Academic History

1983-1986: Assistant Professor at Cleveland State University
1986-1990: Assistant Professor at Purdue University
1990-1995: Associate Professor at Purdue University
1995- : Full Professor at Purdue University
2001- : Assistant Department Head, Department of Communication/Purdue University

Research and Scholarship

**** Over 50 publications on media effects, including cognitive, emotional, and physiological responses to media

**** Author of Media Effects: A Basic Overview (Wadsworth, 2002)

**** Co-Author of Refrigerator Rights: Creating Connections and Restoring Relationships (Perigree, 2002)

**** Recently listed in a 1999 report on research productivity among the "Top Ranked Active Researchers in Communication Studies"

**** Recently listed as among the Top 15 Researchers in Telecommunication in terms of published research.

**** Formally recognized in one survey as among the TOP 3% of active scholars in communication research

**** Seven "Top Paper" Awards in International Competition

**** Service on nine editorial boards for research journals in Communication

Public Service Through Media Interviews

Interviewed or quoted on media effects research by AP Press, NBC-TV, CNN Radio, CBS-TV, National Public Radio, Newsweek Magazine, Time Magazine, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Indianapolis Star, The London Daily Telegraph, The Atlanta Constitution, Psychology Today Magazine, and many others.