By Kelly Eschberger ‘07
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For Immediate Release:

SBU WELCOMES NEW JOURNALISM PROFESSOR, SAM SMITH

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2004 — The Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure University has added Dr. Samuel R. Smith, associate professor of journalism/mass communication, to its faculty.

“Dr. Smith is a most welcome addition to the J/MC faculty,” said Lee Coppola, dean of the School of Journalism/Mass Communication. “He brings the professional and academic credentials that make our program stand out, and I have no doubt our undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from his expertise.”

Smith will split his teaching duties between undergraduate students at St. Bonaventure and the journalism school’s Integrated Marketing Communications program at the University’s Buffalo Center at Hilbert College in Hamburg.

Smith graduated from Iowa State University with a master’s degree in English/creative writing in 1989. He received a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder. From 2001 to 2004, Smith was the communications director at the Gronstedt Group in Broomfield, Colo. He was also president of New World Image, a communications consulting firm, in Winston-Salem, N.C., from 1989-1997.

Smith has presented at 30 conferences on topics ranging from “Who Owns Cyberspace?” to “Teaching Children in the Media Culture.” He has authored numerous lyrics, poems, fiction and creative non-fiction works and readings, as well as pieces for scholarly, critical and business publications. He currently serves as the moderator for CMRCserv (Conference on Media, Culture and Religion), which is an Internet discussion list.

Past teaching experiences include Salem College, Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem State University and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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