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Ben Whaley
Assistant Professor
Electronic Media

101H Franklin Hall
Tel: 330-672-8302
Email: bwhaley@kent.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours
TR 11:00-2:00 PM
and by appointment

Spring 2008 Teaching Assignments

JMC 23031

JMC 33033
JMC 4/50037
JMC 40095/ 60195

Basic Electronic Media Audio Production
Audio Field Production
Scriptwr for Video Film
Audio for Video

MW 7:45-9:00 AM
MW 9:15-10:30 AM
MW 2:15-3:30 PM
MW 11:00-12:15 PM
TR 2:15-3:30 PM

Allen "Ben" B. Whaley is assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Kent State University where he has taught in the radio and television sequence since 1980.

He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with B.A. degrees in history and telecommunications and an M.A. in communication. He then attended Indiana University and received his Ph.D. in speech communication with a mass communication minor. In addition to his academic background, Whaley has worked as a professional musician and recording studio session player and has also worked in theatre.

His teaching interests include audio production, script and copywriting, film studies and media theory and research methods. He has published academic articles in the area of media effects and also articles in the popular press. Currently, he resides in Kent with his wife, Marie, and their children Nicholas and Andrea.

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