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    Steven Shields, Ph.D.

    Steven Shields

    Assistant Professor

    Phone678-717-3608

    Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4216, Gainesville

    Area(s) of Expertise: Radio Announcing and Production, Research Methodology, Public Opinion

    Courses Taught

    COMM 2400 - Radio Production
    MDST 2900 - Introduction to Media Studies
    COMM 3740 - Communication Research
    COMM 3840 - Announcing for Media
    COMM 4013 - Public Opinion and Leadership

    Education

    • Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • M.A., Journalism, Ball State University
    • B.A., Radio-TV-Film, Ball State University

    Research/Special Interests

    Research interests include the creativity of media performers, radio as culture, history of radio, quantitative research methodology, and public opinion.  He is a founding editor of what is today the Journal of Radio and Audio Media.

    Special interests include the composition of poetry and micro-fiction.  He is the author of Creation Story (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2019) and Daimonion Sonata (Birch Brook Press, 2005) as well as numerous poems in small-press literary publications.

    Personal Information

    Dr. Shields lives in Johns Creek, GA with his wife, Janet.

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