Box 984, Emory, Virginia 24327
Phone:   540-944-6822 (office)
e-mail:   tdkeller@ehc.edu
fax: 540-944-6934

Academic Background

Ph.D  Communications   University of Tennessee   1992

M.A. Communications   U.N.C.-Greensboro  1977

B.A.  English    King College 1972

Dissertation topic:  Cameras in the Courtroom:  An Analysis of Television Court Coverage in Virginia

Teaching

2003     Carnegie Foundation’s Virginia Professor of the Year

2001     Promotion to full professor, April 2001. 

1985-present Emory & Henry College

Courses:  Mass Media and Society, Media Law and Ethics, Women and Media, Electronic Media, Video Production, Advanced Video Production, Advertising, Public Relations, and Freedom of Expression in the United States.

Title: Professor of Mass Communications

*During my tenure at Emory & Henry, more than a dozen students have received state broadcasting awards from the Virginia Association of Broadcasters, two students have won national recognition for projects in video production, and two students have been accepted to graduate school in film. The department has also launched EHC-TV and provides regular programming on Comcast, Channel 2.

Broadcasting and Consulting

2004 Shot, wrote, edited, and produced anniversary video, People, Inc., Abingdon, Va.

2003 Appointed to Board of Directors, Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation

2002 Workshop for Washington County Sheriff’s Department on Freedom of Information Compliance

2000  Summer reporter.  KCNC-TV in Denver as a Radio Television     News Directors= Foundation Summer Excellence in Journalism National Award

1998  Media Manager/Campaign Coordinator: Re-elect Judge Jerry Beck Campaign

1997  Video Producer/Writer/Editor.  Come to Brazil: English Language Institute

1996  Public Relations Consultant for Bristol Tennessee City Council

1996  Public Relations Consultant for Bristol Lifesaving Crew

1994  Produced, wrote and edited promotional video for People, Inc.

1992  Media Consultant, Congressional Campaign

1991-92   Established non-commercial FM station for Emory & Henry

1990  Media Consultant, Congressional Campaign

1989  Reporter, WCYB-TV.  (Summer only)

1990  Produced, wrote and edited promotional video for Washington County Chamber      of Commerce

1985-89   Produced, wrote and edited promotional videos for Easter Seal, Handicaps Unlimited, and  Southwest Virginia 4-H Center

1980-85   Producer and Noon News anchor.  WCYB-TV

1978-80        Co-host and producer.  Morning public affairs program, "Today on 5." 

WCYB-TV

Publications:

2005   Keller, T. and Hawkins, S.  Television News:  A Handbook for Writing, Reporting, Shooting, and Editing.  2^nd Edition. Holcomb-Hathaway Publishers: Scottsdale, Arizona.

2002   Keller, T. Freedom of the press:  Not just another thing to lose.   Bristol Herald Courier.    July 30, 2002.

2002   Keller, T. and Hawkins, S.  Television News Reporting:  a handbook for writing, reporting, shooting and editing.  Holcomb-Hathaway Publishers: Scottsdale, Arizona.

 1999   Keller, T.D. ALessons in Inequality: What Television Teaches Us About Women.@pp. 27-35 in Forden, C.; Hunter, A.E., and Birns, B. (1999) Readings in the Psychology of Women. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon.

1996   "Curriculum Must Change for 21st Century:  Small Colleges May Lead the Way."  paper Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. Summer 1996.

1994   "It's Time for Cameras in Federal Courtrooms." Emory & Henry Alumnus Magazine. 

1994   People, Incorporated: A Community Action Agency in Southwest Virginia.  Produced, wrote and edited promotional video for the agency.  Summer 1994.

1993   "Trash TV."  Journal of Popular Culture.  Spring 1993, Vol. 26:4.

1992   "Perspective:  Cameras in Virginia Courtrooms."  University of Richmond Law Review.    Vol. 31:1, Summer 1992.

1991   "Assembly set to focus again on cameras in court."  Op-ed Piece for Richmond Times-Dispatch.  Sunday, December 15, 1991.

Presentations:

2004         Panelist.  Embedded Journalists:  After the Major Military Action. National Broadcast Educators Association Convention.  Las Vegas.  April 18, 2004.

2004          Panelist. An Interdisciplinary Discussion of The Beauty Myth. Emory and Henry College.  January 29, 2004.

2003         Director of Public Speaking Workshop.  Lead Bristol Program of Bristol Chamber of Commerce.  Jan. 9, 2004.

2003   Guest Speaker.  Booklovers Club. “Navigating the Media Minefield:  How to find the news.”  Abingdon, Virginia, Sept. 5, 2003.

2003   Lecture series.  Virginia Highlands Festival. “The First Amendment:  A Radical Notion.

   Abingdon, Virginia, August 29, 2003.

2002.   Director of Public Speaking Workshop.  Lead Bristol Program of Bristol Chamber of Commerce.  Dec. 11, 2002.

2002   “Communications Careers.” Regional Meeting of Appalachian Council of Girl Scouts.

   Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center.  Nov. 23, 2002.

2002.   Guest speaker.  Meadowview Unitarians.  “The Morality of Withholding Truth:  A Journalist’s Perspective.  Nov. 17, 2002.

2002    Guest speaker.  Tri-Cities Society of Professional Journalists.  “The First Amendment and a Reporter’s Right to Maintain Confidential Sources.”  Reporter Chris Dumond was the other speaker.  Dumond had been threatened with jail in August for refusing to identify a confidential source.  Johnson City.  September 18, 2002.

2002    Panel participant.  “Writing the College Textbook” at Broadcast Educators Association National Conference.  Las Vegas.  April 2002.

2001   Panel participant.  News Coverage of Gay and Lesbian Issues.  Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications.  National Convention.  Washington, D.C., August 4, 2001.

2001   Panel Participant. Excellence in Journalism Summer Project Report.  International RTNDA conference.  Minneapolis.  September 2001.  (one of  two chosen to participate in the panel from the 15 national participants.

2001.   Seminar co-leader. Professors in the Newsroom.  Orientation session for second group of national participants in Excellence in Journalism Education Project.

2000   AUp Against the Wall: Modern Television Interviews.@  National Popular Culture Association Conference.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  April 19-22, 2000.

1997   AThe V-Chip: Workable, Constitutional, or Simply >Let=s Make a Deal=?@  National Popular Culture Association Conference.  San Antonio, Texas.  March 1997

1997   Comments on the new TV ratings system.  WCYB-TV News.  Jan. 1, 1997

1996    AImproving Relationships with the Media and the Public.@  October 22, 1996.  Bristol Tennessee City Council Retreat.

1996   Panel member.  "Roanoke Roots: A Conversation About Race."  May 21, 1996.  WBRA-TV.  Roanoke, Virginia. 

1996   "Why the Fear of Cameras in Courtrooms:  Did O.J. Make It Worse?"  Media Arts Day. Union University.  March 26, 1996.

1995   "Bulgarian Journalists:  Job Satisfaction in the Early Post-Communist Era.  Paper presented at AEJMC national conference in Washington, D.C., August 10.  (30 of 96 papers accepted for presentation in the International Communication Division.)

1994   "Gender Stereotyping in Media." American Association of University Women Marion, Virginia. Saturday, May 7, 1994.

1994   "Making Our Best Better: Overcoming Gender Stereotypes." Keynote Address

Southwest Chapter, Professional Secretaries International. Martha Washington Inn Ballroom Luncheon, Abingdon, Virginia.  April 26, 1994.

1994   "Improving Interview Techniques." Rising Senior Day.  Emory & Henry College.

April 30, 1994.

1993   "Gambling for Millions:  The contested licensing of a commercial television station." Paper presented at national Popular Culture Association conference.  April 1993.

1992   Testified before Virginia General Assembly Courts of Justice Committee regarding pending legislation on permanent access for cameras in state courts.  February 9, 1992.

1992   "Update on Cameras in Virginia Courtrooms."  Virginia Association of Broadcast Educators.  March 27, 1992.  Washington, D.C.

1992   "Are High Profile Defendants Presumed Guilty Because of Publicity?"  Virginia Press Women Panel, April 25, 1992.  Richmond, Va.  Co-panelists: Virginia Beach Commonwealth Attorney Robert J. Humphreys and Criminal Investigator Darrell Stilwell, Virginia State Police.

Honors

2003  Carnegie/CASE Virginia Professor of the Year

2000  RTNDF National Program Participant

1998  Mellon Summer Research Grant from Emory & Henry College

1994  Research Grant. Virginia Federation of Independent Colleges

1992  President, Virginia Association of Broadcast Educators

1991  Kappa Tau Alpha.  National Journalism Honor Society

1989-90        Madira Bickel Research Grant

1989  Excellence in Teaching Award.  Emory & Henry College

1980  Outstanding Young Woman of America

1974  Marion Senior High School Teacher of the Year