Robert M. Ogles Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education, Room 2172 100 North University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098 [email protected]

University Degrees University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. 1987, communication arts University of Tennessee, M.S., 1982, communication Vanderbilt University, B.A. with honors, 1977, psychology, Peabody College

Selected Academic Appointments 2005, Guest Associate Professor, Communications Department, Wheaton College, Illinois 1993-1994, Visiting Associate Professor, College of Communications, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1992-present, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Purdue University (with tenure) 1987-1992, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Purdue University 1986, Instructor, Department of Communication, Purdue University 1985, Lecturer, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Selected Academic Administrative Appointments 1992-1993, Head, Mass Communication and Society Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 1990-1993, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication, Purdue University 1985-1986, Timetable Coordinator (supervisor of registration staff, schedules, and instructional space), Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Selected Industrial Employment 1983-1985, General-assignment reporter, news editor and anchor, Wisconsin Public Radio Network (18 stations statewide) 1978-1980, Radio program director, Multimedia, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee [WBIR, WBIR-FM, WBIR-TV] 1973-1976, Talent, General Electric Broadcasting Co., Nashville, Tennessee [WSIX, WSIX-FM, WSIX-TV]

Selected Awards and Honors Digital Content Development Grant, Purdue University, 2003 Faculty incentive grant, School of Liberal Arts, Purdue University, 1992 First-place faculty paper, Broadcast Education Association (History Division), 1991 Top-ten faculty paper, International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), 1988 XL grant, Purdue Research Foundation, 1987 Top-three faculty paper, International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), 1986

Overview of Academic Work Author or co-author of more than 40 scholarly articles and book reviews; director of three Ph.D. dissertations and six master’s thesis at Purdue University; frequent reviewer for major textbook publishers in mass communication; founding associate editor of Journal of Radio & Audio Media (Broadcast Education Association); instructor of record in more than 100 college or university courses

Current Interests Blending asynchronous distance-education platforms with on-campus instruction suitable for large enrollments