Sandra Haggerty

EDUCATION: B.S., history, Utah State University, 1961.

EXPERIENCE: At O.U. since 1979. Assistant Dean, College of Communication, 1987-1994. Director, Journalism Gang and Drug Intervention Project, 1989-1992. Exchange professor and head, Department of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist College, 1985-86. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Utah, 1973-79. Moderator, KSL Radio, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1975-77. Columnist, Los Angeles Times syndicate, 1969-77; assistant city editor, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, 1976. Columnist, Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, 1968-71. Member: AEJMC, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), CABJ. Teaching and interest areas: news editorial, minorities and the media, gender differences in communication, media impact on youth gangs, using news to reach and teach at-risk youth, and tabloid journalism/print.