Communication Department Chair, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication

• Office: VH110 
• Phone: 580-327-8429 
• Fax: 580-327-8185
• Email: tlbrown@nwosu.edu
• Address: 709 Oklahoma Blvd.
  Alva, OK 73717

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

Instructor of Mass Communication
Strategic Communication Adviser

• Office: JDA 234
• Phone: 580-327-8456
• Email: ejmiller@nwosu.edu
• Address: 709 Oklahoma Blvd.
  Alva, OK 73717

EDUCATION

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Recipient of the National School Public Relations Association's "35 under 35" in 2012
• Graduate of Leadership Chickasha
• Named "Professional of the Year" at Canadian Valley Technology Center in 2014
• While a student at Northwestern was a founding sister of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Long distance running (have completed five half marathons and three full marathons)
• Traveling
• "Upcycling" furniture
• Spending time with my nephews

FAMILY INFORMATION

• Parents, brother, sister-in-law (NWOSU Nursing grad), and two nephews

Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
Northwestern News & RangerPulse.com Adviser

• Office: Jesse Dunn Annex 232
• Phone: 580-327-8481
• Email: kdarmstrong@nwosu.edu
• Address: 709 Oklahoma Blvd., Alva, OK 73717

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 and 12 grandchildren.

Instructor of Mass Communication, Broadcast Adviser

• Office: Jesse Dunn Annex 235
• Phone: (580)327-8465
• Email: aazimmerman@nwosu.edu
• Address: 709 Oklahoma Boulevard, Alva, OK 73717

EDUCATION

• M.S., Mass Communication Media Management,  July 2011, Oklahoma State University
• B.S., Mass Communication, May 2005, Northwestern Oklahoma State University

COURSES TYPICALLY TAUGHT

• MCOM 2123 Introduction to Mass Communication
• MCOM 3113 Introduction to Audio and Video Production
• MCOM 3313 Broadcast News
• MCOM 3803 Broadcast Writing and Announcing
• MCOM 3901 Broadcast Practicum
• MCOM 4413 Advanced Audio and Video Production
• SCOM 1113 Introduction to Speech Communication

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Television Broadcast   

FAMILY INFORMATION

• Daughter, Brooklyn
• Son, Zane