Background

Poindexter, Mark Carey was born on December 31, 1951 in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States. Son of Russell L. and Jeanne Marie (Klinghammer) Poindexter.

Education

1 child from previous marriage, Claire Estelle. Bachelor, Lindenwood College, 1973. Master of Arts, Center Michigan University, 1980.

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1987.

Managing editor Lexington Advertiser-News, Missouri, 1974-1975. News director KCUR-FM, Kansas City, Missoury, 1975-1979.

Director broadcasting North Dakota State University KDSU-FM, Fargo, 1980-1987. Associate professor mass communication Center Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, 1987.

Academic specialist United States Information Agency Haiti, 1989.

Lecturer United States Information Agency, Madagascar, 1989, Rwanda, 1990, Ethiopia, 1993, Chad, 1993. Radio consultant, Madagascar, 1994, Burkina Faso, 1997, Mali, 1997. Fulbright lecturer Institut Superieur de Journalisme in Rabat, Morocco, 1990.

Seminarleader Centre Africain des Journalistes et Communicateurs, Tunis, Tunisia, 1991.

Producer radio documentaries, including Migrant Workers(Robert F. Kennedy Journal award 1980). Published Subscription Television in the Third World: The Moroccan Experience, 1991, Radio in Paris: Can Community Stations Survive?, 1997, Beyond Libido: Stalking the Beast in Cat People, 1997.

Career

Managing editor Lexington Advertiser-News, Missouri, 1974-1975. News director KCUR-FM, Kansas City, 1975-1979. Director broadcasting North Dakota State University KDSU-FM, Fargo, 1980-1987.

Professor Massachusetts communications Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, since 1987, executive director international affairs, since 2008. Academy specialist United States Information Agy Haiti, 1989. Lecturer United States Information Agency, Madagascar, 1989, Rwanda, 1990, Ethiopia, 1993, Chad, 1993.

Radio consultant, Madagascar, 1994, Burkina Faso, 1997, Mali, 1997. Fulbright lecturer Institut Superieur de Journalisme in Rabat, Morocco, 1990. Seminar leader Centre Africain des Journalistes et Communicateurs, Tunis, Tunisia, 1991.

Producer radio documentaries, including Migrant Workers (Robert F. Kennedy Journal award 1980). Published Subscription Television in the Third World: The Moroccan Experience, 1991, Radio in Paris: Can Community Stations Survive?, 1997, Beyond Libido: Stalking the Beast in Cat People, 1997, ABC's the Path to 9/11 Terror Management Theory and the American Monomyth, 2008. Director Central Michigan International Film Festival, 2003-2005.

University liason & academy presentations in Chile, China, France, India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea, 2008-2010.

Achievements

• Mark Carey Poindexter has been listed as a noteworthy university administrator, communications educator, critic by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Popular Culture Association, International Communication Association, National Education Association, Michigan Education Association, Center Michigan U. Faculty Association, Broadcast Education Association.

Connections

1 child from previous marriage: Claire Estelle. Married Bernadette Rahariarimpanahy, June 27, 1995. Children: Matthew Tahiry, Anastasia Marie.

Father:

Russell L. Poindexter

Mother:

Jeanne Marie (Klinghammer) Poindexter

Spouse:

Bernadette Rahariarimpanahy

child:

Matthew Tahiry Poindexter

child:

Anastasia Marie Poindexter