Professional

2008-Present

Director of University Broadcasting, responsible for general management of 87.1 kilowatt public radio station KEDM and 8.5 kilowatt student-staffed radio station KXUL. Both FM stations serve northeastern Louisiana and southeastern Arkansas.

1984-Present

Assistant Professor of Mass Communications, University of Louisiana at Monroe. Tenured in 1997.

1985-2008

General Manager of KXUL, a student-staffed 8.5 kilowatt FM station serving northeastern Louisiana and southeastern Arkansas.

Education

• M.Ed., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Major: Theoretical Foundations.
• B.S. in Speech, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Major: Telecommunications. Cognate (Minor): Theatre. Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with General Honors (Senior Honors Thesis/Project).

Awards

• Special Recognition Certificate, Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc., "In Recognition For Your Continued Contributions To Student Broadcasters Across The Nation" (October, 2005).
• Reid H. Montgomery Distinguished Service Award, College Media Advisers, for work without which "many college stations' Internet presence -- for many of them their only presence -- would have been silenced." The award is conferred to an individual or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to collegiate media or media advising (November, 2003).
• Special Commendation, Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc., for work in securing an appropriate webcasting royalty scheme (November, 2003).
• Distinguished Four-Year Broadcast Adviser, the fifth honoree selected by College Media Advisers since the 1993 inception of this award (October, 2002).
• First Place Award, entertainment category, Broadcast Education Association's Interactive Multi-Media Division juried faculty competition, for KXUL Radio web site development. The site was additionally recognized for "Exceptional Merit On-line" (April, 2001).

Papers and Publications

Broadcast Education Association
(Courses, Curricula & Adminstration and International divisions)

Panel: "Preparing Students and Practitioners for Emerging Delivery Systems".
Paper: Using Campus Media to Mentally Position Students for the Emerging Media Delivery Systems (April 19, 2008). (Download)

Broadcast Education Association
(International and Law & Policy divisions)

Panel: "Copyrights in International Context: Update for the Digital Millennium".
Paper: Contrasting U.S. Performance Licenses: Musical Works versus Sound Recordings (April 20, 2007). (Download)

College Media Review

"New Possibilities for College Webcasters: The evolution of copyright royalty policy" (Summer, 2003). (Download)

Performing Songwriter Magazine

"The Impending Demise of Internet Radio" (December, 2002). (Download)

Radio and Internet Newsletter Series

"Royalty Voodoo Economics: How much is 0.02¢ worth?" (September 10, 2002). (Download)

"Royalty Voodoo Economics: 'The artists must be paid'" (September 11, 2002). (Download)

"Royalty Voodoo Economics: When a performance isn't a performance" (September 12, 2002). (Download)

"Royalty Voodoo Economics: Dealing with mixed messages" (September 13, 2002). (Download)

"Royalty Voodoo Economics: It's not just about fees" (September 16, 2002). (Download)