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Donald "Don" Shores
Professor of Broadcasting

Division: Communication Division
Office: Center for Communication and Business (CCB)
Phone: (310) 506-4570
E-mail: don.shores@pepperdine.edu

  • Ph.D., Communication, University of Florida, 1981
  • M.S., Speech Communication, Murray State University, KY, 1977
  • B.A., Speech, Harding College, Arkansas, 1974
Courses:
  • Freshman Seminar: Media Values
  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Broadcast Funding and Programming
  • Communication Ethics and Values
Key Awards/Affiliations:
  • 1997: Interim Dean of the Faculty for Seaver College, 1997
  • 1988 - 1996: Chairperson of the Communication Divison, 1996
  • American Association for Higher Education
  • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
  • National Communication Association
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (1981 to present)
  • Sigma Delta Chi, Society of Professional Journalists
  • International Communication Association
  • International Communication Association
  • Hollywood Radio and Television Society
  • Western Speech Communication Association
  • Association for Communication Administration
Academic Interests:
  • A study of primetime television programming comparing critically accepted shows with those high in audience ratings.
Selected Works:
  • The Effects of Courtroom Cameras on Verbal Behavior: An Analysis of Simulated Trial Witness Testimony in Courtroom Using Television Cameras, unpublished dissertation, University of Florida, 1981., 1981
  • KJCA Index: 1969-80, Kentucky Journal of Communication Arts, Fall, 1980, pp. 25-27. (multiple authorship), 1980
  • Program Chair for "In Hostile Terrain: The Religious Community's Communication with the Broader Culture," presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention in Miami Beach, November 20, 1993., 1993