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Dr. Mark J. Heistad //
KMSC Faculty Advisor
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Associate Professor, Mass Communication
heistad@morningside.edu
712-274-5299
Education // BA Luther College, History,
Political Science (1979)
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MA Luther College, Mass Communication (1996)
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Ph. D University of Minnesota, Mass Communication (1997)
Hometown // Minneapolis, MN Professional
Experience //
1979-1980, Reporter/Producer,
MPR station KRSW
1980-1983, Reporter/Producer/Program Host, KUNI/KHKE
1983-1993, Program Host/Documentarian, Minnesota Public Radio |
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Bio //
Prof. Mark Heistad
joined the Morningside faculty in 2002, and teaches courses in audio production,
electronic journalism, media history, media law, media writing, music recording, and media
theory. He also teaches in Morningside's First Year curriculum, and serves on
the college's Curriculum Policy Committee.
Dr. Heistad previously taught journalism, broadcasting, and mass communication
courses at Penn State University, The University of St. Thomas, and the
University of Minnesota. He contributed eight invited essays to The Historical
Dictionary of American Radio (Greenwood, 1998).
Prof. Heistad has more than 15 years professional experience in broadcasting, including a
dozen years as a reporter, producer, documentarian, and news program host for
Minnesota Public Radio. He also worked at KUNI/KHKE in Cedar Falls, Iowa and
KRSW-FM in Worthington/Marshall, Minnesota. He was a frequent contributor to National
Public Radio's "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered."
Dr.
Heistad has won more than a dozen broadcast journalism awards from the
Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Institute for
Education by Radio and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Mark's love of radio began while a student at Luther College in the mid-1970s.
Early in his first year on campus he told the student radio station manager,
"You guys need a folk music show." "You're right," she responded. "You start
Sunday." Thus a love affair began. |
