Roy Ellis Blackwood

Background

Blackwood, Roy Ellis was born on March 17, 1944 in Rochester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Roy and Susie Esther (Stallsmith) Blackwood.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Cleveland State University, 1972; Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1981.

Career

Newswriter, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1973-1974; committee specialist, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1974-1978; committee specialist, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1978-1982; professor journalism, Bemidji (Minnesota) State University, since 1982; chair department Massachusetts committee, Bemidji (Minnesota) State University, since 1997. Consultant Agency for International Development, Georgetown, Guyana, 1982. Foreign expert Liaoning U., Shenyang, China, 1988-1989.

Visiting professor Chulalongkorn U., Bangkok, 1993-1994.

Achievements

• Roy Ellis Blackwood has been listed as a noteworthy Journalism educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member committee committee Bemidji Cmty. Arts Council, 1982-1985. Member of advisory county Station KCRB, Minnesota public radio, Bemidji, 1983-1990.

Host public affairs show Station KAWE, Minnesota public tv, Bemidji, 1987-1988. Member county Bethel Lutheran Church, Bemidji, 1990-1993. Member Midwest Association for Canada Studies (editor 1986-1996, secretary 1989=96), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., International Comm.

Association, American Journalism Historians Association, Canada Commission Association, Association for Canada Studies in United States of America.

Interests

• Avocations: camping, canoeing.

Connections

Married Laurie Jean Buehler, June 1, 1980. Children: Cooper Buehler-Blackwood, Jesse Buehler-Blackwood.

Father:

William Roy Blackwood

Mother:

Susie Esther (Stallsmith) Blackwood

Spouse:

Laurie Jean Buehler

child:

Cooper Buehler-Blackwood

child:

Jesse Buehler-Blackwood