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Fairmont State University - English

Professor, Communications Specialist
E-learning
Sharon
Brescoach, Ph.D.
Morgantown, West Virginia
Five minutes after teaching my first college-level class as an adjunct at age 26, I knew I would become a professor. Although I have always enjoyed writing, research, and media as well as working in the professional media environment, teaching has always my primary calling. I am a proud Appalachian dedicated to improving our region's "brain drain."​ Much of my research intersects with other issues related to both media and Appalachia, i.e. "Word: Speaking Out through Hip-Hop in the Dub Vee (WV)."


Other Specialties: Media studies, advertising, PR, Appalachian Studies, cultural studies, environmental communication, intercultural communications, diversity in media, women politicians in the media

Experience

  • Marshall University

    Assistant Professor

    W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications

  • Concord University

    Professor

    Sharon worked at Concord University as a Professor

  • Fairmont State University

    Adjunct professor

    Taught English and journalism courses.

  • Fairmont State University

    Assistant Professor of Journalism

    Journalism professor, faculty adviser to The Columns (campus newspaper), The Mound (campus yearbook), and journalism internship coordinator.

  • Saint Francis University

    Associate Professor

    Associate Professor of Communication Arts, advisor for campus newspaper - the Troubadour, department internship supervisor, general education curriculum working group committee, and full-time teaching/advising/research responsibilities.

Education

  • West Virginia University

    Master's

    Special Education
    Specialization in Learning Disabilities

  • Marshall University

    Master's

    Journalism
    Received "Outstanding Graduate Student Award"

  • Marshall University

    Assistant Professor


    W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications

  • University of Kentucky

    Ph.D.

    Communication Studies
    Specializations in media studies and intercultural/international communications. Won the James S. Brown Award for Excellence in Appalachian Studies Research for dissertation.

Publications

  • Encyclopedia of Appalachia

    University of Tennessee Press

    Contributed the following entries: • Charlotte Pritt • Izetta Jewel Brown Miller • Women in Radio • Media Ownership