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Phyllis Bernt
Phyllis Bernt


Professor and Graduate Program Director

Lindley 296

740-593-0020

bernt@ohio.edu

http://www.its.ohiou.edu/bernt/

 

Education and Certification:
1986 MA Business Administration (Accounting Emphasis), University of Nebraska - Lincoln
1983 Certified Internal Auditor
1979 PhD, English Literature, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1972 MA, English Literature, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1971 BA (summa cum laude), English and German, Creighton University

 
Professional Experience:

At Ohio University:

  • Professor, McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems (formerly Communication Systems Management) since 1997
  • Associate Dean, College of Communication, 1997-2000
  • School Director and Associate Professor, McClure School of Communication Systems Management, 1989-1997

At Lincoln Telephone Company (now merged with Alltel Communications):

  • Revenue Requirements Manager (1986-1989)
  • Rates and Tariffs Supervisor (1984-1986)
  • Supervisor, Carrier Access Billing System Unit (1984)
  • Administrator, Data Processing Cost Chargeback System (1982-1984)
  • Assistant and then Associate Internal Auditor (1980-1982)
 
Publications and Grants:
  • Books: (with Chris Sterling and Martin Weiss), Shaping American Telecommunications, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006; and (with Martin Weiss), International Telecommunications, Prentice Hall Computer Publishing, 1993.
  • Grants:  lead co-PI on a multi-year NSF grant-funded project examining the representation of IT careers and technologies in the middle school media environment.
  • Book chapters regarding the history and development of the telephone, international telecommunications, and the impact of regulation on business networks.
  • Several reports for the National Regulatory Research Institute regarding universal service, the development of competition, and the implications of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
  • Conference papers at AEJMC, ICA, AERA, Popular Culture Association on a range of topics, including the involvement of women in IT careers, the middle school media environment, the representation of IT careers and technologies in career materials and magazine advertisements, the framing of universal service, the impact of the Internet on the used book market, and other issues.
 
Honors:
Phi Kappa Phi
Institute Associate, National Regulatory Research Institute
 
Appointments:
  • Faculty Senate Chair, 2004-05, 2005-06
  • Associate Dean, College of Communication, 1997-2000
  • Director, McClure School of Communication Systems Management, 1989-1997
 
Research Interests:

Common carrier regulation and policy, information policy, universal service policy, international telecommunications, gender and information technology, privacy and information technology

 
Teaching Specialization:

Gen Ed Tier III course (Women in the Information Age); undergraduate CSM courses (COMT 302, 304, 407, 491 [privacy policy], 444); graduate CSM courses (COMT 602, COMT 507)

J. Warren McClure School
of Information and Telecommunication Systems
Ohio University
278 Lindley Hall
Athens, OH 45701
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