MITCH KAZEL

Curriculum Vitae
May 2009

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Journalism
119 Gregory Hall
810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, Illinois, 61801
(217) 333-1259

EDUCATION:

• M.S. in journalism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, concentration in broadcast journalism and videotext, December 1982.
• B.S. in computer science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, concentration in telecommunications, May 1981.
• Sony Institute of Applied Video Technology; Hollywood, June 1989, August 1990, August 1991; Maui, August 1994.
• FEMA Emergnecy Management Institute: IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction, August 2007.
• Computer Languages: HTML authoring, BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, PL/C; Environments: M-S DOS, M-S Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP), AMIGA DOS, Banyan.

LICENSING:

• Amateur radio service, Technician Plus class

AFFILIATIONS:

• Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Honor Society

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• January 1981 - present: Department of Journalism at University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Director of Broadcast Journalism Resources and Facilities, teaching associate, research associate, visiting lecturer; staff, undergraduate/graduate research assistant.
• December 1993 - May 1996: United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, research associate.
• May 1989 - June 1991: Contributing videographer, The Weather Channel, Atlanta.
• June 1990 - July 1990: Curriculum and Instruction faculty at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, teaching associate.
• June 1989 - August 1989: Secondary Education faculty at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, teaching associate.
• January 1984 - September 1984: Announcer, WJTX Radio, Champaign.
• June 1982 - November 1983: Editor/operator, creative consultant, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette Teleview, Urbana.
• March 1981 - January 1982: General assignment reporter, WCCR Radio, Champaign.
• January 1978 - March 1981: Various positions, WPGU Radio, Champaign.
• May - August 1977 - 1979: Technician, Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Chicago.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED

• June 1991 - Principal Investigator. U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Develop Environmental Awareness Pilot Materials For Headquarters U.S. Army Forces Command (HQFORSCOM), $78,241.
• June 1991 - Principal Investigator. U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Develop Environmental Awareness Pilot Materials For Headquarters U.S. Training and Doctrine (HQTRADOC), $69,596.
• July 1992 - Principal Investigator. U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Develop Innovative Environmental Awareness Materials For Headquarters U.S. Training and Doctrine (HQTRADOC) and The National Training Center, Ft. Irwin, California, $89,336.
• February 1993 - Principal Investigator. U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Develop Environmental Awareness Materials For Headquarters U.S. Army Forces Command (HQFORSCOM), $91,928.
• August 1993 - Principal Investigator. Geo-Marine, Inc., Develop Environmental Awareness Materials For U.S. Army and Army National Guard Installations, $175,410.
• February 1995 - Principal Investigator. U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Develop Hazardous Waste Training Materials for the Minnesota Army National Guard (MNARNG), through MNARNG Facilities Office, Environmental FMO-E, $20,025
• March 2001 - Grantee. WSI Corporation, "WSI On Campus" grant, $100,000 (in-kind).

LISTINGS:

• "Who's Who in Entertainment," 2nd, 3rd editions
• "Who's Who in the Media and Communications," 1998-1999
• "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," 2004-2005.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

• March 1985 - September 1987: Manager, Emergency Operations Center, and public information officer, Champaign County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency , Urbana.
• June 1990 - May 1991: Faculty Fellow, Office of Residential Life, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• October 1991, 1992: Judge, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Cooperative Information Fair Communications Competition.
• May 1993 - June 1996: Commissioner, Champaign-Urbana Joint CATV Commission; Chairman, technical committee.
• September 2001 - present: Timberline Valley Homeowner's Association Architectural Committee.
• September 2002 - present: Timberline Valley Homeowner's Association Board of Directors.
• May 2003: Judge, University of Illinois College of Education "iFair".
• March 2006: Boy Scouts of America, Merit Badge Counselor (Journalism).
• June 2007: Instructor, "Video for Newspapers" workshop, Urbana, IL.
• April-July 2008: Representative, Champaign/Urbana Public Access Steering Committee.

TEACHING RECOGNITION:

• University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students: 

  Fall 1983 (Journ 362), Spring 1985 (Journ 362), Fall 1988 (Journ 362), Spring 1991 (Journ 291), Spring 1993 (Journ 362), Spring 1994 (Journ 362),  Spring 1995 (Journ 291),  Fall 1995 (Journ 362),  Fall 1996 (Journ 291),  Fall 1997 (Journ 291),  Spring 1998 (Journ 291), Spring 1999 (Journ 362), Fall 2000 (Journ 291), Fall 2001 (Journ 362), Spring 2002* (Journ 372, Journ 291), Fall 2002* (Journ 372, Journ 291), Spring 2003* (Journ 372, Journ 291), Fall 2003* (Journ 372, Journ 291), Spring 2004 (Journ 372, Journ 291), Fall 2004 (Journ 480), Spring 2005* (Journ 480), Fall 2005 (Journ 480), Spring 2006* (Journ 199, Journ 480), Fall 2006 (Journ 440, Journ 480), Spring 2007 (Journ 199, 440), Fall 2007* (Journ 440), Spring 2008 (Journ 199, Journ 440, Journ 480), Fall 2008* (Journ 199)
  
  

  * Outstanding rating awarded to instructors for obtaining ratings of "High" (top 10%) for the questions "Rate the Instructor's Overall Teaching Effectiveness" and "Rate the Overall Quality of this Course"


• 2009 Department of Journalism Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching

UNIVERSITY SERVICE (incomplete):

• Department Lab Fee Advisory Committee, 1986 (chair).
• College Computer Committee, 1990-93.
• Department Search Committee (Associate Professor, Broadcast Journalism), 1990-91.
• College Undergraduate Admissions Committee, 1991-92, 1996-98, 2004-07.
• Department Search Committee (Assistant Professor, Broadcast Journalism), 1991-92.
• Department Advisory Committee, 1994-98, 1999-2000, 2002-2003, 2004-2005.
• Department Search Committee (Assistant Professor, Broadcast Journalism), 1994-95.
• College Technology Committee, 1995-96, 1998-2001, 2003-06 (chair) 
• Department Search Committee (Assistant Professor, Broadcast Journalism), 1996-97.
• College Search Committee (Head, Department of Journalism), 1996-97.
• Department Technology Committee, 1997-98.
• UI-7 (The Cable TV Service of the University of Illinois) Programming Committee, 1997-2008.
• College Multi-Media Research Facility Development Committee, 1997-98.
• Department Search Committee (Assistant or Associate Professor, Broadcast Journalism), 1999-00.
• Department Graduate Admissions Committee, 2000-01.
• Urbana-Champaign (faculty/student) Senate, 2000-2002.
• Urbana-Champaign (faculty/student) Senate Committee on Admissions, 2000-2002.
• Department Search Committee (Academic Programs Coordinator), 2003.
• Campus Charitable Fund Drive, College Leader, 2004-08.
• Academic Network Advisory Group, College Network Liaison, 2004-
• College of Communications Emergency Response & Security Group, 2005-8
• Department Multimedia Committee, 2006-
• College Technology and Facilities Committee, 2006-9
• Department E-Learning Committee, 2007-
• Department Underrepresented Faculty Working Group, 2007-
• College Search Committee (Coordinator, UI-7), 2008.
• College Search Committee (Internet Technology Specialist), 2008.
• College of Media Undergraduate Recruiting, Admissions And Retention Committee, 2008-2011.
• College of Media Administrative Council, 2008-9.
• College of Media Emergency Operations Committee, 2008-9 (chair)
• Department of Journalism Energy Liaison (2008-)

COURSES TAUGHT:

Spring 2009	JOUR 199 - Television "Talk Show" Production
	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Multimedia Reporting
Fall 2008	JOUR 199 - Television "Talk Show" Production
	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Multimedia Reporting
	JOUR 480 - Independent Study
Spring 2008	JOUR 199 - Television News Studio Production
	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Reporting
Fall 2007	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Reporting
	JOUR 480 - Independent Study
Spring 2007	JOUR 199 - Television "Talk Show" Production
	JOUR 400 - Reporting I
	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
Fall 2006	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Spring 2006	JOUR 199 - Television News Studio Production
	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Fall 2005	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Springl 2005	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Fall 2004	JOUR 440 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 480 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Spring 2004	JOUR 372 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Fall 2003	JOUR 372 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Spring 2003	JOUR 372 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Fall 2002	JOUR 372 - Television Journalism I*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Spring 2002	JOUR 372 - Broadcast News Writing & Gathering
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
	JOUR 293 - Internship Seminar
Fall 2001	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Spring 2001	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Fall 2000	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Spring 2000	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Fall 1999	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
	JOUR 490 - Master's Project
Spring 1999	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall1998	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1998	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Fall 1997	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
Spring 1997	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1996	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
	JOUR 490 - Master's Project
Spring 1996	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
	JOUR 490 - Master's Project
Fall 1995	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1995	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Digital Technology in Broadcast News
	JOUR 490 - Master's Project
Fall 1994	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1994	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1993	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1993	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1992	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1992	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1991	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Summer 1991	JOUR 490 - Master's Project
Spring 1991	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
	JOUR 291/490 - Computer Graphics in Television News
Fall 1990	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1990	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1989	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1989	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1988	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1988	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production
Fall 1987	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1987	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1986	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1986	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1985	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1985	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Fall 1984	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production*
Spring 1984	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production
Fall 1983	JOUR 362 - Broadcast News Production
Spring 1983	JOUR 252 - Television News Production
	* Lead instructor in multi-section course

PUBLICATIONS:

• "Teletext Writing Style -- Print or Broadcast", Static, Radio-Television Journalism Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, November 1982.