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NAME: Ted
Schwalbe
HOME
ADDRESS:
(716)
679-4605
OFFICE: Department of Communication
326 McEwen Hall
(716) 673-3410 (phone) (716) 673-3414 (fax)
e-mail: schwalbe@fredonia.edu
EDUCATION: B.S. Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude)
June 1975
M.P.A.
June 1978
M.A. Communications
June 1978
Ph.D. Communication Theory and Research
January
1980
LANGUAGE Spanish, Bulgarian, Hungarian
(all basic)
SKILLS:
SCHOLARLY Fulbright Scholar,
ACTIVITIES: Member
of planning committee and faculty advisor to press corps for
Eurosim 2004 held in
daily
newsletter for conference as well as on-line pre and post-conference editions.
Also
responsible for all PR regarding event
Grants Reviewer – Fulbright Senior Specialist Program - 2004
Asked by
Allyn and Bacon to review 5 chapters of Comparing Media
From Around the World – Summer 2003
Press Corps Advisor, Communication Director, Planning
Committee
Member, EUROSIM (European Simulation) in
Fredonia – March 2003
Recipient
of Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Award
Press Corps Advisor, Communication Director, Planning
Committee
Member,
EUROSIM (European Simulation) in
Selected
to Radio/TV News Directors Association Faculty Summer
Fellowship Program - Summer
2001. Worked at WTOP Radio in
President – Western New
York/Northwest
Principal
speaker for Western New York/Pennsylvania Fulbright
Association's Meetings in
Principal
speaker for Western New York/Pennsylvania Fulbright
Association's Annual Meeting in
Fulbright
Scholar,
Asked by
in media training project in
Asked by Harper-Collins to review 9 chapters
of
Telecommunications for the 21st Century -
Fall 1993
Head evaluation team for review of
Communication
program at
Head evaluation team for review of
Communication
program at
Asked by Houghton-Mifflin to review 20 chapters
of
Broadcasting in
Invited
participant in International Radio and
Television Society's faculty seminar on
broadcast
programming - February 1988
Recipient of
for Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction - 1987
Recipient of Chancellor's Award for
Excellence in
Teaching
- 1986
Recipient of National Association of
Television
Programming Executives (NATPE) Faculty
Development Grant to work at WKBW-TV - 1984
Recipient of
for Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction - 1982
Judge:
1980
Annenberg Fellowship - 1975-1979
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi
Mu Epsilon
ORGANIZATIONS: Broadcast Education Association
Alpha
Epsilon
Western New York/Northwest
EMPLOYMENT: Full Professor and Chair
Department of Communication
January 1980 – present
Chair
1989-1998, 2003-present
Tenured
1986
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching -
1986
Adjunct
Professor
August 1984 - May 1988
Research Consultant
Research
Communications Ltd.
March
1984 - December 1987
Media
Consultant
Chautauqua/Allegheny Media Associates
December 1985 - April 1988
Telecommunications
Policy Analyst/Project Manager
National Telecommunications and
Information Admin.
March
1979 - January 1980
Research and Teaching Assistant
September
1975 - February 1979
Policy
Analyst
Office of
Telecommunications Policy
Executive
Office of the President
June 1977 -
September 1977
Cable
Television Consultant
Department
of Public Utilities
October 1975
- September 1976
Studio/Field Engineer
American Broadcasting
Company
June 1974 - September 1975
Producer/Reporter
WOUB Radio and Television
September 1972 - June 1975
RESEARCH
International (primarily
Eastern European and southern African)
AREAS: Broadcasting,
Telecommunications Law and Policy, Computers and
Communication, Multimedia
Computing, Journalism,
Telecommunications Technology
SELECTED “Teaching First Amendment
Principles”, paper presented at annual
RESEARCH/ conference of Alliance of
Universities for Democracy,
PUBLICATIONS: October 2005.
Selected
to be lead writer and proposal coordinator for Bridge II -
a multi-year, multi-million dollar grant proposal to develop
teacher
training initiatives through
videoconferencing with
Fulbright
Scholar-in-Residence Program - $29,250 grant
funded by Council on International Exchange of Scholars to
provide
for hosting visiting Bulgarian scholar. Spring 1999 for AY
1999/2000
funded by the United States
Information Agency – Summer 1997
Professional
Development Year Grant - $6000 grant funded
by United States Information Agency to provide for a
Bosnian
journalist to study at Fredonia for
one year - Spring 1996 for AY 1996/97
Project - $138,000
grant funded by the
Information Agency - Spring
1996
Professional Development Year Grant - $6000 grant
funded
by United States
Information Agency to provide for an
Albanian journalist to study at Fredonia for
one year - Spring
1995 for AY 1995/96
Albanian
Mass Media Development Project - $125,000 grant
funded by United
States Information Agency - Summer 1994.
Distance Learning Cooperative Media Lab -
$165,000 grant
funded by Ralph C.
Sheldon Foundation for creation of
computer/communication
lab.
"From
Copper to Light: A Historical Examination of the
Relationship
of the Cable TV and Telephone Industries",
Feedback, Summer
1994.
"Teaching Students using Multimedia
Computing", paper
presented to SUNY
Conference on Educational Technology
at SUNY
"Turning the Computer into a
Communication Tool: The
Concept of Teaching Communication Students
Multimedia
Computing", paper presented at Broadcast
Education
Association's Annual Conference,
"An Algorithm for
Course Scheduling", ACA Bulletin
(The Journal of the Association of
Communication
Administration), Issue #80, April 1992, pp.
33-38.
Develop marketing strategy and help write
commercial for
Asbestos Arrestor television campaign - Fall 1991.
Grant
from New York State Department of Health to produce
treatment for 30 minute
video on AIDS prevention aimed
at College students -
July 1990
Grant from Cablevision Industries to conduct
telephone
survey on subscriber
attitudes towards cable programming
and service. Included
questionnaire design, training
interviewers, data
collection, statistical analyses
and final report.
April 1990
"Program Review: A Time for Change"
Paper presented to the Assoc. for
Communication Admin.
17th Annual Presidential Seminar
published in
Feedback, Vol.32 No.3,Summer 1991,pp.22-24
"WBUZ - A Case Study in License
Renewal", Feedback,
Vol.29 No.4, Fall
1988, pp.3-10.
$el-a-vision: A Computerized
Television Sales
Tool - Instruction Manual
and Workbook, 1987
"Making Research
Real", Feedback, Vol.27 No.5,
Summer 1986, pp. 36-37.
Broadcast Management
Videotapes in Paul R. Baumann (ed.)
Television-Assisted
Instruction: Faculty Grants for
Improvement of Undergraduate
Instruction Publication
Series
Volume II.
Information-Seeking
Characteristics of Political Participants
Paper presented to the
Broadcast Education Association
Using Technology to Improve Teaching of Business
Communication Skills
Paper presented to the
American Business Communication
Association
- Eastern Regional Conference
Low-Power Television in
Paper presented to the
Broadcast Education Association
Reprinted in Feedback,
Vol.25 No.3, Winter 1983/84
Broadcast Management
Videotapes
Description of Project
The News, Vol.11 No.6
Summer 1982
Impact of New Telecommunication Technologies on
University Education
Presentation to the
Educational
November 1981
Diffusion
of Electronic Transactions in Herbert S.
Dordick, Helen G. Bradley, and Burt
Nanus (eds.),
The Emerging Network
Marketplace,
Ablex Publishing, 1981.
Potential Impact of
Low-Power Television
Paper presented to the
Broadcast Education Association
Mass Media and
Post-Secondary Education
Journal of Broadcasting,
Vol.25 No.4, Fall 1981
Wrote script and co-produced
promotional film for County
October 1981
A Multidimensional Approach to Political Information
Seeking and Political Participation
Doctoral Dissertation,
December 1979
The Problems of Obtaining
Broadcast Signals in Rural
Rural
Communications, July 1977
DEPARTMENT
Responsible for coordinating funding and
planning
SERVICE: of departmental
Multimedia Computing Lab
Responsible for "Communication 2000"
- department's
long-term goals plan
Responsible for department's enrollment
planning
document
Responsible
for developing department's proposals
for journalism and
public relations programs
Responsible
for department self-study
Responsible for developing department's
admissions
statement
Chair department's
Scholarship Committee
Head several faculty and
staff search committees -
and serve on many others
Department representative
for library acquisitions
Help develop Communication
major
Devise Communication minor
Devise and head Media
Management major
Develop
Communication/Business minor
Help develop student course
evaluation forms
Coordinate with
procedure
UNIVERSITY Member
of Faculty Council - 1983-1993, 1999-present
SERVICE: Member of International
Studies Coordinating Committee – 2002-present
Faculty
coordinator - International Fulbright Scholars - 2001/02, 1995/96
Responsible
for developing student study abroad agreement
between SUNY and the
Department Representative to United University Prof.
Member Academic Affairs
Committee - 1991-1992, 2002-present
Faculty Advisor to Alpha
Epsilon
Broadcasting
Society
Help crew IRC productions
Participate in judging of Ohio
State Awards in 1980
COMMUNITY
SERVICE: Computer Ombudsman - help
many local individuals
and businesses with a variety of hardware and
software problems
Develop computerized real
estate listing service for
local realtors
Work with A. Sam and Sons of
Dunkirk - develop
computerized inventory and packout
programs
Wrote script and produced
audio track for Chautauqua
Produce many radio spots for
local ski centers
Work with WDOE in
researching listenership and
interests of local citizens
Work with WJTN in producing
videotapes
Executive producer of weekly
newscasts aired on WCVF
Appear on many local radio
and TV programs as an expert
on broadcasting, cable, and telecommunications issues
Participate in many other
community activities and charities
OUTSIDE Bicycling,
bowling, computers, bridge, traveling
INTERESTS:
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