Thomas Carmody (Communication, Biblical Studies '83) is the chair of the Communication Department at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Education

Tom Carmody was active in Biola's Biblical Studies department as well as the Communication department, where he won the Carl Bovero Memorial Award for forensics in 1983.http://mcweb.moorparkcollege.edu/pscfa/Bovero.htm

He went on to earn his M.A. in Speech Communication at California State University - Fullerton, and a Ph.D. in Communication Studies at Regent University.http://www.vanguard.edu/communication/index.aspx?doc_id=60 In 2004, his thesis won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Religious Communication Association.interview

Career

Carmody is the chair of Vanguard University's communication department and Professor of Communication Studies.

In addition, he served on the Executive Council of the Religious Communication Association until 2008.http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rca/RCAWordDocuments/rcanews092008updated3.pdf He wrote the chapter "Converting Comic Books Into Graphic Novels" in the textbook Understanding Evangelical Media.

At Vanguard, he carries a tradition of reading "The Night Before Christmas" to Communications majors.http://vanguardstudios.org/2008/?p=254 According to InterVarsity, "he enjoys perusing used book stores and discussing everything from nineteenth-century sermons to modern graphic novels and comic books."http://www.understandingevangelicalmedia.com/contributors/author_profiles_evangelical_media.html

References

reflist

(1) http://mcweb.moorparkcollege.edu/pscfa/Bovero.htm

(2) http://www.vanguard.edu/communication/index.aspx?doc_id=60

(3) interview

(4) http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rca/RCAWordDocuments/rcanews092008updated3.pdf

(5) http://vanguardstudios.org/2008/?p=254

(6) http://www.understandingevangelicalmedia.com/contributors/author_profiles_evangelical_media.html