Background
Ziegler, Dhyana was born on May 5, 1949 in New York City. Daughter of Ernest and Alberta Allie (Guy) Ziegler.
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Dhyana Ziegler
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Bachelor of Science cum laude, CUNY, 1981; Master of Arts in Radio and television, Southern Illinois U., 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education, Southern Illinois U., 1985.
Career
Freelance researcher, Essence Magazine, New York City, 1972-1975;
copywriter, radio producer, Rosenfeld, Sirowitz & Lawson Advertising Agency, New York City, 1974-1975;
executive vice president, Patten & Guest Prodns., New York City, 1976-1979;
production intern, Station WNEW television, New York City, 1979-1980;
upward bound counselor, Seton Hall U., South Orange, New York, 1979-1981;
production intern, Station WCBS television, New York City, 1980-1981;
assistant professor, Jackson (Mississippi) State University, 1984-1985;
associate director Diversity Resources and Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1985. Board directors Knoxville Women's Center, 1989-1992.
Board of trustees East Tennessee Discovery Center, Knoxville, 1989-1992. Advisory board Bethel Love Kitchen, Knoxville, 1990-1993.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman communications Knoxville chapter National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1990-1991, chapter advisor U. Tennessee student chapter, since 1989, chairman chancellor's commission for blacks, 1990-1995, president faculty senate, since 1995. Chairman social action committee Delta Sigma Theta, Knoxville, 1986-1989, member of commission on arts and letters, 1990-1991. Board directors East Tennessee regional American Heart Association, since 1990.
Member athletics board U. Tennessee, since 1990. Regional development education coordinator Delta Research and Ednl. Foundation; member allocations committee United Way, Knoxville, 1990-1991.
Member NAFE, Women in Comm. (president Knoxville chapter since 1990), Broadcast Education Association (chair multicultural division 1989-1992, chair gender division since 1996), Speech Comm. Association, Society Professional Journalists (Jane Pauley task force on mass committee education 1995-1996, co-author Jane Pauley Task Force Report1996), Golden Key National Honor Society, Kappa Tau Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma Theta (Post-secondary Educators award 1992, Black Achievement award 1993).
