CHARLES FORD GANZERT Jr. 202 Eagles Nest Rd. Marquette, Michigan 49855 (906) 345-9465 EDUCATION: Ph.D. Communication, 1992, Ohio University, School of Telecommunications, Athens, Ohio. M.A. Communication, 1988, Ohio University, School of Telecommunications, Athens, Ohio. B.A. English, 1975, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. SUMMARY: * Teaching experience in a variety of situations, including responsibility for mass media and broadcasting courses at Northern Michigan University and Ohio University. * Media experience in a number of areas including: student radio advising, audio documentary and public radio production, public radio station program management, live music recording, film projectionist work, production photography, distance education, oral history recording, and grant writing. CREDENTIALS: Professor, Northern Michigan University, Communication and Performance Studies Department, Marquette, Michigan. (January 1992-present). * Teaching responsibility for core courses within the Broadcasting/Mass Communication curriculum, including Beginning and Advanced Audio Production, Script Writing, Introduction to Mass Communication, Electronic Media Management, Media and Politics, The Documentary, and Mass Communication Law. * Faculty Advisor to campus student radio station, WUPX FM (1992-present). * Campus Academic Service Learning Coordinator and Chair of ASL Advisory Board (2006-2013). Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, Ohio University, School of Telecommunications, Athens, Ohio, (September 1987-December 1991). * Instructor, Research Assistant, Pre-College Faculty Advisor, as well as Graduate Representative to O.U. College of Communication Graduate Committee, Graduate Faculty Awards Committee, and Ohio University Research Committee. * Instructor with Ohio Arts Council and Ohio University Summer Media Institute. Media Producer, Mad River Theater Works, West Liberty, Ohio, (1983-1987). * Designed, recorded and produced grant-funded, award winning, public radio documentaries, oral histories, slide shows, and music performances.
* Taught week-long workshops within the Ohio Arts Council Artists in the Schools Program. * Musician and actor in various original plays. * Grants person for the media branch of Mad River Theater Works. Public Affairs Reporter and Assistant Program Director, WYSO Public Radio, Yellow Springs, Ohio, (1980-83). * Assistant Program Director, Music Director, and Producer for "Rise When the Rooster Crows," "Arts Periscope", and "Miami Valley Periscope" programs. Radio Producer and On-air Host of the "What's My Line," "Nightclub of the Air", and "Sunday Evening Showcase radio programs on WYSO Public Radio, Yellow Springs, Ohio, (1980-1987). Public Radio and Creative Productions: * Sparrow Tree: You Can Lead a Horse to Water. An hour-long music and interview program for WNMU FM was recorded on March 20, 2014. * Derrell Syria Live on Weekday with Hans Ahlstrom. A live-over-the-air program which was broadcast and recorded in the NMU McClintock Recording Studios on March 13, 2014. * Juke Joint, a CD of 13 songs with Harp, Hart and Bones, (2014). * From Mississippi to Marquette with Harp, Hart & Bones, An hour-long music and interview program recorded, edited and mixed for WNMU FM Public Radio, March 21, 2013. * Michael Waite Live on Weekday with Hans Ahlstrom, A live-on-the-air show broadcast and recorded on April 18, 2013. * The North Coast Trio. An hour-long radio program of music and interviews produced for WNMU Public Radio, March 29, 2012. * Mauvais Sort: Fait a Marquette. Recorded and Produced in the NMU McClintock Audio Studio, March 28, 2011. * Piano Jazz with Brandon Salo and John Letts, Recorded and Produced in the NMU Audio Studio, March 25, 2010. * The Cats and the Wild Jazz Combos, Recorded and Produced for WNMU FM, Winter 2010. * Addicted to the Gyil: Music and Interview with Bernard Woma and Hans Ahlstrom, Recorded and Produced for WNMU FM on March 12, 2009. * John Williams and Dean Magraw Live. Recorded and Produced for WNMU FM on March 12, 2009. * The Cedar Pants Session with the Derrell Syria Project, March 20, 2008. Music and interviews with the members of the Derrell Syria Project recorded live for WNMU FM in Marquette. * Mamadou Diabate Live, Recorded for WNMU FM with the Advanced Audio Students in the NMU McClintock Studio on November 14, 2007.
* The April Verch Band recorded Live in the McClintock Studios for WNMU FM on March 20, 2007. * Dave Ziegner & Kirsten Gustafson Live, April 4, 2006. An hour-long music program with a local jazz duet recorded, edited, mixed, and burned to CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU Public Radio in Marquette. * Nainy Diabate Live in the NMU Studios, October 2005. An hour-long music program with Malian singer, Nainy Diabate, edited, mixed, and burned to CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU Public Radio in Marquette. * The Don Bays Trio Live in the NMU Reynolds Recital Hall, April 2005. An hour-long music program with local; jazz pianist, Don Bays, edited, mixed, and burned to CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU Public Radio in Marquette. * The Lake Superior Kayak Report, June 2004. An on-air diary recorded while traveling by kayak along the shore of Lake Superior. Produced for WNMU Public Radio in Marquette, Michigan. * Mady Kouyate Live, April 2004. An hour-long music program with Malian kora player Mady Kouyate recorded, edited, mixed, and burned to CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU Public Radio in Marquette. * Two NMU Jazz Ensembles, April 2004. An hour of live jazz recorded, edited, mixed and burned to CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU FM. * The NMU Student Jazz Combo, May 2003. An hour-long jazz program recorded, edited, mixed, and burned to CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU FM. * The Flat Broke Blues Band, May 2002. An hour-long blues program recorded, edited, mixed, and burned to CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU FM. * The John Cooper Quartet, April 2001. An hour-long jazz program recorded, edited, mixed, and burned onto CD in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU FM. * Haywire, An original play by Shelly Russell recognized by the American College Theatre Festival in 1993. Awards: * Michigan Campus Compact Faculty Community Service Learning Award, 2014. * Good News Award, 2012, from the Judicatory Heads of the Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and United Methodist Churches for the Mauvais Sort: Fait a Marquette radio program. * Good News Award, 2010, from the Judicatory Heads of the Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian, and United Methodist Churches for the Addicted to the Gyil radio program. * Michigan Association of Broadcasters, 2009, Special Interest & Cultural Programming Award for the Addicted to the Gyil radio program. * Northern Michigan University Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008.
* Michigan Association of Broadcasters, 2007 Special Interest and Cultural Programming Award for a music and interview radio program, Nainy Diabate.& Mady Kouyate Live in the WNMU Studios. * Michigan Association of Broadcasters, 2005 Best Special Interest Programming Award for an hour-long music program with Malian kora player Mady Kouyate recorded, edited, and mixed, in the NMU McClintock Academic Recording Studios for WNMU Public Radio in Marquette. * Broadcast Education Association, 2003 Broadcast and Internet Radio Division Paper Competition. * Northern Michigan University Advisor of the Year Award for 2002. * Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1990 Markham International Paper Competition. * Broadcast Education Association, 1990 History Division Paper Competition. * Third Annual Ohio University Research Conference Paper Competition, 1990. * Ohio Educational Broadcasting Program of the Year Award, 1987, "`Tis Sweet To Be Remembered" radio series. Papers, Seminars, and Presentations: * Oral History Day on Beaver Island, Workshop series organizer, host, and presenter for WVBI FM Community Radio on Beaver Island, Michigan, July, 2014. * Lake Superior Community Partnership, Summer Management Institute presenter, July 2014. * Native American Service Learning Partnership Institute, presenter, Marquette, MI. April, 2014. * Viewing Service Learning Through a Rural Lens, panel organizer and presenter. Michigan Campus Compact Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 2014. * The Evolution of Best Practices in Service Learning at Northern Michigan University, panel organizer and presenter. Michigan Campus Compact Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 2014. * Reasonable Care: Risk and Liability in Rural Service Learning, Michigan Campus Compact Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 2014. * Lake Superior Community Partnership, Summer Management Institute presenter, July, 2013. * Seoul Institute of the Arts, Seoul S. Korea. Three long distance lectures about audio recording, editing, and mixing as part of their Culture Hub web series, May - June, 2013. * Latest Developments in Rural Service Learning. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement in Lansing, Michigan, 2012. * Creating a Culture of Civic Engagement. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement in Lansing, Michigan, 2012. * Data Collection & Assessment. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement in Lansing, Michigan, 2012. * Ohio Oral History Institute. Invited Instructor for a week-long institute at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Funded by the Ohio Humanities Council in June 2011.
* How to Feel Like an Olympian: A Case Study about Northern Michigan University. Rural Alliance for Service Learning Summit in Racine, Wisconsin, 2010. An invited presentation about the development of Service Learning at NMU. * Reaching Out While Reaching In: Academic Service Learning Initiatives in Rural Communities. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement in Traverse City, 2010. * Growing Academic Service Learning from Several Directions: A Synergistic Approach. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement in Traverse City, 2010. * Designating ASL Courses: How to do it, why do it, and what to expect after you do it. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement in Grand Rapids, 2009. * Oral History Association, 2008 Convention in Pittsburgh, Implications of Oral History and New Media chair and commentator. * Let It Be Known: An Institutional Designation Procedure Making It Easier for Students to Identify Academic Service Learning Classes. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement at Central Michigan University, 2008. * Enhancing and Institutionalizing Academic Service Learning: Integrated Planning Plus a Little Dumb Luck. Michigan Campus Compact Institute for Service Learning and Civic Engagement at Central Michigan University, 2008. * Media Consultant for Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcast Development with Mongolian National Radio in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Spring, 2005). * Charm, Feistiness and Chanel No. 5: Developments in All-Women s Radio in Memphis, Tennessee. Broadcast Education Association, 2003 convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. * Broadcast Education Association, 2003 convention in Las Vegas, The Indispensable Guide to the Internet panel moderator. * The Strengths and Weaknesses of Oral History, a presentation in the Turning Local Memories Into National Stories panel. Broadcast Education Association, 2002 convention in Las Vegas, * The Great Lakes College Media Conference, 2002 conference in Marquette, Michigan. Served as moderator and presenter in two panels: Audio Studio Recording and Promos and PSAs. * A Thousand Beautiful Watts: Developments in All-Women s Radio at WHER in Memphis, Tennessee. Popular Culture Association, 2001 convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. * Popular Culture Association, 2001 convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Radio History Division Panel Chair. * The Great Lakes College Media Conference, 2001 conference in Marquette, Michigan. Served as host and presenter in two panels: Media Law and Audio Studio Production. * Broadcast Education Association, 1999 convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Panel organizer, moderator and presenter. Panel: Problems and Predicaments: Case Studies in Student Media Management.
* The Bartell Group Stations and the Development of Top 40 Radio. Popular Culture Association, 1997 convention in San Antonio, Texas. * Broadcast Education Association, 1996 convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Panel organizer and presenter. Panel: Up and Running: What It Really Takes to Get a Student Radio or Television Station on the Air. * The Great Lakes College Media Conference, 1996 conference in Marquette, Michigan. Served as conference host and presented in two panels: Legal and Ethical Issues, and News Production. * Broadcast Education Association, 1995 convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Panel organizer, moderator, and presenter. Panel: "The Need to Know: Gathering Audience Research Information for Student Radio and Television Stations." * "The Far End of the Microphone: The Student Radio Audience at Northern Michigan University." Broadcast Education Association, 1995 convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. * "Madam X, Innovation, and the Re-invention of Radio in the Age of Television, 1946-1960." Popular Culture Association, 1995 convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. * Great Lakes College Media Conference, 1996 conference in Marquette, Michigan. Served as conference host and presented in three panels: Improving Your Show, Station Programming, and Legal Issues in Broadcasting. *. "Pirates, Outlaws, and Rebels: An Examination of Illegal Radio Broadcast Practices." Popular Culture Association, 1994 convention in Chicago, Illinois. * "Platter Chatter and the Pancake Impresarios." Oral History Association, 1992 national meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. * "Platter Chatter: Developments in Radio Disk Jockey Programming in the United States, 1946-1959." Mid-west Popular Culture Association 1991 *. "Oral History in Radio Documentary Production." Oral History in Ohio Association 1989, 1990 and 1991. * Ohio Arts Council Summer Media Institute 1990 and 1991, Instructor. * "An Analysis of the Cable News Network's Weekly `World Report' Program." Fourth Annual Ohio University Research Conference 1991. * "An Analysis of the Cable News Network's Weekly `World Report' Program." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 1990. * "Bradley Kincaid: `The Kentucky Mountain Boy' in Early Radio." Broadcast Education Association 1990 * "Bradley Kincaid `The Kentucky Mountain Boy' in Early Radio." Third Annual Ohio University Research Conference 1990. * "The Wonder of It All: An Existential Analysis of `The Wonder Years'." Popular Culture Association 1989. * "Radio Documentary Production." Ohio Valley Regional Media Arts Coalition Radio/Audio Conference 1988.
Research and Publications: * Creating an Organizational Framework for the Assessment of Student Engagement. Duby, P., Ganzert, C., & Bonsall, D. In Assessing Civic Engagement (2014). Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 162: 67-76. * The Landscape of Rural Service Learning, and What It Teaches Us All. Stoecker, R., Ganzert, C., & Holton, N. (eds.). An anthology of best practices in Rural Service Learning. (At press.) * The State of Rural Service Learning. A white paper developed with the Rural Alliance for Service Learning for a 2010 North Central Region Multi-State Rural Development Grant and posted on the RASL Website. * Catching Stories: A practical guide to oral history. DeBlasio, D., Ganzert, C., Mould, D., Paschen, S., & Sacks, H. Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, (2009). * Seventeen Days in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Michigan Broadcaster, 20:3 (2005): 20. * Charm, Feistiness, and Chanel No. 5: Developments in All-Women s Radio in Memphis, Tennessee. Journal of Radio Studies 10:1 (2003) 80-92. * Alan Freed. The Guide to United States Popular Culture, Eds. R. Browne and P. Browne. Bowling Green, Oh.: Bowling Green University Popular Press, (2001): 301. * Gordon McLendon. The Guide to United States Popular Culture, Eds. R. Browne and P. Browne. Bowling Green, Oh.: Bowling Green University Popular Press, (2001): 526. * Martin Block. The Guide to United States Popular Culture, Eds. R. Browne and P. Browne. Bowling Green, Oh.: Bowling Green University Popular Press, (2001): 99. * Radio Disk Jockey. The Guide to United States Popular Culture, Eds. R. Browne and P. Browne. Bowling Green, Oh.: Bowling Green University Popular Press, (2001): 659-60. * You Say You Want the Very Best. The Michigan Broadcaster 15:6 (2001): 9. * Book Review: Public Radio and Television in America by Ralph Engelman. Journal of Radio Studies, 5:2 (1998): 118-120. * Hot Clocks, Jingles, and Top Tunes: The Bartell Group Stations and the Development of Top 40 Radio. Popular Music and Society 24:4 (1997) 51-62. * Book Review: Gordon McLendon: The Maverick of Radio by Ronald Garay. The Journal of Radio Studies 3 (1995): 215-216. * "Platter Chatter and the Doughnut Disker: Developments in Radio Disk Jockey Programming in The United States, 1946-1960." The Journal of Radio Studies 2 (1994): 151-172. * "`Tis Sweet To Be Remembered: Independent Radio Performance Pioneer Bradley Kincaid." The Journal of American Culture, 15:3 (1992): 17-25. * "Communications/Mass Media Books: A Core List for Eastern European Media Persons and Students." Prepared for the U.S. Information Agency with Don Flournoy of Ohio University. June 1992. * "The Weekly `World Report' on CNN, An Analysis" with Don Flournoy. Journalism Quarterly, 69:1 (1992):188-194. * "An Independent Ohio Effort." Current Magazine, 28 Sept, 1988: 6.
Grant-Funded Projects: * North Central Region Multi-State Rural Development Grant with the Rural Alliance for Service- Learning, 2010. Research and the development of a white paper about the unique differences between rural and urban service-learning. * NMU Academic Service Learning Action Grant. The Cedar Pants Session with the Derrell Syria Project, March 20, 2008. Music and interviews with the members of the Derrell Syria Project recorded live for WNMU FM in Marquette. * NMU Academic Service Learning Action Grant. The April Verch Band recorded Live in the McClintock Studios for WNMU FM on March 20, 2007. * NMU 2007 Curriculum Development and Instructional Improvement Grant. Funded Pro Tools recording software certification workshop in Nashville, Tennessee. * NMU 2002 Research and Creative Activity Grant from the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research which funded a trip to Cochin, India, to record traditional edakka drummer, Krisha Das. * NMU Learning Technology Fee Grants: 1994-present to equip the Communication and Performance Studies McClintock Audio and Video Labs. * John Houc Memorial Foundation, 1991 grant for graduate research at Ohio University. Funding for dissertation research. * " Tis Sweet To Be Remembered"- eight part radio series with funding from the Ohio Humanities Council, Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. * "The Buckeye Barndance 1987"- live radio program with funding from the Ohio Arts Council and the Dayton Foundation. * "Voices from the Oil Patch"- radio documentary produced in conjunction with Joseph Arpad of Bowling Green University, 1985. * "The Buckeye Barndance 1985"- live radio program with funding from the Ohio Arts Council, WYSO radio and the Cityfolk organization. * "The Doc Williams Reunion"- radio program produced in conjunction with West Virginia Public Radio and WYSO radio, 1984. Boards of Directors: * Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation, Board Member 2000-present. * Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation, Immediate Past President, 2010-2011. * Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation, President, 2009-2010. * Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation, Vice-President of the Board, 2008. * Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation, Treasurer of the Board 2007. * NMU Academic Service Learning Advisory Board, member 2006 present. * NMU Chair of the Academic Service Learning Advisory Board and Campus ASL Coordinator, 2006-2013. * WUPX-FM Student Radio, Faculty Advisor and Board Member. 1992 - present. * Journal of Radio & Audio Media, Editorial Board, 2003-present.
* Hiawatha Traditional Music Non-profit Organization, Festival Producer, 1993-present. * Hiawatha Traditional Music Non-profit Organization, Treasurer of the Board, 2000-2003. * Hiawatha Traditional Music Non-profit Organization, Board Member 1995-2003. Professional Affiliations: * Broadcast Education Association. * Michigan Association of Broadcasters. * Oral History Association.