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Regular Instructors in the Communication
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Mike Perkins
is the
chief editor of the Herald Press newspaper in
Huntington, Indiana. A graduate of Huntington University, Perkins brings current real-newsroom wisdom to the
journalism classes he teaches for the department. He also mentors journalism
students during
summer internships at the
Herald Press.
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Amy Shepherd teaches public relations courses in the Communication
Department. She is a human resources manager for a manufacturing company in
Bluffton, IN. She also owns and runs a human resources consulting firm,
Right Fit HR Solutions. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in
business and human resources management at Indiana Institute of Technology
and earned her MBA at Indiana Wesleyan University. With over 14 years in
business and human resources management, Amy uses this practical experience
in the classroom to involve students in “real world” scenarios. She also
teaches management and human resources courses in the Huntington University
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Heather
Barkley serves as the Assistant Director of Public Relations at
Huntington University. Students who take the Public Relations Practicum will
work under Heather in the Office of Public Relations located in the Annex
Building. Barkley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from
Olivet Nazarene University (2001). As a student, she served three
consecutive terms as the executive editor of the GlimmerGlass, the school
newspaper. Post graduation, she used her knowledge and background to teach
courses at her alma mater in business & technical writing, creative writing
and service learning. She served as the business reporter for the
Daily Journal (Kankakee,
Ill.) from 2001-2003. Following that position, she worked as a case manager
for adults who have mental illnesses at
Thresholds, Inc.
(Kankakee, Ill.) and Park Center,
Inc. (Fort Wayne, Ind.). Barkley is a member of the
Public Relations Society of America.
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Jennifer
Boen is health and human services reporter of the Fort Wayne, Indiana, News
Sentinel and a graduate of Huntington College. She does
journalism by day and teaches it (Writing for the Media) at
Huntington University by night. Awards and honors for her work include the
2001 Fellowship to the
University of Maryland’s School of Specialized Journalism,
the 1999 Clarion Award for groundbreaking story on the first U.S.
anonymous kidney donation, and a number of
awards for a series on nursing homes comparing patterns in nonprofit and
for-profit homes. She has been
published in People Magazine and The New
York Times.
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Dr.
Luke S. Fetters
brings a wealth of personal
experience and perspective to the intercultural communication classes he
teaches. A full-time assistant professor of Educational Ministry at
Huntington University, he is a graduate of Huntington College ( BA and masters
in Christian ministries) and Wheaton College Graduate School (masters in
Intercultural Studies). Fetters earned his Doctorate of Education in Adult,
Higher and Community Education from Ball State University. He has served the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ in numerous ministry roles, including youth pastor, associate pastor
for education, senior pastor, church planter and missionary. He has been
instrumental in the establishment of three local churches and the United
Brethren Mission in Macau (Peoples Republic on China) where he lived with
his family from 1986 until 1997. This included serving as field director of
a multi-cultural leadership team in Macau. During his time in Asia, Luke was
involved in teaching English as a second language and served as an TESL
consultant to school districts in the Peoples Republic of China. Fetters is
completing an Ed.D. in Adult and Community Education at Ball State
University (Muncie, IN).
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Dale Gerke
is the General Manager of the Bott Radio Network station in
Fort Wayne AM 1090 since 1993. He received his Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration from the University of South
Carolina in 1989. He is founder of Wisdom Based Sales, a
program dedicated to applying Biblical principles to marketing
with an emphasis in sales and advertising. He teaches
Broadcasting Management and Advertising Campaigns for Huntington
University as well as Marketing and Business Case Studies in
HU's EXCEL program. His passion is to help students develop
their skills with excellence and to encourage students to live
out their faith in the marketplace.
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