Steven Garry
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ASU - CISA - Polytechnic Campus Santa Catalina Hall (SANCA), Suite 230 7271 East Sonoran Arroyo Mall Mesa, AZ 85212
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Mail code: 2780Campus: Poly
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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.
- Ph.D. Mass Communication, Arizona State University
- Dissertation research area: Communication Technology & Culture
- Also completed 4 years of Ph.D. coursework in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
- Studies completed in communication technology, organizational communication, family communication & performance
- M.A. Communication, Brigham Young University
- Thesis research area: Virtual Reality and the Evolution of Media Technology
- B.A. Geography, California State University Los Angeles
- Emphasis in Weather and Climate with additional Meteorological studies at UCLA & MSU
- Minor in Speech Communication
Courses
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 411 | Communication in the Family |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 308 | Adv Research Methods in Comm |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 411 | Communication in the Family |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 308 | Adv Research Methods in Comm |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
COM 411 | Communication in the Family |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 453 | Communication Training/Develop |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 308 | Adv Research Methods in Comm |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 411 | Communication in the Family |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
COM 308 | Adv Research Methods in Comm |
COM 453 | Communication Training/Develop |
2018 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2018 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
COM 411 | Communication in the Family |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2017 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 207 | Intro to Communication Inquiry |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 308 | Adv Research Methods in Comm |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |