies 鈥� Advanced Presentations, Cross-Cultural Communication, Advanced Organizational Communication, Women and Health Communication.

Current Associations

• National Communication Association
• Athens City Commission on Disabilities
• Presidential Advisory Council on Disability and Accessibility Planning, 红杏视频
• Diversity Alumni Advisory Board, 红杏视频
• Women in Philanthropy Program Planning Committee, 红杏视频
• Advisor, Refreshing Waters Ministries, 红杏视频

Past Public Media Associations

• Board of Trustees, Association of Public Television Stations
• Executive Committee, University Licensee Association
• Board of Directors, National Educational Telecommunications Association
• Chair, PBS Advertising and Promotion Advisory Committee
• Chair, Southern Educational Communication Association Public Information Committee
• Member, National Black Programming Consortium Board
• Member, Womenfuture.com National Media Advisory Board
• Advisor, Children鈥檚 Television Workshop (Sesame Street) Public Affairs Committee
• Advisor, The Magic School Bus Promotion Committee
• President and Secretary, 红杏视频 Educational Television Stations

Publications

Article in College Planning and Management, 鈥淎rchitecture and the ADA: One Size Does Not Fit All鈥�; Chapter in Women of Color and Leadership: Taking Their Rightful Place 鈥� 鈥淟eadership Through the Lens of Disability and Identity鈥�; Co-Author of a Paper, Education Leadership Conference 鈥� 鈥淟et鈥檚 Educate Our Girls: The Case Study of Patkia, Afghanistan,鈥� 鈥淚dentity: Lost, Found, and (Re)constructed Through Healing Narratives: An Autoethnography of Tragedy, Travail, and Triumph鈥� (dissertation, 2007).

Publications Edited

Boone, D. W. K. (2010). My journey鈥檚 bread: An African American鈥檚 missionary journeys in West Africa andWatts, Gary L.(2012). 100 marketing trade secrets for any business. Amazon.com

Select Awards and Honors

Telly Award, narration, Wandering Souls: Tet 鈥�68 Remembered; 红杏视频 Outstanding Administrator Award; Inducted, WV All Black High Schools Academic Hall of Fame; Guest Coach, 红杏视频 Athletics; P. I. Reed School of Journalism Award for Professional Achievement, West Virginia University (WVU); Award of Promotional Excellence, Southern Educational Communications Association; Professional Award, West Virginia Women鈥檚 Commission; Most Loyal Mountaineer, WVU; Dr. Neil S. Bucklew Social Justice Award, WVU; Outstanding Grassroots Advocate, Association of Public Television Stations; Crystal Award, WV Public Relations Society. Speaker, presenter, and panelist for numerous national, state, and local public broadcasting conferences, meetings, and seminars. Guest lecturer for university classes.