Intermediate Web Comm, Advanced Web Comm, Advertising Writing, Global Culture and the Internet, International Advertising, Advertising Campaigns, Mass Communications Law
Tom was a newsman, magazine publisher, and the president of an ad agency, and, since 1994, has provided national and international consulting in new media. He taught at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Mount Vernon College at George Washington University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining K-State's faculty in 1998. He founded Orion Online Design & Management, a student group that designs and manages web sites for clients across the nation. Tom's current research service involves working with rural communities and technology, including placing teams of students in Kansas towns to work with local residents in creating and maintaining web sites. His research focuses on advertising regulation, especially in the area of government marketing. He is also exploring the ways in which laws impacting mass communications are interpretted through policy actions and the adoption of new media in rural communities.