Roy Alden Atwood

Background

Atwood, Roy Alden was born on September 11, 1952 in Glendale, California, United States. Son of John Alden and Frances Elizabeth (McCreight) Atwood.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Dordt College, 1975; Master of Arts in Religion, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Comm., U. Iowa, 1984.

Career

Instructor committee, Gonzaga U., Spokane, Washington, 1981-1984; assistant professor, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1984-1987; associate professor, U. Idaho, Moscow, since 1987; director School Comm., U. Idaho, Moscow, since 1995. Research chair Pacific N.W. Association Journalism Educators Annual Conference, Lake Wilderness, Washington, 1985, Corbett, Oregon, 1986. Member research committee Association Education Journalism and Mass Comm., 1985-1986, chair teaching Studies. committee History Division, 1987-1988, secretary, 1988-1989, research chair, 1989-1990, head, 1990-1991, member county divisions, 1990-1991.

Organizer and coordinator West Coast Journalism Historians Conference, San Francisco, 1986. Moderator and convener N.W. Comm. Educators Meeting, Spokane, 1987.

Board directors American Journalism Historians Association, 1987-1991, national convention host and organizer, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1990. U. Idaho representative Pacific N.W. Canada Studies Consortium, 1989-1995. Coordinator U. Idaho and Washington State University's Canada-American Studies SummerInst., Moscow, Idaho, Pullman, Washington, 1990, 91.

Vice chair Faculty Council, U. Idaho, 1990-1991. Senior Fulbright lecturer Institute Journalism, Warsaw (Poland) U., 1991-1992, visiting professor, 1995. Visiting professor Egerton U., Njoro, Kenya, 1992.

Member of the Board of Governors and senior fellow New St. Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho, since 1994.

Achievements

• Roy Alden Atwood has been listed as a noteworthy Academic administrator, communications educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Mass Communication Law in Idaho

    (Book by Atwood, Roy A.)

Interests

• Avocations: basketball, skiing, carpentry.

Connections

Married Beverlee JoyceKvale, April 13, 1973. Children: Hannah Kvale Atwood, Ethan Kvale Atwood.

Father:

John Alden Atwood

Mother:

Frances Elizabeth (McCreight) Atwood

Spouse:

Beverlee JoyceKvale

child:

Hannah Kvale Atwood

child:

Ethan Kvale Atwood