Mass Comm Faculty & Staff

Chanel Henry - UCentral Administrative Secretary

chenry3@@uco.edu

Phone: 974-2589

 

Communications Building 129

Heather Peck - Student Success Advisor

hpeck3@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5108

 

Communications Building 103 G

 

Heather Peck has returned as the Mass Comm Advisor!  And even better, she is only advising Mass Comm majors and will office in the Communications Building!  Stop by to see Heather or contact her to set up an appointment! 

Moose Tyler - Instructor

mtyler2@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5914

Communications Building 207C

Mike Breslin - Instructor

mbreslin@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5111

 

Communications Building 207F

 

Experienced professional communicator with background as instructor and lecturer in academic settings.  More than two decades of experience in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications and Journalism, in both agency and corporate environments. Specializations in issues management, crisis communications, media training and corporate communications. Also experienced in media relations, non-profit communications, business-to-business (B2B) communications and consumer campaigns. Industry experience includes technology (multiple sectors), telecommunications, insurance, health care, pharmaceuticals, non-profit organizations and aerospace. Client/corporate experience includes the American Lung Association, Continental Airlines, Wyeth, Reliant Energy, Cingular Wireless (now AT&T), Nokia, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, TIG Insurance, GTE (now Verizon), Ericsson, SurfWatch Software and the U.S. AirForce.

Jennifer White - Lecturer

jwhite34@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5459

Communications Building 210

Adreanna Allyn - Administrative Assistant I

aallyn1@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5121

Communications Building 210

Brad Keim - Media Operations Manager

bkeim@uco.edu

Phone: 974-2589

Communications Building 148

Dr. Sherri D. Ward

sward20@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5458

Communications Building 207F

Professor of Mass Communication. Teaches courses in design, writing, ethics, public relations and women in media. Professional experience: assistant editor of Private Practice magazine; reporter and editor for the Springdale (Arkansas) News and for the Norman (Oklahoma) Transcript; public relations for the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture and Oklahoma State University Department of Assessment; volunteer design and public relations work for non-profit organizations. Member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Southwest Education Council for Journalism & Mass Communication and Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society. Awards: Vanderford Distinguished Teacher; Outstanding Teaching; Outstanding Faculty Woman; Outstanding Faculty Member; Favorite Professor. Committee work: Department and College Assessment; Neely Excellence in Teaching; Department and College Personnel, Tenure and Promotion; Oklahoma Curriculum Transfer; College of Liberal Arts Dean Search. Research interests: newspapers, social media and women in media. Holds a doctorate in education (Ed.D.) degree (emphasis in mass communication) from Oklahoma State University, a master of arts (M.A.) degree in media management from the University of Oklahoma and a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree (in journalism) from the University of Arkansas. Phone: 974-5458. Office: Communications Building 207F.

Dr. Kole Kleeman

kkleeman@uco.edu

kleemank@sbcglobal.net

Phone: 974-5919

Communications Building 207I

Professor, victims and the media, and cultural studies and the media courses. Member of the graduate faculty. Teaching and research interests are in victims and the media with a particular focus on interviewing traumatized people; the effects on journalists as witnesses to human tragedy and the effects of post traumatic stress disorder on people who are survivors of horrific events. Regularly teaches the Victims and the Media Seminar and conducts workshops for journalists and university faculty on trauma and emotional injury. He has developed new curriculum in media studies courses including Gays and Lesbians in Film and Media, and Gender, Race, Class and the Media. He has been published in the American Journal of Semiotics and has given papers at the National Communication Association, the International Film and Literature Conference at Florida State University, the Central States Communication Association and recently published "A Media Literacy Approach to Violence: Anti-Violence Education Strategies in the Classroom" in the Texas Speech Communication Journal Online (April 2008). He received a university award for excellence in teaching in 2003 and the Neely Award for Teaching Excellence in 2007. Received bachelor and master's degrees from the Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Ill. Earned a Ph.D. from the School of Communication, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Mark Zimmerman

mzimmerman@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5174

Office: Communications Building 103A

Assistant Professor, photography courses. Teaches courses in Adobe Photoshop. Was Director of Instructional Photography, overseeing the department's darkroom and studio, until the spring of 2000. Was chief photographer for The Edmond Sun for four years, where he covered everything from spot news, features and everyday Edmond community life. His images of the 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy were published worldwide .Won 12 first-place awards in photography from The Associated Press, one national first-place photo award from Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. and a second-place national award from the National Press Photographer's Association while he was at The Sun. One of his photos was featured in the "Week in Pictures" on MSNBC's Web site. In the summer of 2001, Zimmerman's photo of a solar car race taken in front of UCO was published as the "Thousand Words" double-truck image in Newsweek magazine. Currently freelances for the Associated Press, Getty Images, the Tulsa World and a variety of other news and commercial publications. Has recently taken up the hobby of Civil War-era wet-plate photography, giving him new challenges in capturing images. Holds a masters in education (M.Ed.) degree and a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in journalism and photographic arts, both from the University of Central Oklahoma.

Jesse Miller

jmiller95@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5124

Office: Communications Building 137

Associate Professor, photography courses. Taught previously at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Professional freelance and fine art photographer for more than 10 years, his images have been shown in galleries across the United States and internationally. Recent exhibitions include the Nevada Triennial and the Bridge Gallery at the Las Vegas City Hall. He is also co-owner of A6 Gallery, a fine art gallery that specializes in showing works of up coming artists, based in Henderson, Nev. Other accomplishments include a series of public art works, including a three year redesign of the fine arts plaza at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, which was recently completed. Holds a masters in fine art degree (M.F.A.) from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and a bachelor of fine arts degree (B.F.A.) from Rockford College.

Dr. Christy Vincent

cvincent2@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5112

Communications Building 207C

Associate Professor, organizational communication courses. Holds a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law. Research interests include conflict management, mediation, change management, and training and development. Her dissertation, "Understanding Teachers’ Accounts of Conflicts in Public School Settings: An Ethnographically-based, Ethnomethodological Investigation," received the University of Oklahoma Dissertation Prize in the Social Sciences and Humanities and the Ragan-Kramer-Wieder Qualitative Dissertation Award from the University of Oklahoma Department Of Communication. Has taught continuing education courses for public school teachers in Oklahoma through the Great Expectations Institute. Professional experience is in management, sales and product development in private industry. Served as an internal organizational effectiveness consultant for INTEGRIS Health, where her projects included management and staff training, leadership development, 360-degree assessment, employee opinion surveys, strategic planning, HR metrics and New Employee Orientation. One of the teaching tools used in training programs, a learning map titled Serving Our Community, won the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Award of Excellence in the category of Experiential Learning. Holds a doctor of philosophy degree (Ph.D.) from the University of Oklahoma, a master of arts degree (M.A.) from the University of Houston, both in communication, and a bachelor of arts degree (B.S.) in mass communication from Oklahoma Christian University. 

Dr. William Hickman

whickman@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5984

Communications Building 207B

Professor, journalism, media law and computer-assisted reporting courses. Member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Public Relations Society of America, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and FOI Oklahoma. Admitted to practice law in the state of Oklahoma. Has 30 years of experience in journalism and public relations. Worked for daily newspapers in Oklahoma and Texas, including The Dallas Morning News, as a reporter and editor, and for Mutual of Omaha insurance company as a corporate communications specialist. Worked 15 years part-time on the central desk of The Oklahoman as a copy editor, wire editor and headline writer. Research interests are in the Web as a news and information source, media law, military-media relationships and newsroom management. A marathon runner. Named a Fulbright teaching scholar in 1996. Holds a juris doctor (J.D.) degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law, a master of liberal arts (M.L.A.) degree from Texas Christian University, and a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in journalism from Oklahoma Baptist University

Dr. Mark Hanebutt

mhanebutt@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5576

Communication Building 103G

Professor. Media reporting, media law courses and seminars. Has more than 30 years of experience in journalism and professional writing. Worked for newspapers in Indiana and Florida, including The Orlando Sentinel, as a reporter and editor. Has been a nationally-syndicated feature writer and has won numerous writing awards. Writes on media issues for the Oklahoma Gazette. Admitted to practice law in the state of Oklahoma. Maintains a legal practice limited to media-related issues and serves as an expert witness in media-related cases. Member of the boards of directors of the Oklahoma Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and Freedom of Information Oklahoma, Inc. Also a member of Kappa Tau Alpha national journalism honor society. Has been a recipient of the American Press Institute’s James H. Ottaway Fellowship and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Gannett Foundation Teaching Fellowship. Research interests are in media law and ethics, media convergence, bias and propaganda, and journalism theory. Holds a juris doctor (J.D.) degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law, a master of arts (M.A.) degree in English from the University of Central Oklahoma and bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in journalism from the University of Evansville

Dr. Terry Clark - Director Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame

tclark@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5122

Nigh University Center -3rd Floor

Professor. Member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. Board member of The Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation and Freedom of Information, Oklahoma.  Teaches writing, ethics and photography. Has 20 years experience with newspapers, including owning The Waurika News-Democrat,  and  part-time copy editor at The Oklahoman. Published in Persimmon Hill, Oklahoma Today, Editor and Publisher, the Oklahoma Publisher and Publishers Auxiliary. Writes monthly column for the Oklahoma Press Association Oklahoma Publisher and conducts workshops for Oklahoma professional journalists and writers. Won numerous statewide awards in writing, photography and editing. Research interests include community journalism, media ethics, international media systems, newspapers, photography and journalism education. Other journalism experienced includes Clarinda (IA) Herald-Journal, Duncan ((OK) Banner, “Coffee with Clark” program at KCSC-FM. Earned doctorate of education (Ed.D.) degree in mass communication from Oklahoma State University, a master of arts (M.A.) degree in journalism from the University of Iowa, and a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in English from the University of Central Oklahoma. 

Mark Scott

mscott@uco.edu

Phone: 974-3846

Communications Building 146

Instructor, professional media courses. He teaches various courses in video production, including Basic Video Production, Non-Linear Editing, and Television Field Production. Has ten years of television production experience, including work with "Inside Edition," "Hardcopy," ESPN, The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, And 1 Mix Tour, National Reigning Horse Association, Outdoor Life Network, Major League Baseball, COX Sports, and the Cotton Bowl as well as work with many other broadcasting outlets. In addition, he produces the Oklahoma High School Sports Express, which airs locally in the Oklahoma City media market. Also plays a key role in the video production of UCO athletics, which allows him to train UCO professional media students and give them real world experience in the production of live NCAA sporting events. He has a passion for documentary film making and had the privilege of working on his first full-length feature in 2004 for Major League Baseball Productions, which he hopes to do more of in the future. 

Dr. David Nelson

dnelson7@uco.edu

Phone: 974-2584

Communications Building 207J

Associate Professor, professional media courses, and faculty advisor to ed-FM HD2, the student Internet/HD radio station at UCO. He worked 10 years in the broadcast industry in Oklahoma and Texas as a sports photojournalists, radio sports director, high school and college football radio color commentator, radio personality, radio program director, radio public service director and radio news director. He has also performed the voice-over work for numerous organizational training videos, radio commercials and station imaging campaigns. His research interests include the agenda-setting and gate-keeping functions of the media and International Broadcasting. He earned a doctorate in education (Higher Education) from Oklahoma State University, a Master of Arts in Communications from the University of Oklahoma, and a Bachelor of Arts in R/TV Communications from Cameron University.

Dr. Merry Buchanan Pratt

mbuchanan@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5109

Communications Building 103H

Associate Professor, interpersonal communication courses. Has taught previously at Texas Christian University, University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University. Presents research papers at academic conferences such as the National Communication Association, International Communication Association, as well as all four regional communication conferences. Research emphases include organizational, interpersonal and instructional communication. Publications include book chapters, scholarly communication journal articles, communication textbook instructors manuals and supplementary materials. Her professional experience is in training and development, working as a communication consultant for Tinker Air Force Base, Communication Workers of America, the Department of Defense, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, and Conference of State Bank Supervisors. Most recently, Dr. Buchanan assisted UCO in winning a large training contract for the university. She designed the communication curriculum and trained 6,700 non-supervisory personnel at Tinker Air Force Base. Recent awards include Faculty Merit Award for Teaching, Faculty Merit Award for Research, Best Presentation in the Liberal Arts Faculty Research Colloquium, and was voted one of UCO's Top Ten Favorite Professors. She sponsors students' scholarly research as they present in Research Day, Liberal Arts Symposium, and Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association. Holds a doctor of philosophy degree (Ph.D.) in communication from the University of Oklahoma; a master of arts degree (M.A.) in traditional studies and a bachelor of arts degree (B.S.) in communication from the University of Central Oklahoma. 

Sandra Martin

smartin33@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5920.

Communications Building 135

Lecturer, advertising and public relations courses. Taught previously at Oklahoma City University. She has worked and consulted in her field for more than 20 years and, in addition to full-time teaching responsibilities Professor Martin continues to serve as a consultant in public relations and advertising for regional and national companies and agencies. Past and current clients include McDonald’s, Lear Jet, Quaker, Weight Watchers and United States Paint and Chemical. In 1990, she was named recipient of the Sears Teaching Excellence Award; in 1991, she received The Fred Jones Teaching Excellence Award; in 2007, she was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from Oklahoma City University. In 1991, she was named the American Advertising Federation’s Tenth District Educator of the Year. In 2006, she was named to Outstanding Teachers in America and was listed in Marquee’s Who’s Who. She has worked in advertising agencies in Chicago, Oklahoma City and Dallas. She is a member of Kappa Tau Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies. She has served on the board of directors of the Oklahoma City Advertising Club and of the Society of Professional Journalists. She advised student teams in the American Advertising Federation national competition for 12 years. The teams she advised set a record for finishing among the top three positions for 10 consecutive years. She served as department chair of mass communications at Oklahoma City University where she led the department from its inception to become the largest undergraduate major in the College of Arts and Sciences. Holds a master or science (M.S.) degree in advertising and journalism management from Oklahoma State University and bachelor of arts (B.A.) degrees in art and journalism from Oklahoma City University.

Dr. Jill Lambeth

klambeth1@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5926

Communications Building 103A

Assistant Professor, Internship Coordinator for Mass Communication, teaches strategic communications courses. Has more than 10 years of professional experience working in both the agency and corporate environments. Holds a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in advertising and public relations from Oklahoma City University, a master of science (M.S.) degree in management from Southern Nazarene University, and a doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) from Oklahoma State University.

Charlotte Waddle - Administrative Assistant II

cwaddle@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5581.

Communications Building 210F

Dr. Rozilyn Miller - Assistant Professor

Director, Leadership Minor

Chair, Department of Mass Communication

rozmiller@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5586

Communications Building 210A.

Education

• B.A., Oral Communication, University of Central Oklahoma, 1980
• M.A., Speech/Theatre, Oklahoma State University, 1990
• Ph.D., Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, University of Oklahoma, 2007

Dr. Rozilyn Miller has called UCO her "professional home" since January 1997 when she began teaching public speaking and communication for teachers as an adjunct. She was hired full-time in August 1998 and became Program Coordinator for the Speech, Drama, and Debate Secondary Education Certification Program. This led to her establishing and coaching a successful Individual Events Forensics Team (1997-2004) which won national championships in three events in 2004. More significant than the awards and trophies won during these years was the experience of collaborating with future teachers in competition, running high school and college tournaments, providing a space for students to "stretch" their abilities, and watching "students" transition into successful teachers, coaches, and directors.

In July 2005, the Department of Mass Communication was created by the merging of Communication and Journalism. Dr. Miller was elected Assistant Chair, beginning a new phase in her UCO career. With a history of leadership based on her experiences directing theatre, coaching forensics, and coordinating programs, she pursued opportunities to participate in UCO leadership programs: Leadership UCO, Class V (2007-2008); Educators' Leadership Combo Academy, Class XI (2008-2009); and two years in Educators’ Leadership Higher Education Department Chair Academy, Class I and Class II (2009-2010 and 2010-2011).

In December 2007, she earned her doctorate, completing a long journey of juggling doctoral work with a full-time teaching position, coaching, and increasing leadership responsibilities. Her dissertation focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning utilizing arts-related teaching approaches to work toward critical consciousness and social justice.

Dr. Miller was elected Chair of Mass Communication effective in August 2009. She was also selected for Director of the Leadership Minor in Fall 2009.

Dr. Miller's teaching expertise is currently focused on gender studies, organizational communication, and leadership. She has been honored with the 2008 Liberal Arts Outstanding Service Award; the 2003 Oklahoma Speech Theater Communication Association Fred Tewell Outstanding Communication Professor Award; and the 2002 Liberal Arts Outstanding Creative Activity Award.  Her students have presented research papers at the Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association, the Sooner Communication Conference, the Central States Communication Association, and the Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference at the Southern States Communication Association Convention. 

"Things You May Not Know" about Dr. Miller

• Grew up as an Air Force "military brat" changing schools seven times (5 elementary schools)
• Participated in theatre as actor and director in public school, community college, university, community theatre, and regional dinner theatre
• Deck hand on 100 ton vessel in Gulf of Mexico
• Worked above Arctic Circle in Kaparuk oil fields (west of Prudhoe Bay), Alaska in ARCO camp
• Gunfighter and stunt woman at western theme park for seven seasons
• Loves to league bowl!

Dr. Samuel Lawrence - Assistant Chair

slawrence7@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5584

Communications Building 210D.

Associate Professor, organizational communication courses. Research interests focus on conversation analysis, with an emphasis in how conversational practices are adapted to specialized interactional settings such as service encounters, public speeches, and news interviews. Holds a  doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Texas at Austin, a master of arts (M.A.) degree from Auburn University, and a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree from the University of Central Florida.

Dr. Mary Carver - Core Curriculum Coordinator

mcarver2@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5489

Communications Building 210G

Assistant Professor, teaches Fundamentals of Speech and rhetoric/public discourse classes.  Has taught previously at Northern Illinois University and Wheaton College.  Presents research at such academic conferences as the National Communication Association, Central States Communication Association, and the Oklahoma Speech and Theater Association. Research interests focus on women’s rhetoric, with a top paper award in the public address division at the 2005 National Communication Association Convention for “The Power of the Prophetic Persona for Abolitionist Feminist Lucy Stone” and  more recently published an article on letters to the editor of the Woman’s Journal in Spring 2008 Journalism History.  Her students have  presented research at the Central States Communication Association Convention.  Professional experience includes two years as a training and development specialist and two years as a human resource manager.  Holds a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Kansas in communication studies, a master of arts (M.A.) degree in communication from Wichita State University, and a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in speech communication from Iowa State University.

Jeff Hagy - General Manager, UCentral Student Media

jhagy@uco.edu 

Phone: 974-2791

Communications Building 148A

Jeff Hagy has served as general manager in the Mass Communication Department since May 2006. He is responsible for the day-to-day planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the department’s student media network, UCentral. Hagy has 20 years of corporate experience and higher education planning in corporate video, public relations, internal communications, crisis communications, strategic planning and management. Additionally, he has extensive experience in broadcast and information-based technologies. He has held several management positions with Fortune 500 companies such as Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Celanese Chemicals, including video producer, public relations manager and North America communications coordinator, where he was responsible for the company’s internal and external communication strategies for North and Central America. Hagy has extensive experience working with students. He holds a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Teddy Burch

tburch2@uco.edu

Phone: 974-5123

Communications Building 133A

Instructor of Media Writing and Newspaper Participation. Burch serves as UCentral advisor to the The Vista, the campus newspaper and UCO360.com, the converged media website. After obtaining an associate’s degree in computer science from Oklahoma City Community College in 2004, he came to the University of Central Oklahoma to obtain a bachelor’s in journalism-photographic arts in 2007. He is an alumnus of The Vista, having served on the staff from fall 2005 to spring 2007. He started as a sports writer, became sports editor and was eventually named editor-in-chief.