On NCAs senior leadership team, lead internal and external research, publications, and professional development:Support scholar/researchers, teachers, students, and practitioner members. Identify innovative opportunities for NCA members in collaboration with NCA’s Research; Publications; and Teaching & Learning councils.Work collaboratively with Publications, Research, and Teaching & Learning councils.Exercise oversight of all journals; work collaboratively with their editors. Work with Taylor & Francis to enhance circulation, develop new products.Identify and share new research opportunities for members. Develop relationships with potential funders/donors. Identify sources of research funding for members and NCA National Office. Develop new externally funded projects.Manage departmental operating budget and annual work plan.Staff academic/professional Presidential Task Forces.Formulate, develop, and implement NCA’s policy agenda with direction from and in collaboration with E.D.. Supervise the development of policy issue briefs/updates for NCA leadership and membership on proposed policies affecting Research, Publication, and Professional Advancement. Engage NCA leadership and membership in education efforts about proposed policies.Collaborate with communications director to monitor Congressional and Executive Branch actions relevant to NCA research, education, teaching, and training and advocate for NCA research, publications, and interests. Supervise preparation/presentation of NCA testimony, as appropriate, to Congressional committees, federal agencies, etc.Exercise oversight of member interest groups. Work collaboratively with membership director to facilitate new interest groups, grow standing interest groups. Develop effective metrics for assessment of interest groups.Monitor all relevant issues, trends, events in US higher education.Former manager, NCAs staff strategic plan.Former co-manager, NCAs student internships program.

Quarterly digital, refereed scholarly journal published by De Gruyter publishing company (Berlin) and Shanghai International Studies University. See: http://omgc.shisu.edu.cn/CurrentIssue/list.htm

CURRENTLY ON HIATUS*Founder of nonprofit corporation (NGO) to provide original journalism about nonprofit organizations nationwide, free of charge, to US news media on all platforms (including a nonexclusive agreement with Patch.com) and the general public directly.*Nonprofit Sector News posts its original content on its website at http://nonprofitsectornews.org and on its LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter accounts.*Nonprofit Sector News reposts in its social media accounts (currently LinkedIn and Facebook) carefully curated important and/or interesting news and feature stories, reported by other US news organizations, about US nonprofit organizations (NGOs).*NSN provides journalism internships to college students (such as 8 working remotely all over the USA in Summer 2020) to train budding journalists in how to cover nonprofit organizations.*NSN also engages in other efforts to increase and improve journalism about US nonprofits organizations (NGOs) by all US news media.*A Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, tax-exempt under IRS Section 501(c)(3) as of April 4, 2020.

Taught Online Storytelling & Audience Engagement; International Mass Communication; and Media in Society as the Semester at Sea ship went from Germany to the Netherlands, Portugal, Morocco, Spain, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Jordan, Kenya, India and the United Arab Emirates.

Taught Social Media Management & Analytics; Intro to Integrated Media Campaigns (IMC); Mass Media Ethics; Media Management & Economics; Advertising Team Competition (AAF); History of Mass Media.In 2020-21, the AAF team won second place in the region. In 2021-22, the regional judges did not like the teams campaign for Meta Quest 2, then Meta/Facebook announced about two weeks later that its new marketing plan was the same as the teams: take the product to consumers and have them just try it!

Managing all aspects of quarterly, social scientific journal other than subscription sales, printing, mailing, etc.Term officially ran Jan. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2021.GO TO: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/nrj

*Manager of University Relations: developing working relationships with university study abroad directors and staffs, deans, faculty, etc.; representing Athena at study abroad fairs and study abroad conferences.*Director of Athenas faculty-led/customized study abroad programs.*Editor and primary author, Athenas Passport semi-monthly email newsletter.*Conducting market research and developing marketing and curriculum materials, including helping study abroad host schools obtain US accreditation with US universities-of-record.(NOTE: The study abroad industry was quickly crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic.)

*James Pedas (full) Professor of Media, Communication and Public Relations (endowed chair).*As Department Chair, hired adjuncts and staff.*Executive Director, James Pedas Communication Center.*Course director, Presentational Literacy (first-year, required core course).*Designed and implemented the Business & Financial Journalism major, one of a few in the USA. *Designed and implemented the media-oriented Religion Communication major (separate tracks in Religion Journalism and Religious Broadcasting), unique in the USA.*Redesigned three existing majors, now called: Public Relations, Advertising & Integrated Marketing Communication; Media & Journalism (with separate print/online and broadcast/online tracks), and (still) Communication Studies.*As E.D. & endowed chair, worked to achieve student-destination status for the James Pedas Communication Center: annually recruited and trained a cadre of 10-to-12 Pedas Fellows; supervised the quality of programming for WXTC,TCTV, The Thielensian student newspaper (Adviser), and Endymion yearbook; managed the budget for the Center; and represented the Center within and beyond the campus.*Collaborated with colleagues across disciplines of the College to exemplify and support excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship in communication and related areas.*Taught 12 credit hours during the academic year; engaged in on-going scholarly and professional activities within the discipline; participated in service to the Dept. of Media, Communication & Public Relations, Thiel College, and the community. Courses taught include Senior Seminar (social science research methods); Online & Print Newswriting; Communication Ethics; Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication; Media Literacy; Media Law & Regulation; Presentational Literacy; independent studies (History of Communication; Survey of Mediated Communication); Co-Curricular Practicum; and supervising internships.

*Designed English-language M.A. program, Chinese Media & Global Corporate Communications.*Taught both Mass Communication Theory and Social Science Research Methods to (post)graduate students, plus New Media & Online Journalism (freshmen); News Writing (sophomores); Media Law/Ethics (seniors); Feature Writing (juniors); and Writing the B.A. Thesis (seniors) to undergraduate students. Advising Center for Global Opinion of China and others on research.*Returned in June 2018 to teach short course on research methods to graduate students, present unrelated lectures, make presentation at a conference, and design new English-language M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Global Communication (launched Fall 2019).*Was asked to teach there until I retired, but chose to return to the USA.

See: https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/civil-libertarian/Fundraising strategy/tactics and donor relations (including home and office visits); media relations (up to 10 interviews a week, on various topics, in all media platforms, plus off-the-record conversations, individually pitching story ideas, writing/sending press releases); testifying to Nevada State Legislature, Clark County Commission, Board of State Prison Commissioners, etc.; liaison with national ACLU offices and other state ACLU offices; strategic planning; budgeting; management of staff in two offices (Las Vegas and Reno); working with other nonprofits on legislation, press conferences, etc.; serving on the state Attorney Generals [Catherine Cortez Masto] public records committee; representing ACLU at community events; etc.

While editing a quarterly, international, refereed, social scientific journal, launched its first International Editorial Advisory Board composed of dozens of scholars outside the USA from dozens of countries (the most internationally diverse editorial board of any journalism/mass communication scholarly journal published in English). Represented the journal at World Journalism Education Congress, European Communication Research & Education Association (ECREA), International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR); a UNESCO conference on African journalism education; International Communication Association conferences; and the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) conferences. Wrote original, substantive editorials in every issue on matters of national and international concern in journalism, public relations, and advertising education.

*Increased enrollment in M.A. program from 52 students to 85-95 while dramatically increasing academic rigor. Alumni started being admitted to, and graduating from, PhD programs at Michigan State U., U. of Kentucky, Ohio U., Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen/Nürnberg, and elsewhere.*Designed & launched dual M.A./MBA program with tracks in public relations/advertising management; print/online media management; and broadcast/online media management*Wrote 99% of successful proposal to transform Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication into School of Communication.*Chair, university Graduate Council, 5 1/2 years, including the critical period during which Point Park College successfully applied to be rechartered as Point Park University by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.*University-wide Faculty Development Coordinator for one year*Founding Chair, university Program Review Committee, 1 1/2 years*Fulbright Specialist, 2009-2014.*Taught Print Media Management; Media Ethics & Sociology of Journalism; Applied [Social Science] Research Methods; Mass Media Law; Public Opinion & News Media; Mass Communication History; Writing the Nonfiction Book; Advertising Sales; Magazine Writing; Feature Writing; news writing; M.A. Thesis; Directed Research; Directed Readings; Publication Project; supervised Internships; and hired and supervised five Graduate Assistants each year.

Editing the newsletter.

*Published two books, plus numerous articles (journals, encyclopedias, newsletters), conference papers, book reviews, etc.*Led interdisciplinary team that developed and secured all approvals for a senior capstone course, Science, Technology & Media.*Served on Universitys Graduate Council and as the Journalism Program Coordinator.*Taught: Print Media Management, Introduction to Journalism (basic reporting), Intermediate News Reporting/Writing, Mass Media Law, Media Analysis & Criticism, Feature & Opinion Writing, Mass Communication Theory (graduate course), History of Public Relations (intersession short course), History of Advertising (intersession short course).

Taught Introduction to Print Mass Media; Newspaper Editing; Public Affairs Reporting; and Newswriting courses.