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Rodger
Streitmatter
Professor
Print Journalism
Employment History
1979 to present - School of Communication, American University.
Tenured in 1985.
Assistant Professor, 1979-85
Associate Professor, 1985-92
Professor, 1992-present
Graduate courses taught: Washington
Reporting, Media Impact, Teaching
Communication, Principles and Practices of Journalism, Reporting
of Public Affairs, American Magazines, Graduate Internships, Women
in Journalism
Undergraduate courses taught: Media and Sexuality, Dissident Media,
How the News Media Shape History, Media and the American Mind, Understanding
Mass Media, Feature Article Writing, Reporting, Advanced Reporting,
Writing for Mass Communication
Administrative responsibilities:
Chair, School of Communication Dean
Search Committee,
1999-2000, 2000-2001
Faculty Coordinator,
University General Education Program, 1998-99,
1999-2000
Director, School of Communication Reaccreditation, 1995-97
Director, Graduate Program in Journalism and Public Affairs, 1987-89
Director, Undergraduate Print Journalism Program, 1985-87
1977 to 1979 - Bureau Chief, New River Valley Bureau, Roanoke
Times & World-News, (a regional daily newspaper
circulating to 115,000 homes in Southwestern Virginia)
Supervised a staff of six full-time
and ten part-time reporters covering
an area that included two major universities.
Wrote a weekly column.
Special assignments
to the state capital in Richmond and Capitol Hill in Washington,
D.C.
1973 to 1977 - Reporter, Roanoke Times & World-News
Covered local and state politics,
city and county government, regional
planning, public education, and higher education.
Wrote health and medical news, personality
profiles, consumer news, historical
features, and drama reviews.
1972 to 1973 - Director of Information and Public Relations for
Andrew McFarland Center (in-patient mental health and mental retardation
center in Springfield, Illinois)
Responsible for creating and writing
informational brochures, a weekly
newsletter, news releases, films, and slide presentations.
1970 to 1972 - Information Specialist, United States Army
Staff
writer for The Engineer magazine at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Editor of a command newspaper in Worms, Germany
Freelance credits included the European Stars and Stripes
and two German newspapers
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