{"id":16,"date":"2007-01-14T12:34:24","date_gmt":"2007-01-14T18:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drthompsen.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2019-08-17T09:12:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T13:12:38","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Thompsen-WhiteBG-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-468 \" src=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Thompsen-WhiteBG-300-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Thompsen-WhiteBG-300-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Thompsen-WhiteBG-300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Thompsen-WhiteBG-300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;m<\/span> Philip A. Thompsen, Ph.D. I&#8217;m a college professor, scholar of media and communication technology, advisor of student media, and voice talent. I currently hold the position of Professor of Media in the Department of Communication Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0Prior to my academic career, I was a professional broadcaster, working at over 20 radio and television stations. I continue to remain active as a voice talent, doing occasional voiceover work, working as a public address announcer, and reading the names of graduating students at our commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about my academic career, check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/vita\">vita<\/a>.\u00a0For more about my voice talent, listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Demo_Full.mp3\">my demo<\/a>, or visit my demo sites at <a href=\"https:\/\/voice123.com\/philipthompsen\">voice123.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voices.com\/people\/doctorphil\">voices.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A few highlights about me&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I regularly teach a course in broadcast performance, a large lecture course on mass communication, and other courses in media and communication technology.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve advised all of the student media groups on campus, including student news service\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcuquad.com\"><em>The Quad<\/em><\/a>, student radio <a href=\"http:\/\/wcur.org\">WCUR<\/a>, student video magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/wcuweekly.com\">WCU Weekly<\/a>, and student television <a href=\"http:\/\/wcustudios.com\">WCU Studios<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m a scholar of media and communication technology. I&#8217;ve published numerous articles and book chapters, and have regularly presented my scholarship on panels at academic conferences and conventions. For a complete list of publications, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/vita\">my vita<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m author of the broadcast performance textbook <em>On Air: Effective Announcing<\/em>, published by Cognella Press<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I have been an active member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beaweb.org\">Broadcast Education Association<\/a> for over 30 years, and have served as Chair of that organization&#8217;s Student Media Adviser Division.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m an active member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/broadcastpioneers.com\">Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve completed fellowships at <a href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\">KYW Television<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/station\/kyw-newsradio\/\">NewsRadio<\/a> in Philadelphia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\">C-SPAN<\/a> in Washington, DC, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timewarnermedialab.com\">Time Warner MediaLab<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I have served as a communication technology consultant for a number of businesses and organizations, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/\">Ikea<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.genesishcc.com\/\">Genesis Health Care<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wkto.net\">WKTO<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I regularly read the names of graduating students at commencement, and have served as the public address announcer at other university ceremonies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Philip A. Thompsen, Ph.D. I&#8217;m a college professor, scholar of media and communication technology, advisor of student media, and voice talent. I currently hold the position of Professor of Media in the Department of Communication Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0Prior to my academic career, I was a professional broadcaster, working at over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/?page_id=16\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}