Creating Radio’s “Farm System”: The Case for Shifting College Radio from “Student-Run” to “Student-Operated” in Instructional Settings; Len O’Kelly, Grand Valley State University
Me or Thee? An Examination of Lyrical Focus of 2025 CCM Songs; Casey Hart; Stephen F. Austin State University
Ears Across America: Establishing a National Ad Hoc Audio Drama Exhibition Network; William Anderson, Central Michigan University
Associate Director, School of Communications, Grand Valley State University
Dr. Len O'Kelly is in his second career.
His first one spanned 25 years in commercial radio, with all manner of on-air and programming positions in markets ranging from Chicago, Illinois to Gisborne, New Zealand. His last stop on the air was creating "Real Oldies 1480/850," believed to be the nation's first NPR affiliate... Read More →
Gate-surfing: A new gatekeeping model to observe how local newsrooms are selecting stories and navigating the tsunami of mis-and disinformation in the age of AI; Grace Provenzano; Des Moines Area Community College
Persuasive Attack and Defense of the “Indiana Bears”: Subverting the Rustbelt from Just Across the Street; Joseph Blaney, Illinois State University
Why Do Youth Listen to Celebrities as Spokespersons on Social Media in African Social Change Discourse?; Kuburat Ayinde, Illinois State University
Assessing “Advancing a Culturally Proficient Workforce”: A First-Year Review; George Daniels, University of Alabama
The Tipping Point: Time Allocation, “Hidden” Service and Work-Life Balance in Media-Centric Departments; Sara Magee, Loyola University Maryland and Adam Kuban, Ball State University
Historical Broadcast Journalism Program as a Media Law Pedagogical Resource: A Critical Discourse Analysis of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report: “The A.C.L.U. and the Nazis”; Raja Das, Ohio University
Associate Professor of Communication at Loyola University Maryland (and former Communication Department Chair) who teaches graduate and undergraduate classes and conducts research in broadcast and multimedia creation and production, media ethics, global journalism and journalism education... Read More →
From 2020-2023, I served as the Broadcast Education Association's Faculty Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion. I teach graduate and undergraduate students in electronic news reporting, mass media diversity and community-engaged learning courses. I worked in local television news for... Read More →
