Cheryl M. Bacon, Ed.D., APR chair, professor, faculty adviser of Kappa Tau Alpha chapter; faculty adviser of Society of Professional Journalists chapter; B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1976; M.A., ACU, 1979; Ed.D., Texas Tech University, 1991; APR, Public Relations Society of America, 1993.
Susan Lewis, Ed.D, assistant professor; B.S., Journalism and Mass Communication, Abilene Christian University, 1993; M.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, ACU, 1997; Ed.D., Pepperdine University, 2006.
Cade White, instructor, visuals adviser to the JMC Network, the university yearbook; B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1990; M.A., ACU, 1998.
Dave Hogan, APR, instructor, director of internships and faculty adviser of the Public Relations Student Society of America; A.A. Freed-Hardeman University, 1973; B.A., Journalism, University of Memphis, 1975; M.A., Journalism, The Ohio State University Kiplinger Public Affairs Reporting Program, 1978; APR, Public Relations Society of America, 2003.
Doug Mendenhall, instructor; B.A. from Abilene Christian University in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1982; M.S. from Middle Tennessee State University in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2004. Doug has more than 25 years of professional experience in the newspaper industry and carries the title at ACU of Journalist in Residence.
Kenneth Pybus, J.D, assistant professor, faculty adviser of the Optimist, university student newspaper; B.S., faculty adviser of Society of Professional Journalists chapter; Journalism and Mass Communication, Abilene Christian University, 1989; J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 1992, Ph.D. in progress, Texas Tech University
Charles H. Marler, Ph.D., professor emeritus, director of graduate studies; B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1955; M.A., ACU, 1968; Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1974.
Joyce Haley, instructor, faculty adviser to the JMC department's student-run advertising/public relations agency and faculty adviser to the student chapter of the American Advertising Federation; B.S., Pepperdine University, December 1981; M.S. Abilene Christian University, 2003
Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty
John Best, general manager, KACU-FM, and director of broadcast operations; B.M., Hardin-Simmons University, 1973; M.S., Abilene Christian University, 2001. Professional photojournalist and videographer.
Tim Graham, research coordinator, Zachry Associates, Inc.; B.A. Mass Communications, Abilene Christian University, 1981; B.B.A. Marketing, Abilene Christian University, 1981; M.A. Mass Communications, Abilene Christian University, 1993; incomplete work toward a Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1993-1996.
George Saltsman, part-time instructor, director of educational technology for the
Adams Center for Teaching and Learning, ACU; B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1990; M.S., ACU, 1994.
Staff
Sandy Byers, administrative coordinator and traffic manager, KACU-FM.
Stephanie Carlton, administrative coordinator. B.A.S. in Liberal Arts, Abilene Christian University 2008.
Cara Lee Cranford, academic adviser, B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1989.
Myra Dean, marketing director, KACU-FM; B.S.E., Emporia State University, 1969; M.Ed., Counseling and Human Development, Hardin-Simmons University, 2004.
Terri Peterson, membership director, KACU-FM; B.S. Ed., Abilene Christian University, 1983.
Christi Stark, Optimist advertising manager; B.S. in Integrated Marketing Communication, Abilene Christian University, 2003; M.A. in Communication, Abilene Christian University, 2008.
Dave Smith, operations manager, KACU-FM; B.S., Electronic Media, Abilene Christian University, 2004.
James Thompson, senior broadcast engineer, KACU-FM and KUF-TV. Associates degree, Community College of the Air Force.
