School of Arts & Sciences
Communication Department Faculty
Tamara Brown, Chair
Communication Department Chair, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
- Office: VH110
- Phone: 580-327-8429
- Fax: 580-327-8185
- Email: tlbrown@nwosu.edu
EDUCATION
- Postgraduate Work, Oklahoma State University
- M.S., May 1993, University of Oklahoma
- B.S., May 1991, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES
- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology from the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association
- Oklahoma State License to Practice Speech Language Pathology from the Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
- Brown joined the faculty of Northwestern in August of 1998.
COURSES TYPICALLY TAUGHT
- SCOM 1113 Introduction to Speech Communication
- SCOM 1014 American Sign Language
- SCOM 2763 Voice and Phonetics
- SCOM 3113 Advanced Speech Communication
- SCOM 3133 Interpersonal Communication
- SCOM 3213 Business and Professional Communication
- SCOM 3613 Small Group Communication
- SCOM 4023 Nonverbal Communication
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- John Barton Award for Distinguished Teaching and Service, 2005-2006
- John Sheffield Teacher of the Year, 2004-2005
- Named Chair of Communication Department, July 2005
- Hired as Instructor of Speech at NWOSU, August 1998
FAMILY INFORMATION
- Husband, Scott
- Children, Megan and Colton
Dr. Kaylene Armstrong
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
Northwestern News & RangerPulse.com Adviser
- Office: Jesse Dunn Annex 232
- Phone: 580-327-8481
- Email: kdarmstrong@nwosu.edu
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in journalism history, December 2015, University of Southern Mississippi
- M.S. in communication, December 1997, Utah State University
- B.A. in communication, April 1976, Brigham Young University
COURSES TYPICALLY TAUGHT
- MCOM 2113 News Reporting
- MCOM 3103 News Editing
- MCOM 3203 Media Photography
- MCOM 3222 Feature Writing (Advanced Reporting)
- MCOM 3363 Multimedia Journalism
- MCOM 3541 Print and Online Practicum
- MCOM 4103 Publication Design and Production
- MCOM 4213 Mass Communication Law & Ethics
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Spent 20 years as a reporter and editor at four daily newspapers.
- First female city editor at The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah.
- Adviser to four student newspapers.
- Author of How Student Journalists Report Campus Unrest, published in January 2018 (Lexington Books).
- Member of American Journalism Historians Association and College Media Association.
SPECIAL INTERESTS
- Media history
- Grammar nerd!
FAMILY INFORMATION
- Married to retired chiropractor Robert J. Armstrong, the other Dr. Armstrong
- Five daughters, 12 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter