I have way too many jobs: husband, father, educator, outdoorsman, and incurable smartass. But life is good, and I count my blessings every day.
On the job, I’m associate professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at Kent State University where I teach courses in public relations, writing and ethics. These days, I’m most excited about my teaching assignments in the PR Online Master’s program. Check it out.
Before I came to Kent State in 1992, I spent 16 years as a PR professional, most of it with counseling firms, including my own. Off the job, I pursue outdoorsy stuff, including fishing, hunting, canoeing, kayaking, cross-country skiing, and cycling. (Yes, I kill God’s creatures, but I eat them. Waste not, want not, eh?)
I married the perfect woman 35 years back. We have two great kids and a grandson, too. Sharon knows I worship her, but has probably not seen this page, as she almost never reads the blog. She sees it as insane obsession that doesn’t come with a paycheck. Yeah, she’s way smarter than I am, too.
Career highlights
- 16 years as a PR professional, most of it in the counseling business, including 5 years as head of Sledzik & Associates, Buffalo, N.Y.
- 20 years on the faculty of Kent State, 14 of those as associate professor and coordinator of the Kent’s Public Relations Sequence.
- Member of PRSA 1983-2009, accredited in 1986, elected to the College of Fellows, 1996. Past president of two chapters, Buffalo-Niagara,1988, Akron Area, 1996. I left PRSA in 2010, but that’s a story for another day.
- Education: BSJ, Ohio University; MA, U of Buffalo
