Richard A. Gershon, Ph.D., (Ohio University) is Professor and
Co-Director of the Telecommunications & Information Management
(TIM) program at Western Michigan University where he teaches
courses in media management and telecommunications as well as
digital media and information technology. He is the author of Telecommunications& Business Strategy (2009) and The Transnational
Media Corporation: Global Messages and Free Market Competition,
winner of the 1998 book of the year by the U.S. Cable Center.
Dr. Gershon is a Fulbright scholar having held visiting appointments
at the University of Navarra, Spain and Nihon University, Japan.

Dr. Gershon has twice been selected for national teaching honors,
including the Steven H. Coltrin Professor of the Year Award (2000)
by the International Radio & Television Society(IRTS) and the Barry
Sherman Award for Teaching Excellence (2001) by the Management
and Economics division of the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication (AEJMC). In 2007, he was the recipient
of the Distinguished Teaching Award at Western Michigan University.
Dr. Gershon is a founding member of the International
Telecommunications Education Research Association (ITERA) where
he served as the organization's first President.