Friday, November 14, 2003
Academic freedom topic of USI colloquium
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Two members of the University of Southern Indiana communications faculty will present “Patriotism, Politics, and Academic Freedom,” a lecture in USI’s Liberal Arts Colloquium, at 3:30 p.m. Friday, November 21, in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center. Dr. Dal Herring, chair of the Communications Department and professor of journalism, and Dr. Wayne Rinks, associate professor of communications and coordinator of USI’s radio and television sequence, will explore the problems, challenges, and controversies faculty members face when they engage in classroom or community discourse. Herring joined the USI faculty in 1990. He teaches media law and public affairs reporting courses, and helped pioneer the University’s Distance Education Curricula. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, an M.A. from Sul Ross State University, and a B.A. from Texas A&M. He also is an alumnus of the East-West Center’s Asian Studies Program at University of Hawaii-Manoa. Rinks joined USI in 1991 after a professional career as a radio news director, radio/television sales manager, and general manager of an AM-FM broadcast group. He also has served as educational representative to the Indiana Broadcasters Association and as faculty advisor of USI’s campus radio station. Rinks holds a Ph.D. in communications from University of Tennessee and a bachelor’s degree from University of Memphis. The colloquium is a free lecture series featuring faculty research in the University of Southern Indiana School of Liberal Arts. |
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