Dr. Fred Owens

Professor in the Department of Communication

Education

• PhD: Kent State University

Recent Publications

• The Good Humor Radio Hour (Producer)
• Producer-director of numerous television programs
• 2-time Emmy Award nominee for Homework Express
• Speeches by Black Americans (Dickenson Publishing)
• Concepts in Communication (Allyn and Bacon)
• Public Speaking: Planning, Preparing, and Presenting (American Press)
• The Modern Communicator (Great River Technology with Kendell-Hunt Publishing)

Research Interests

• Television production direction
• Audio production for public audiences
• Design of complex organizations
• Argumentation
• Communication Pedagogy

Awards

• YSU Watson for Distinguished Administrative Service while department chair
• YSU Distinguished Award for Teaching
• YSU Distinguished Professor Award for Community Service
• The Names Coltrain Professor of Communication Award from the IRTS
• Visiting Scholar Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• Youngstown State University Watson Award for Distinguished Administrative Service while Chair of the Department of Communication and Theater
• Distinguished Teaching Award from the Ohio Communication Association
• Distinguished Professor Award in Teaching from Youngstown State University