Susan Shaver Kehoe

Office: 993-3108, e-mail:skehoe@gmu.edu

George Mason University

Director, Educational Media Services (EdMS)/
Senior Executive Producer, GMU-TV		 1/07 to Present
Fairfaix Virginia
Educational Media Services (EdMS) supports the University by creating learning, educational, informational and promotional content and materials in a variety of media formats and systems. EdMS focuses media production towards support of teaching and learning and provides a media communications and collaboration infrastructure as part of the overarching learning technology infrastructure of the University.
The EdMS director is responsible for leadership and oversight of production and/or broadcast of excellent educational programming, the provision of a robust and stable communications and collaboration infrastructure, and the creation of appropriate learning, educational, informational and promotional content and materials for the academic and research efforts of the University and its community. The EdMS director exercises over site of the University’s Mason Media Lab, Video Conferencing Services and GMU-TV

General Manager, GMU-TV		 9/87 to 01/07
Fairfaix Virginia
Responsible for all aspects of an internationally recognized, award-winning educational television station that reaches over 650,000 homes throughout Northern Virginia, 16.5 million households in North America via the Research Channel, and is available globally on the World Wide Web. Programming includes televised courses, live shows, and taped promotional programs. Oversee the day-to-day operations. Schedule, monitor, review and facilitate all television production projects. Responsible for technology planning, resource allocation and utilization, production staff training and quality assurance for all GMU-TV projects.

Executive Producer, GMU-TV

Responsibilities include management and training of staff in all facets of production, budgeting, technology planning, developing and implementing new initiatives, exploring methodologies for optimizing the utilization of the television medium for instruction, and creating George Mason University’s televised image.

Extensive production skills include: Producing, Directing, Camera Operator, Scriptwriter, Talent, and Licensed Teletrainer.


Adjunct Professor, George Mason University Communication Department
Courses include:
Electronic Field Production
Video I: Principles & Practice
Broadcast Journalism
Advanced Media Production

Ranked in the top 1% in teaching evaluations
Career Highlights
Scientific Journals International
Editorial Review Board, Communication & Media 2007
International Academy for the Visual Arts
Inducted as member, 2006

Randy Goldman Scholarship Fund Winner
Women in Film and Video, 2003

e-Learning Success Story Award
Communication 355 – Video 1: Principles & Practice, 2002

Named one of the "Top 100 Producers in the Nation" by
AV Video Multimedia Producer magazine, 1998 & 1999

Additional Awards and Honors Include:

• Geography of Virginia, “Virginia Journeys” – Director, 12-part series awarded: 4 International Telly Awards, 4 Communicator Awards of Distinction, 1 Communicator Honorable Mentions, 1 Videographer Award of Distinction

• Theories of Telecommunication Production – Executive Producer/Director/Editor, 11-part telecourse, series awarded: 2 International Telly Awards, 3 Communicator Awards of Distinction, and an International Television Association “Best Take” Award

• Video I: Principles and Practices – “Editing” – Script/Talent – Cited for “Creative Excellence” by the US International Film and Video Festival, 1 Communicator Honorable Mention, “Camera Operation” – Script/Talent - Videographer Award of Distinction, “Editing with Final Cut Pro” – Producer/Talent – International Telly Award, Silver International Davey Award, and a Communicator Award of Distinction

• “U-Street Sounds” - Producer – Aurora Gold Award

• “Women and Media” – Executive Producer – Communicator Crystal Award of Excellence, Gracie Award Winner, Telly Award Winner

• “Motherhood Lost: Normalizing Miscarriage through Popular Culture” – Executive Producer – Davey Silver Award, Gracie Award Winner, Telly Award Winner

• "How to Make a Job Fair Work for You" - Producer/Director/Editor, College Placement Council Awards for Excellence

• Multimedia CD-ROM “A New Paradigm for Teaching and Learning Theory” – Producer/Videographer/Editor, awarded Third Place 2002 International Broadcast Education Association Festival of Film, Video and Media Arts

• Awarded: Most Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Higher Education – 2nd Place by the United States Distance Learning Association, 1999.

• George Mason University Outstanding Achievement Award – 2001

• Illinois College Young Alumna Award – 2000

• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges - 2000

• Two Time Recipient: Graduate School of Education Fellowship – March 1999, August 1999

• Two Time Recipient: International Television Foundation Mid-Career Scholarship – 1998, 1999

KPOM -TV Fort Smith, AR

Weekend Anchor/Producer
Responsible for producing the weekend newscast. KPOM-TV is an NBC affiliate. During time I was employed by the station, weekend ratings tripled. Also served as a General Assignment Reporter. Specialized in feature reporting. Broke many stories within the market, dealt continuously with high level officials and sensitive issues. Substitute Weekday Anchor, Assignment Editor, Director, Videographer and Producer.


WAND-TV Decatur, IL
Assistant Promotions Director
Produced, directed, and wrote commercials promoting news staff and station. Produced and directed monthly spotlights of area towns. Spotlights aired as opening segments of ABC’s Good Morning America.

Additional Experience:
  • Firefighter and Public Information Officer - O.W.L. Volunteer Fire Department Prince William County, VA - Named Outstanding Firefighter of the Year in 1989 and 1990.
  • Washington, D.C., Correspondent - WAND-TV, Decatur, IL
  • Washington, D.C., Correspondent - WHBF-RADIO, Rock Island, IL
  • General Assignment Reporter - Capitol Hill, Medill News Service

Presentations & Publications
Judge: American Women in Radio and Telivision Gracie Allen Awards– January 2007.
Presenter: Communications Media Management Association – November 2005. “Short Bits – Lighting the Fire.”
Session Chair: Visual Communication Conference -- July 2001. Two Sessions: "Photographic Talent" and "Pop Culture and the Visual."
Presenter: Visual Communication Conference -- July 2001. "Capitalizing on Technology."
Judge: New York State Emmy Awards for News -- March 2001.
Poster Session: Educause 2000 -- October 2000. "Content-Driven Approaches to Distributed Learning."
Presenter: Learning 2000: Reassessing the Virtual University -- September 2000. "Virtual U: The View from Down Under -- Support Staff Speak Up."
Presenter: Visual Communication Conference -- July 2000. "Teaching Media Literacy at a Distance."
Presenter: International Television Association -- MediaPort 2000 - June 2000. "Distance Education Panel" and "Reality Check Panel for Women."
Presenter: National Communication Association Conference on Technology -- July 1999. "Increasing Face-to-Face Productivity: Module Development for Distance Learning."
Presenter: Visual Communication Conference -- June 1999. "Interviews with the Vis Comm Guys."
Book Reviewer for Wadsworth, 2nd edition of Zettl's "Video Basics 3," 1999.
Keynote Speaker: Illinois College Women’s History Month -- March 1999. "From Chasing Fires to Fighting Them."
Co-Author: "Teaching and Learning as Social Activities: The Scholarship of Teaching in a Learning Community" with Dr. Anne Agee, Dr. Ann Palkovich, and Dr. Cynthia Lont,"Inventio." February 1999
Presenter: Visual Communication Conference -- June 1998. "Teaching Visual Communication Via Distance."
Presenter: ECA --Eastern Communication Association -- April 1998. "Getting Below the Surface: Spotlight on Visual Communication Theorists."
Presenter: SCA -- Speech Communication Association -- November 1996. "Teaching Mass Communication via Distance Education -- Costs, Content and Criticism."
Presenter: AEJMC -- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - August 1995. "Teaching Media Literacy via Distance Learning."
Book Reviewer for Allyn & Bacon, 3rd edition of Compesi and Sheriffs’ "Video Field Production and Editing," 1995.
Panelist: "America: the Empire" with Pulitzer Prize winner David Halberstam, 1994.
Co-author: "Seen and Heard: Using the Media to Promote Fitness" with Dr. James Metcalf, "Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance." September 1994.

Education
Doctor of Arts, Higher Education/Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Master of Science in Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL