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 employed and trained by include: The Meredith Corporation (a large American media conglomerate), 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 / meterologist. 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 new media technologies 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.

He has taught communication to adults since 1993 and by the end of Spring 2021, he will have instructed 188 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 primarly as an instructor of communication at colleges and universities in Arizona and California, but has also lived in Florida (chasing hurricanes and 3 small children), Las Vegas (chasing wild news/weather stories and 4 children) and in Phoenix (chasing the Monsoon and 5 grown children). He now has 2 grandchildren (that are fun to chase) and is enjoying his 30th year of marriage. 

Dr. Garry has been teaching communication full-time at Arizona State University for over 12 years and looks forward to getting to know each student and help them reach their full potential in life.