Appointed as the Dean of the School of Communication at the University
of Miami in February 2005.
Served as Dean of the American Film Institute.
Founding Dean for the School of Filmmaking at the North Carolina School
of the Arts.
Managed the USA Film Festival in Dallas in the early 1980s.
Earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Western Illinois
University, and a doctorate in English and American Literature and
Drama from Bowling Green State University in 1974.