This is an abbreviated version of my academic c.v. Sectionsare:Education1984: Ph.D., Communications, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.Dissertation: "Negativism As A News Selection Predictor," directed by Dr.Jack B. Haskins. Nominated for AEJMC research award.
1972: M.A., English Literature, California State University,Long Beach.
1970: B.A., English (Creative Writing Emphasis), CaliforniaState University, Long Beach.Awards, grants and honors2007: James H. Ottaway Fellowship, American Press Institute, Reston, VA.
1998-2007: Who's Who in America (Marquis).
2006-2008: Who's Who in Higher Education (Marquis).
1997: Who's Who in the Media and Communications [first edition](Marquis).
1996: Who's Who in the South and Southwest 25th Anniversaryedition (Marquis); invited panelist on Web page/site design, 5th InternationalConference on the World Wide Web, Paris.
1995: Invited jurist for international Society of NewspaperDesign competition.
1994: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who AmongAmerica's Teachers, International Authors and Writers Who's Who.
1993: Wrote $70,000 competitive grant proposal for VirginiaCommonwealth University multi-media Macintosh computer lab. Awarded byCommonwealth of Virginia.
1992: Freedom Forum Professors Publishing program $3,000 grant(competitive).
1990: Color Symposium II, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies,St. Petersburg, Fla., invited guest. I was asked to attend this internationalconvocation of experts because of my initial work on color with the Institutein 1985.
1988: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Visiting Faculty.
1987: Rhode Island School of Design/Nigel Holmes week-long workshopon information graphics, Society of Newspaper Design-sponsored fellow;The Poynter Institute, Visiting Faculty.
1986: The Poynter Institute, Visiting Faculty; Dictionary ofInternational Biography.
1985: International Who's Who in Education.
1984: National Teaching Award in Design/Graphics, The PoynterInstitute and the American Society of Newspaper Editors; dissertation nominatedfor national Nafziger-White Award from AEJMC.
1983: Presidential Citation, College Media Advisers, Inc.; nominatedfor Distinguished Adviser Award, CMA.
1982: Gannett Foundation Graduation Scholarship (one of twoin U.S.); Outstanding Young Man in America Award, U.S. Jaycees.
1981: Citation of Achievement for service to community collegejournalism, Community College Journalism Association; Karl A. and MadiraBickel graduate fellowship and graduate assistantship, Tennessee. Also:Nominated for state teacher of the year award by the California NewspaperPublishers Association, 1979, 1980, 1983. Nominated for campus teachingawards, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2003. Presentations and workshops2001: Advertising design and newspaper design workshops, Wyoming Press Association, Cheyenne. Guest lectures in design courses, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Basic design workshop, Society for News Design regional meeting, UNC Chapel Hill.
2000: Transferring from a Two-Year to a Four-Year College, Florida Community College Journalism Association, Jacksonville.
1999: Advertising design workshops (2), Wyoming Press Association,Cheyenne; Newspaper design workshop, Inland Press Association, Tucson,AZ.
1997: Creative ad design workshop, Decatur (Alabama) Daily.
1994: Newspaper design workshop, Atlantic Publications, OceanCity, MD.
1993: Editorial page design, Virginia Associated Press Editorsworkshop, Richmond; Newspaper design workshop, Inland Press Association,Denver, Colo.; Newspaper Design, IPA, Columbus Ohio.
1992: Newspaper Design, New York Press Association, Albany,NY; Newspaper Design, American Press Institute, Reston, VA.; NewspaperDesign, Virginia High School League, Richmond, VA.
1991: Newspaper Design and Typography, American Press Institute,Reston, VA; Newspaper Design, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association,Knoxville, TN; Newspaper Design, South Carolina Press Association, Columbia.
1990: Two full-day workshops on newspaper design, Virginia PressAssociation, Richmond and Roanoke; Newspaper Design and typography, AmericanPress Institute, Reston, VA; Newspaper Design, New York Press Association,Concord, NY; Precision Journalism, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Teachers Workshop,Richmond, VA; Principles of Good Design, Southern Newspaper PublishersAssociation, Roanoke, VA; Newspaper Design, Texas Daily Press Association,Houston; Design Tips for Weeklies and College Newspaper Design, Societyof Newspaper Design, San Francisco, CA; Basic Typography and Design, CollegeMedia Advisers, Inc., Washington, D.C.; staff design workshop, Times-ReviewNewspapers, Suffolk, NY.
1989: Co-director, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Editing InternshipProgram, Richmond, VA; Advertising Typography and Design, American PressInstitute, Reston, VA; Type and Design, International Association of BusinessCommunicators, Richmond, VA, chapter; Basic Typography and Magazine Design,Virginia High School League state conference, Richmond, VA.
1988: Newspaper Design, American Press Institute, Reston, VA;Advertising Design, Chesapeake Publishing Co., Ocean City, MD; NewspaperColor, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, Lexington, KY; TeachingDesign, week-long workshop at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies;Newspaper Design, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, Knoxville,TN; Basic typography, Office Automation Association, Richmond, VA.
1987: Newspaper Design, Chesapeake Publishing Co., Baltimore,MD; coordinator, National Community College Teacher's Design Workshop,The Poynter Institute for Media Studies; Creative Layout & Design,Virginia Press Association, Washington, D.C.; Design and layout, NorthCarolina Scholastic Press Association, Chapel Hill; co-director, Dow JonesNewspaper Fund Editing Internship Program, Richmond, VA.
1986: Coordinator, National Community College Teacher's DesignWorkshop, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies; Newspaper design, AmericanPress Institute, Reston, VA; Advertising Design, American Press Institute,Reston, VA; Content, Writing and Design, Virginia Press Association statemeeting, Richmond; Design and Typography, North Carolina Scholastic PressAssociation, Chapel Hill; Newspaper Design, Journalism Association forCommunity Colleges, Fresno, Calif.; Advertising Design, Southern StatesCo-op Regional Conference, Richmond, VA; Design Workshop, The Village Times,Setauket, NY; Design Workshop, The Nassau (NY) Herald; co-director, DowJones Newspaper Fund Editing Internship Program, Richmond, VA.
1985: Design Workshop, The Bakersfield Californian; NewspaperDesign, American Press Institute, Reston, Va.; High School Newspaper Design,North Carolina Scholastic Press Association, Chapel Hill N.C.; Design,Virginia Press Women State Conference, Fredericksburg, Va.; Newspaper Graphics,Virginia Associated Press Graphics Seminar, Charlottesville, Va.; NewspaperDesign, New York Press Association, Cooperstown, N.Y.; Design Workshop,International Association of Business Communicators, Richmond chapter;co-director, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Editing Internship Program.
Plus, I have been a judge for nearly 20 different professionalgroup competitions.Professional consultancies2007: Web site editing, Southeast Veterinary Oncology, Orange Park, FL.
2005: Survey research consultation, The Times, Smithfield, VA.
2004: Typography consultation, The Times-Review Newspapers (NY).
2002: Redesign, The Shelter Island (NY) Reporter.
2000: Redesign, The Tryon Daily Bulletin, Tryon, N.C.
1999: Redesign, The Daily Rocket-Miner, Rock Springs, WY; corporateidentity and other graphic design work, TJacobsen&Associates, PonteVedra, FL.
1998: Redesign, The Times, Smithfield, VA.
1997: Redesign, Times-Review Newspapers, Mattituck, NY.
1996: Redesign, The Village Mill, Midlothian, VA.
1995: Redesign, The Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, Idaho.
1994: Corporate identity, The Peoples Mortgage Company, Richmond,VA; design consultation, Pottsville (PA) Republican; Longmont (CO) Times-Call;Cañon City (CO) News; computer systems consultations, Hanover County(VA) Herald-Progress.
1993: Design critiques, Longmont (CO) Times-Call; Galesburg(IL) Register-Mail; Design consultation, Pottsville (PA) Republican. Programdesigns: Richmond Kickers soccer club, National Youth Soccer Championships,Richmond.
1992: Design - Hanover (VA) Herald-Progress; SHOTS On GOAL magazine,Richmond, VA; PULSO, national Spanish-language newsweekly magazine; Chattanooga(TN) News-Free Press.
1991: Design - Hanover (VA) Herald-Progress (through 1993).
1990: Design - Contel of Virginia, Inc. (corporate publications).
1989: Design - Richner Newspapers, Lawrence, NY; Suburban Newspapersof Virginia, Richmond; Richfood, Inc., Richmond, VA (corporate newsletter);Virginia Chamber of Commerce (corporate identity, logo, publications design).Corporate identity work won several state-wide awards.
1988: Design - Suburban Newspapers of Virginia, Richmond; Loudoun(Va.) Child Care Center (corporate identity). Market Research - VirginiaDepartment of Recreation and Parks, Richmond.
1987: Design - Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star; CentralFidelity Bank, Virginia (corporate publications); FIGGIE Corp., (corporatepublication redesign). Computer Training - C & P Telephone, Richmond.
1986: Design - Alexandria (VA) Port Packet. Redesign won severalmajor Virginia Press Association awards.
1985: Design - Smithfield (VA) Times; The Islander, Sanibel,Fla. Readership Research - Smithfield (VA) Times; Alexandria (VA) PortPacket. Research coordinator - Color in American Newspapers, The PoynterInstitute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, FL.Professional Publications(Selected: I have had approximately 100 published. My writing has been cited more than 100 times in both academic and professional publications worldwide.)
Robert Bohle, "Design, unlike art, can be good or bad," d/visible.com, Nov. 7, 2006.
Robert Bohle, "Design Darwinism, Design Morphogenesis, and Memes," d/visible.com, Aug. 10, 2006.
Robert Bohle, article accepted for publication in OnEarth magazine, winter 2003.
Robert Bohle, "Mass Media," twice monthly media criticism column for FolioWeekly, Jacksonville, FL. June 1998-May 1999.
Robert Bohle, "How we read: why good typography is important," DESIGN,Winter, 1995, No. 54, 16-18.
Robert Bohle, "Principlesof web design," WebReview, Sept. 1, 1995, http://webreview.com/design/talk/sept1/index.html
Robert Bohle, "With ink on paper or electronics, design is about howthings work," Virginia's Press, Jan. 9, 1995, 5.
Robert Bohle, "What research tells us about graphics," DESIGN, Spring1994 (51), 32-33.
Robert Bohle, "What research can (and should) tell us about designat small newspapers," DESIGN , Jan./Feb./Mar. 1994, 16-17.
Robert Bohle, "Papers urged to seek reader needs before redesign,"Inlander (Inland Press Association), March 11, 1994, 9.
Robert Bohle, "Considering a redesign?" Virginia's Press, March 21,1994, 4.
Robert Bohle, "Timing key factor when considering redesign possibilities,"Inlander, Feb. 18, 1994, 9.
Robert Bohle, "Get with the 90s - they're almost over," MASTHEAD, Winter1993, 30-32.
Robert Bohle, "In design, don't try to be what you aren't," Virginia'sPress, January 10, 1994, 4-5.
Robert Bohle, "Incorporating design, story into one package, preventslayout disaster `after the fact,'" The Inlander, December 24, 1993, 8.
Robert Bohle, "New design columnist explores how new fads are sometimesyesterday's news," The Inlander, December 24, 1993, 8.
Robert Bohle, "Use typographic guideposts to lead readers through thepaper," Virginia's Press, Nov. 29, 1993, 4-5.
Robert Bohle, "Wait a minute ... haven't we covered this before?" Virginia'sPress, Nov. 1, 1993, 4.
Robert Bohle, "What a good editorial page should look like," Virginia'sPress, April 5, 1993, 6.
Robert Bohle, "Beware consultants pushing fuzzy red jeans," MASTHEAD,Winter 1992, 25-27.
Robert Bohle, "What the hired gun says," Virginia's Press, May 4, 1992,5, 7.
Robert Bohle, "What a good page should look like," MASTHEAD, Fall,1992, 40-41.
Robert Bohle, "Does it work?" MASTHEAD, Spring, 1992, 13-15.
Robert Bohle, "What the hired gun says," DESIGN, Oct.-Dec., 1991, 22-23.
Robert Bohle, "25-43 project yields paper designed with reader in mind,"Virginia's Press, May 6, 1991, 4-5.
Robert Bohle, "Euro design: British and Continental," Virginia's Press,March 25, 1991.
Robert Bohle, "War fronts," Virginia's Press, February 11, 1991, 10-11.
Robert Bohle, "What do readers prefer about color in newspapers," CaliforniaPublisher, March 11, 1991, 18.
Robert Bohle, "New study sheds light on just where reader's eye goes,"Virginia's Press, December 17, 1990.
Robert Bohle, "Ad design poses tough challenges," Virginia's Press,July 2, 1990, 10.
Robert Bohle, "Give readers your information the way they want it,"article in special symposium issue of MASTHEAD, Summer, 1990, 14-19.
Robert Bohle, "Take a peek at the future of newspapers," Virginia'sPress, August 13, 1990, 4-5.BooksRobert Bohle, From News to Newsprint. 2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs,NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1992, 1984. Robert Bohle, Publication Design for Editors. Englewood Cliffs,NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1990. |