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At the national level, Rich is a former President of the National Communication Association (NCA), an 8,000-member organization that promotes the teaching, research, and application of communication. While an NCA member, he has served on nearly 35 committees.
Rich is also a past President of the Eastern Communication Association (ECA), the oldest professional communication organization in the country. Rich has chaired or served on over 25 ECA committees and is a recipient of ECA's Distinguished Service Award as well as being recognized as a Distinguished Research Fellow and Distinguished Teaching Fellow.
He is currently on the Academic Board of Directors for the Global Listening Centre, based in London. For more information on the Top Listeners around the globe and for more on his contributions to this organization, please visit the website and its recent newsletter.
Rich's scholarship tends to intersect family, communication, and sexual identity and he has co-authored research with his colleague/friend of 3 decades, Lynn Turner (past NCA President). Rich has also written in the area of classroom communication and has been recognized as a "Leading Scholar" in classroom communication by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship.
Rich is the co-author of several books in multiple editions (IPC: Interpersonal Communication, Gender and Communication/3rd edition, Understanding Interpersonal Communication: Making Choices in Changing Times, Perspectives on Family Communication/5th edition/2018, Interpersonal Communication/5th edition/2023, and Introducing Communication Theory: Analysis and Applications/8th edition/2024). His theory book has been published in 8 languages and his family book has been translated into 3 languages.
He and Lynn Turner are also co-editors of the widely-acclaimed Handbook of Family Communication, which has been recognized as "the leading compendium of scholarship in family communication" by the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Rich has served as Co-Editor of The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Bullying (2019), which has been described as the "first published collection of communication research on one of our world's most pressing cultural issues." The National Communication Association recognized the compendium as "Outstanding Book in Applied Communication."
Rich has been appointed three times as Guest Co-Editor of the Journal of Family Communication. In addition, he has (co) authored dozens of articles and book chapters and is a current member of five journal editorial boards in communication studies and family studies and a past board member of 14 other journals.
Rich has received a number of accolades over the years. He was awarded Emerson's prestigious Norman and Irma Mann Stearns distinction and was recognized as Distinguished Faculty. In addition, NCA bestowed its Bernard J. Brommel Award in Family Communication for his family communication research. He has also been awarded "Outstanding Alum in Communication" by both Ohio University and Illinois State University; ISU also recognized him for "Distinction in Forensics" and "Outstanding Graduate in Teacher Education."
With respect to teaching, Rich has taught nearly 30 different courses in both face-to-face and online delivery modes. He currently teaches courses in intercultural communication, family communication, research methods, and communication theory. For his Capstone courses, he ensures that students leave the major with an intimate understanding of professional development themes and practices (e.g., resume writing, interview protocols, recruitment, etc.).
Rich's Emerson's service is also expansive. In 2007-2008, he served as the Interim Director/Dean of the Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson. During that year, he was also the Founding (Project) Director for the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. From 2008-2012, Rich served as the College's Chair in the Department of Communication Studies and from 2008-2014, he was the first Director of the College's Washington, D.C. Internship Program. In addition, he has also served as Chair of three pivotal faculty groups: the Institutional Review Board, the Faculty Development and Research Committee, and the Faculty Status (Tenure and Promotion) Committee.
In addition to sitting on NCA's Executive Council, Rich recently stepped down as the Association's Chair of its Finance Committee, overseeing a budget exceeding $13 million. He has previously served as Director of NCA'S Educational Policies Board and Co-Chair of its Centennial Committee
Rich's research has been featured in a number of very diverse media outlets including the Washington Post, Toronto Globe & Mail, Boston Globe, AARP Magazine, New England Cable Network, Vanity Fair, USA Today, PBS, WBZ, Christian Science Monitor, NPR,
www.cbsnews.com, among many others. When he has some free time, Rich also enjoys working on his 120 year-old home on the coast of Maine where he is an award-winning gardener. His home and gardens have appeared in several outlets, including Cottage Style Magazine, American Bungalow, Container Gardening, the Boston Herald, the Maine Sunday Telegram, and Cottages & Bungalows.
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The Media Studies concentration teaches students to use, analyze, and appreciate how and why communication works in society. This concentration prepares them for further academic study in communication theory and examination of the role of communication in society. Students will be introduced to media literacy, critical media analysis, and rhetorical communication studies and are prepared to write and think critically and to acquire a firm foundation in research theories and methods that prepare them for careers as media practitioners or candidates for graduate study.
Complete a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in the major and cumulative. The last 30 hours must be completed at NCCU. Students must earn grades of C or better in ENG 1110 , ENG 1210 , and all major courses.
This course offers an overview of the modern communication and media landscape. Students will explore and be exposed to the different avenues that a professional life in communication and media may take, such as journalism, social media, public relations, film making and broadcasting. In addition, students will examine the deeper knowledge of communication ranging from theory, crisis communication, rhetoric and interpersonal communication.
Cross-listed: ART 1163
Basic Digital Photography, an introduction to the medium, its history, techniques and theory. This course will teach students the basics of photographic composition, lighting, camera and lens operation, editing and printing using the digital format.
$25 course fee.
Prerequisite: JOUR 2133
Introduction to Digital Multimedia is designed to teach fundamental principles of multimedia to give students a working understanding of digital media formats and their applications.
Students learn media production using the tools of cameras, audio production, and editing. This hands-on application will develop the physical and mental skills necessary to evolve in the TV production field.
There are many significant changes to contemporary media. About these changes, we need to think critically about recent media developments as will as the many enduring relationships between media and society. In Media and Society, we take an interdisciplinary approach with a sociological focus to answer questions like how do people use the media in their everyday lives? and how has the evolution of technology affected the media and how we use them? Our approach to media allows us to cover a wide range of questions. In addition, this class incorporates the latest scholarship and data that address enduring media topics, as well as new concerns raised by the role of digital platforms, the impact of misinformation online, and the role of media during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prerequisite: JOUR 2143, JOUR 3183 or consent of instructor.
Study and practice in producing news packages, including training and experience in new and traditional news gathering, preparing scripts and digital video, and operating cameras, editing decks, and other studio and field equipment.
Prerequisites: JOUR 3173.
Provides the knowledge and skill training for students to become effective public relations writers. The course will focus on style and content of writing news releases, speeches, newsletters, brochures, annual reports and other public relations communications.
A study of journalism as practiced in weeklies, small dailies, and broadcast stations in small towns and cities, including the relationship of the media to the community.
Note: For majors and non-majors.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Studies of the relationship of mass communication to social, political, technical, and economic issues. Course content will vary.
Note: May be repeated for credit as JOUR 4053 or 5053 when course content changes.
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