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Christopher Allan Blair

Chair and University Professor of Communication Arts

Education

  • Ph.D, University of Memphis

  • M.A., University of Memphis

  • B.A., Â鶹ÊÓƵ University

Programs

Scholarship

Articles

  • idmaa.org

  • idmaa.org

  • Digital Media: New Major or New Discipline Revisited (2010)

    Proceedings of the 2010 Conference of the Tennessee Communication Association

  • International Digital Media and Arts Journal

  • International Digital Media and Arts Journal

Presentations

  • Digital Media: The Future of the Field (panel) (2011)

    International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference

  • Implementing the Inverted Classroom in the Basic Video Course (2011)

    Tennessee Communication Association Conference

  • Social Media and Interactivity: Surviving Technopolis (panel chair) (2009)

    Tennessee Communication Association Conference

  • Crisis and Emergency Communications (panel chair) (2008)

    Kentucky/Tennessee Communication Associations' Joint Conference

  • Innovative Forms: Trans-forming the Traditional University (panel) (2007)

    International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference

  • Understanding Film from a Christian Perspective: A Survey of Various Approaches (panel chair) (2007)

    Media, Faith and Culture Colloquium

  • Convergent Journalism in Mass Communications: Integration from Numerous Perspectives (2007)

    Tennessee Communication Association Conference

  • Surviving the Academic Audit (panel) (2007)

    Tennessee Communication Association Conference

  • Faithful Administrators: Case Studies (with Sheridan Barker) (2007)

    CCCU Faith-filled Leadership Department Chair Institute

  • Curriculum and Course Development for Interdisciplinary Digital Media Programs (panel) (2006)

    International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference

  • Cultural Code: Presentations & Discussions (panel) (2006)

    International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference

  • What Parents Don’t Know About Comic Books: Frederic Wertham and the Censorship Battle over Comic Books in the 1950s (2005)

    Tennessee Communication Association Annual Conference, Volunteer State University

  • What Parents Don’t Know About Comic Books: Frederic Wertham and the Censorship Battle Over Comic Books in the 1950s (2005)

    Tennessee Communication Association

  • Digital Media Education (workshop co-chair) (2004)

    International Digital Media and Arts Conference

  • Interactive Media: Complement or Competition to the Traditional Academic Broadcast Program (panel chair) (2003)

    Broadcast Education Association Regional Conference

  • Digital Media: New Major or New Discipline? (panel chair) (2003)

    Tennessee Communication Association

Dissertations

  • To Protect the Children: An Examination of Arguments for the Content Regulation of Mass Media (2002)

    The University of Memphis

Awards

  • Newell Innovative Teaching Award, Â鶹ÊÓƵ University (2012)

    Honorable mention

  • Undergraduate Research Grant (2011)

    Â鶹ÊÓƵ University

  • Chair, Board of Directors, International Digital Media and Arts Association (2010)

    2010-2013

  • President, International Digital Media and Arts Association, 2009-2010 (2009)

  • International Digital Media and Arts Association Distinguished Service Award (2009)

  • International Digital Media and Arts Association Senior Fellow (2009)

  • International Digital Media and Arts Commitment Award (2008)

  • Study Grant (2006)

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  • Active Learning Pedagogy Grant (2004)

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