WMU's Gershon receives national teaching award
Aug. 1, 2001
KALAMAZOO -- A Western Michigan University faculty member
has been selected as the first recipient of a national teaching
excellence award.
Dr. Richard A. Gershon, WMU professor of communication, will
receive the Barry Sherman Teaching Excellence Award from the
Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Gershon will be presented with the award in August at the AEJMC
conference in Washington, D.C.
AEJMC established the award this year in memory of Barry Sherman,
the former chairman of the Peabody Awards, a prestigious competition
that recognizes distinguished achievements of those in the broadcast
media. Sherman, who died suddenly on May 2 at the age of 47,
also was a former WMU faculty member in the Department of Communication.
"Being the recipient of this award is very special and
gratifying," says Gershon, who was a colleague of Sherman's.
Gershon is the co-founder and program coordinator for WMU's
telecommunications management program and the author of two books,
including his latest "Telecommunications Management: Industry
Structures and Business Strategy," and "The Transnational
Media Corporation: Global Messages and Free Market Competition,"
which was named the 1998 Book of the Year by the National Cable
Television Museum. He received the Stephen H. Coltrin Professor
for the Year award from the International Radio and Television
Society Foundation last year.
A WMU faculty member since 1989, Gershon teaches courses in
telecommunications management, law and regulations, and communication
technology. He holds a master's degree from the University of
Vermont and a doctoral degree from Ohio University.
Media contact: Lisa Lueking, 616 387-8400
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