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David J. Schaefer,
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Research
Interests Dr. David J. Schaefer (Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001) is a Professor and former chair in the Department of Communication Arts at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. In the 1980s and 1990s, he worked as a children's program producer in public television and as an announcer and newscaster for several commercial radio stations in the midwest. Since 1995, he has produced an international radio program, Franciscan University Connections, for the EWTN/WEWN global network and currently is the advisor for the campus radio stations WFRScc and WFENcc. He teaches courses on broadcast/audio production, media literacy, Internet design, film history, media and society, and international communications. His research interests include Internet-based technologies, media competency/literacy, global/intercultural communication, international cinema, and multimedia production. He has presented numerous conference papers and published journal articles and book chapters on many of these topics. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, the International Communication Association, the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, and serves on the Board of Directors for Urban Mission Ministries. In addition, he is a Fulbright scholar and was awarded a lecturing-research grant to Singapore in 2004-2005.
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