Presidential Administrator for

     Federal Relations and Legislative Appropriations

§ Visiting Professor at the Helsinki School of Economics MBA program teaching Business Ethics, 2004-present

§ Visiting Professor University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business, and Olsson Senior Fellow, 2004-2005

§ Post Doctoral Work Communication Ethics– Vanderbilt University, 1998

Communication

  Specialty in Philosophy

Minor: Ethics

Dissertation:  An Interpretation of Academic Discourse in Journalism Ethics in the Early Twentieth Century: A Liberal and Communitarian Framework in Ethics

§  Master of Arts, Brigham Young University - 1984

         Major:   Communications

         Minor:   Educational Administration

         Thesis:  Contrasts in the Effects of Court Reporting via

                     Newspaper and Radio

§  Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young University -1974

Major: Communication

Emphasis: Journalism

2005 – present   Distinguished Professor of Ethics

1993 – present  Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Communication           

1989 – 1993      Associate Professor of Philosophy and Communication 

1984 – 1989      Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Communication

1976 – 1984      Journalism/English instructor and student newspaper advisor

Courses Taught:  Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Organizational Communication, Ethics and Values, Business Ethics, Media Ethics, Organizational Communication Ethics, Legal Ethics, BioEthics.

Administration - Utah Valley University

2003 – present  Special Assistant to the President

2003-  2005      Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

2001 – 2003      Vice President for Scholarship and Outreach

1996 – 2001      Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

1998 – 1999      Director of Integrated Studies Program (half administration/half                           faculty)

1992 – 1998      Director Center for the Study of Ethics (half administration/ half                           faculty)

1989 – 1990      Acting Dean, Humanities, Arts,  Social Sciences, Sciences,                           Nursing, Physical Education and Allied Health (full time                           administration)

1988 – 1991      Associate Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Sciences, Nursing, Physical Education and Allied Health (half administration/half faculty)

Grant Director

1986-2005 : Continuous National Grants

Wrote and directed six national grants in ethics with National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, both agencies with the U.S. Department of Education.  Today the projects involve approximately 600 faculty and 15,000 students nationally.

2000-2005 -Grant Director, Dissemination grant with Fund for Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE, Department of Education). 

Initiated a new society AEthics Across the Curriculum@ and a new national pedagogical journal, Teaching Ethics. 

1998-2000 Grant Director, Dissemination Grant with Fund For Post-Secondary Improvement, (FIPSE).

AEthics Across the Curriculum: Disseminating Successful Educational Reform@ An estimated 300 faculty and 15,000 students are nationally and internationally involved in this program.  Implementation varies according to

needs of the institution. The program continues nationally and internationally. 

1996-1998

Grant Director National Endowment for the Humanities. Focus Grant to disseminate ethics and ethics curriculum development to elementary and secondary school teachers. To continue the program, area k-12 faculty are invited to attend UVSC ethics programs.  

1992-1995

Director and author of a three-year FIPSE grant entitled Ethics Across the Curriculum.  Grant involves the participation of faculty in all schools, deans, Vice President for Academic Affairs and the President.  Approximately 100 faculty and administrators are involved in integrating ethics into classrooms in courses in business, nursing, trades, technologies, vocations and liberal arts. About 3,000 students at UVSC are involved yearly. Responsibilities include overseeing budget; developing curricula; assessment; supervising mentoring project; arranging library acquisitions; planning and arranging scholars and other programs.  FIPSE evaluates the project as exemplary and unique.  The program and funding for the program continue at UVSC. 

1990 - 1993

Director and author of a three-year NEH grant in History of Civilization and History of Science.  Responsibilities include curriculum development, faculty development of twenty interdisciplinary faculty, student assessment, community involvement and library growth.  The program and funding for the program continue at UVSC.

1986 - 1990

Director and author of an NEH grant in Ethics and Values that fully develops teacher training, student scholarship, and community participation and library acquisitions in ethics.  National scholars participate in quarterly lecture series and summer seminars.  Responsibilities include curriculum development, faculty development of fifteen interdisciplinary faculty, student assessment, community involvement and library growth.  The program and funding for the program continue at UVSC.

Recognition and Awards

§  2008, “Award of Excellence” Utah System of Higher Education Exemplary Use of Technology Award

§  2006, Outstanding Distance Education Professor

§  2004 National Outstanding Distance Education Program

§  2002, Par