4:30 p.m., Oct. 24, 2002--John Courtright, interim faculty director of the Office of Undergraduate Studies (UGS) since July, has been named interim director of the University Honors Program, effective immediately, Vice Provost for Academic and International Programs, Bobby Gempesaw has announced. Courtright will continue to serve as interim faculty director of UGS.
Courtright, who previously served as chairperson of Department of Communication, joined the UD faculty in 1986, coming from Cleveland State University. His interests focus on interpersonal communication, multimedia presentation technology, research methodology, statistics and experimental design and general speech and communication.
He is the author of Communicating Online: A Guide to the Internet; The Mayfield Quick Guide to the Internet: For Communication Students (both in their second edition) and Communications Research Methods.
Courtright served as associate editor of the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Communication Research Reports, Journal of Communication and Communication Education and as editor of Communication Quarterly. He has served on several committees at UD and as a member of the Arts and Science Faculty Senate.
He received his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa.
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