Communication

Dennis Dunleavy,
Associate Professor

         Communication/Convergent Media

Office: Britt Hall 242
Phone: (541) 552-8433
FAX: (541) 552-6715
Email: dunleavd@sou.edu
Website: www.sou.edu/~dunleavd
Blog: http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/

Education:

Ph.D., 2004, Communication and Society, University of Oregon
MA, 1999, Southern Oregon University
BS, 1998, Southern Oregon University

Teaching

DMF     201: Digital Media Foundations
JRN      251: Journalistic Writing
JRN      261: Newswriting
JRN      321: Photojournalism
CM       332: Cyber Journalism
CM       323: Documentary Film and Photographic Theory
COMM  460: Communication, Technology, Culture
ED       534: Education Technology

Dennis teaches a range of courses in the area of journalism, visual journalism, digital media and technology and society. He is a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), the National Press Photographers Association and the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education. Since 2002, he has been an editor for the journal Visual Communication Quarterly as well as frequent reviewer for the Journal of American Culture. Publications include, “Documentary Photography and Objectivity,” Conover, T. Graphic Communications Today. Fifth Edition (2003), “Picturing Class,” In Heider, D. Ed. Class and News, (2003), and “The Archive and The Image: Historical Research in the Shape of Socialized Knowledge,”  The Handbook of Visual Communication Research, (2004). Since 2003, Dennis has maintained his "Big Picture" blog, which in 2006 was named as a top innovator in photography by American Photo magazine. In 2007, Dennis exhibited his documentary photography from Central America at the Schneider Museum of Art. At SOU, Dennis' committee work has included Faculty Senate, Technology Council, Library, Student Affairs, Student Assement, Writing Assessment, International Studies, Family Housing, and the Faculty Roles, Responsibilities and Rewards Task Force.