TESTIMONIALS

Dr. Alan B. Albarran, Director of the Center for Spanish Language Media and a Professor in the Department of Radio, Television and Film at the University of North Texas

For me the BEA annual convention is where I go for the latest research, the chance to see the latest technology via the NAB, and of course, the chance to meet friends and network with new contacts.

Dr. Dale L. Cressman, Associate Professor, Brigham Young University

BEA is a great chance to catch up with colleagues, pick their brains and bring home ideas. After BEA, I feel my batteries are charged and I am ready to think creatively about my teaching and research. My BEA colleagues continue to be a great support and I look forward to seeing them every year.

Don Godfrey, Ph.D., Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University

Warm, friendly, and rewarding. BEA surpasses every academic association. It has a research focus. It has a professional focus. It is topically diverse serving a large variety of my interests and activities.

For me BEA is all about networking. I have come to the Conventions each year and returned home with ideas that have improved my classroom; new ideas for research; sometimes co-authors; and always inspiration and new friends.

I have always tried to serve BEA where I was asked, be it as simple as panel organization, panelist, respondent, paper chair or an assignment from the Board of Directors. Each BEA service opportunity has been a research, teaching and service reward in my career.

Mary T. Rogus, Ohio University

Ten years ago I attended my first BEA convention, just months out of a television newsroom and into the classroom. A good friend and colleague said BEA was the best place to find guideposts for that journey that was tougher than I thought. Through BEA I got to know this incredible community of educators, professionals and staff who believe in their power to engage and enhance the next generations of electronic media, and have fun doing it!