Robert E. Lewis

Bachelor of Science in Education - Ashland University 1968

Master of Education - Ashland University 1982

40 hours of graduate work in Radio & Television - Bowling Green State University 1974-1975

Ashland University 1975 - 1989 - Served as Assistant Professor of Radio and Television, receiving tenure in 1981. Appointed Chairman of the Department in 1987. Courses taught during this period included:

Television Programming and Production

Introduction to Radio and Television

Radio and television Announcing

Newswriting

Copywriting

Broadcast Sales and Station Management

Measurement of Broadcast Audiences

Broadcast Law

Contemporary Issues and Problems in Broadcasting

University of Louisiana at Monroe 1991 - Currently serving as Assistant Professor of Radio, Television, and Film. Courses that have been assigned to teach during tenure at

ULM include:

Introduction to Radio and Television

Announcing for radio and Television

Broadcast Copywriting

Broadcast Newswriting

Radio and Television Programming

Broadcast news Reporting

Electronic News Gathering

Seminar in Radio, Television and Film

Broadcast News Producing

Broadcast Sales and Promotion

Emerging Technologies (Graduate course)

Seminar in Radio, Television, and Film (Graduate course)

Video Production for Professionals (Graduate course)

WVNO - FM Mansfield, Ohio - 1972 to 1974 - Served as News Director, Copywriter, and Announcer.

Producer/Director of nationally distributed video, "Bird Dogs & Beginners: Aging Together with Tom Kennelly" - This one hour and ten minute program demonstrates how to select a puppy and then train it to become a hunter of birds.

Producer/Director of nationally distributed video for Watersoft Incorporated. This 10 minute program was a promotional campaign for a company that manufacturers water softening equipment.

Producer/Director of several recruitment videos for various academic departments at Ashland University, including:

Producer of two promotional videos for Nursing Homes in Monroe, Louisiana:

Producer of indoctrination video for new employees at Columbia North Monroe Hospital.

Videographer and Editor of program for the Biedenharn Foundation, "Come Look With Me: Miss Emy-Lou." This program celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Bible Museum in Monroe, Louisiana

Videographer and Editor of program, "A Glittering Season," which presented highlights of a cut glass and silver exhibit at the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana.

Curriculum Development - Using the input of academic and industry professionals, created a Curriculum Design for Broadcast Sales and Station Management with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration at Ashland College in 1981.

During tenure at Ashland University, participated in and eventually administered cable television auction to raise supplemental funds for Radio and Television Department. This practice began in 1979 raising a modest five-thousand dollars. Ten years later the auction generated over fifty-thousand dollars. Although not a great amount of money, it was impressive given the fact that Ashland is a community with a population of only twenty thousand people.