Faculty & Staff

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Cheryl Mann Bacon, Ed.D., APR
Department Chair and Professor; Faculty Adviser of Kappa Tau Alpha chapter; Faculty Adviser of Society of Professional Journalists chapter

B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1976
M.A., Abilene Christian University, 1979
Ed.D. Texas Tech University, 1991
APR, Public Relations Society of America, 1993

Phone: 325-674-2812
Email: cheryl.bacon@jmc.acu.edu


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Joyce Haley
Instructor; Faculty Adviser to Mitchell & Morris, student-run advertising/public relations agency; Faculty Adviser to student chapter of American Advertising Federation

B.S., Pepperdine University, 1981
M.S., Abilene Christian University, 2003

Phone: 325-674-2026
Email: haleyj@acu.edu


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Susan Lewis, Ed.D.
Associate Professor

B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1993
M.A., Abilene Christian University, 1997
Ed.D., Pepperdine University, 2006

Phone: 325-674-2819
Email: lewiss@acu.edu


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Doug Mendenhall
Instructor and Journalist-in-Residence

B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1982
M.S., Middle Tennessee State University, 2004
Ph.D., Texas Tech University, in progress

Phone: 325-674-6675
Email: doug.mendenhall@acu.edu


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Kenneth Pybus, J.D.
Associate Professor; Faculty Adviser of The Optimist; Faculty Adviser of Society of Professional Journalists chapter

B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1989
J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 1992
Ph.D., Texas Tech University, in progress

Phone: 325-674-2553
Email: kenneth.pybus@acu.edu


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Cade White
Instructor; Visuals Adviser to the JMC Network

B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1990
M.A., Abilene Christian University, 1998

Phone: 325-674-2295
Email: cade.white@jmc.acu.edu

Adjunct & Part-Time Faculty


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John Best
General Manager, KACU-FM; Director of Broadcast Operations

B.M., Hardin-Simmons University, 1973
M.S., Abilene Christian University, 2001

Phone: 325-674-2438
Email: bestj@acu.edu


 

Tim Graham
Research Coordinator, Zachry Associates, Inc.

B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1981
B.B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1981
M.A., Abilene Christian University, 1993
Doctoral work, University of Tennessee, 1993-1996

Email: tjg05b@acu.edu


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Charles H. Marler, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1955
M.A., Abilene Christian University, 1968
Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1974

Phone: 325-674-2298
Email: charlie.marler@jmc.acu.edu


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George Saltsman
Part-time Instructor; Director of Educational Technology for the Adams Center for Teaching and Learning

B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1990
M.S., Abilene Christian University, 1994

Phone: 325-674-2996
Email: george.saltsman@jmc.acu.edu

Staff


 

Barbara Bush-Lamming
Administrative Coordinator

B.S. from Lubbock Christian University

Phone: 325-674-2296
Email: bsb10a@acu.edu 


 

Cara Lee Cranford
Optimist Advertising Manager

B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1989 

Phone: 325-674-2463
Email: clc05b@acu.edu

 


 

Lisa Wiggins
Academic Adviser

B.A., Abilene Christian University
M.A., Abilene Christian University

Phone: 325-674-2297
Email: lrw95q@acu.edu


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Dave Smith
Operations Manager, KACU-FM

B.S., Abilene Christian University, 2004

Phone: 325-674-2392
Email: dgrantsmith@acu.edu


 

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James Thompson
Senior Broadcast Engineer, KACU-FM and KUF-TV

Associates Degree, Community College of the Air Force

Phone: 325-674-2426
Email: jat01d@acu.edu




 

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