Robert L. Schrag
Professor
Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1975

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Robert L. Schrag has taught at NC State since 1980. He is a member of the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers and was named NC State Alumni Distinguished Professor in 1993. He teaches the undergraduate core required course on Communication and Technology as well as a number graduate and undergraduate courses on the media, technology and art. A founding member and senior fellow of the American Communication Association, Dr. Schrag has published in their online journal The American Communication Journal. He edited the journal for several years. His work also appears in traditional journals such as Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Communication Education, and The Western Journal of Communication. He has also authored several academic books and works of juvenile fiction, including Taming the Wild Tube: A Family Guide to Television and Video [UNC Press, 1991] and Mystery on Isle Royale [Chapter & Verse Publishing, 2000]. His current research and teaching focuses on the use of digital interactive technology in artistic and expressive communication. His digital art has been displayed in a variety of East coast galleries and, as a result of being one of the winners in the inaugural Art-on- the-Move competition sponsored by the Raleigh Arts Commission, on the sides of Raleigh city buses. He writes the blog Citizen Artist which can be found at: http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/citizenartistM