Steven Garry

Steven P. Garry, PhD is a communication instructor with a professional working background who has more than 30 years of combined experience in business, communication/media, and education. A few of the larger companies he has been professionally employed and trained by include: The Meredith Corporation, Journal Media Group (see E. W. Scripps Company), Allbritton Communications (see Sinclair Broadcast Group), News-Press & Gazette Company, The Covey Leadership Center (FranklinCovey), JCPenny, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and EB Games (Electronics Boutique). 

In the news business, he has more than 20 years of television, radio, and online media experience working professionally in the broadcasting industry for ABC and CBS television affiliates and independent television stations as “on-air” talent, primarily as a weather anchor / meteorologist. His undergraduate studies in geography (specialization in weather and climate) along with additional advanced meteorology courses and forecasting experience allowed him to obtain the American Meteorological Society's highest television certification - CBM (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist).

Teaching university students is his highest working priority, but research interests include projects done in his doctoral dissertation and master's thesis where he studied technology and culture. Specifically, the development of virtual reality and the evolution of television weather presentation technology are areas he has published research in but he has also conducted and presented other technology related research at national and international communication association conferences including: ICA, NCA, BEA, and WSCA. Steven has also collaborated with ASU colleagues to present and publish the proceedings paper “Mediating Digital Interfaces to Negotiate Tensions between Science Communication Spheres” for the 39th annual ACM International Conference in Design of Communication.

He started teaching communication to adults in 1993 and has instructed over 200 separate class sections - thousands of students - in a variety of courses ranging from public speaking and media to business/leadership communication, small group, family communication, and advanced research. Teaching face-to-face classes is his preferred method of instruction but he also teaches online and hybrid courses. He has worked primarily as an instructor of communication at colleges and universities in Arizona and California, but has also lived in Florida (chasing hurricanes), Las Vegas (chasing wild news/weather stories) and in Phoenix (chasing the Monsoon). He is enjoying his 33rd year of marriage with 5 grown adult children and 5 grandchildren. 

Dr. Garry has been teaching communication at Arizona State University since 2001 and has been full-time at the ASU Polytecnic campus since 2010. He looks forward to getting to know each student and help them thrive by reaching their full potential in life.