Dr. Mark Poindexter
309 Moore Hall

Degrees:

* B.A. (summa cum laude) Communication Arts and French, Lindenwood College, St. Charles, M0, 1973.
* M.A. Management and Supervision, Central Michigan University,1980.
* Ph.D. Speech-communication with supporting program in anthropology and organizational communication, University of Minnesota,1987.

Teaching Profile:

Survey of Mass Media
African and African American Film
Critiquing Mass Media
Techniques of Mass Communication Research
Broadcast/Cable Copywriting
Short summer courses covering such topics as mass media in the mid-twentieth century, television satire, how movies tend to view TV and the careers and films of Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker Organizational Communication courses outside of Michigan in CMU's Extended Degree Program.
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Administrative and Advising:

* Independent Film Club
* B.A.A. Majors Advisor

Research Interest:

* Extensive travel and research in France and in Africa, serving on the Faculty of the Moroccan Journalism Institute in Rabat, Morocco for a semester as a Fulbright Professor in 1990 and between 1991 and 2000 conducting workshops and seminars for broadcasters in Tunisia,Ethiopia, Madagascar, Rwanda, Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso.
* Published articles on television in Morocco and radio in France, as well as on film-related topics Contributor of articles to the Encyclopedia of Radio
Currently working on articles about radio in Madagascar, recent developments in Moroccan television, African films available on videocassette and how movies depict television.
* Developing a textbook for use in Survey of Mass Media

Brief Biography:

Dr. Poindexter began his career as a journalist, working first for his college radio station, then, while still in college, as a suburban stringer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and following graduation, as the managing editor of a newspaper in western Missouri, the Lexington Advertiser-News. He was the news director of public radio station KCUR in Kansas city in the late 1970's. In 1980, he worked for Meredith Corporation's KCMO radio in Kansas City while that station underwent conversion to a news and talk format. In late 1980, he became Director of Broadcasting at North Dakota State University, where he managed
NDSU's public radio station and taught courses in mass media and French. He also hosted a morning interview and call-in program on the public station.