Background
Mansfield-Richardson, Virginia Dell was born on April 26, 1955 in Athens, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Donald William and Joy Lee (Cassady) Mansfield.
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Virginia Dell Mansfield-Richardson
Edit Profileresearcher communications educator
Virginia Dell Mansfield-Richardson, American Communications educator, researcher. Recipient I.D. Wilson award Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, Richmond, 1987. Member Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., Chinese Comm. Association(Hong Kong, secretary/treasurer since 1996), International Comm. Association, America Association of Higher Education, since 1998, Kappa Tau Alpha.
Education
Student, Georgetown University, 1979-1981; Bachelor in Political Science, Ohio U., 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Comm., Ohio U., 1996; Master of Public Administration, George Mason U., 1992.
Career
Intern researcher, The World Bank, Washington, summers 1976-1977;
caseworker, United States Republican Thomas Luken, Washington, 1977;
instructor English, finance, economics and political science, Laidlaw Community College, Cincinnati, 1978;
accounts receivable clerk, Time-Life Books, Inc., 1978-1979;
staff writer, The Washington Post, 1979-1990;
instructor, American U., Washington, 1989-1990;
assistant director Brussels semester abroad, American U., 1990-1991;
staff writer, editor, The Potomac News, Manassas, Virginia, 1992;
staff writer, Athens (Ohio) News, 1992-1995;
associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, since 1995. Part-time instructor composition American, U., 1989-1990. Veterinary assistant, 1978-1990, 91.
Part-time instructor English grammar Northern Virginia Community College, 1991. Director Pennsylvania State University high school journalism workshop, University Pk., Pennsylvania, 1996-1997. Presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., Chinese Comm. Association(Hong Kong, secretary/treasurer since 1996), International Comm. Association, America Association of Higher Education, since 1998, Kappa Tau Alpha.
Connections
Married James Douglass Zeender, October 5, 1985 (divorced May 1990). Married Brian Kayle Richardson, July 31, 1993, one child: Jesse Alexander.
