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Toccoa Falls College<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>

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Dr. Curt N. Wanner<\/div> Dean School of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Communication<\/span> \n cwanner@tfc.edu<\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Education<\/div>\n
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Education\/Degrees:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Ph.D. – University\u00a0of\u00a0Georgia<\/li>\n
  • Th.M. – Gordon-\u00adConwell\u00a0Theological\u00a0Seminary<\/li>\n
  • M.Div. – Gordon-\u00adConwell\u00a0Theological\u00a0Seminary<\/li>\n
  • M.A. – Regent\u00a0University<\/li>\n
  • B.A. – Wheaton\u00a0College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Honors\/Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • 2014\u00a0Vulcan\u00a0Distinguished\u00a0Teacher\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Year,\u00a0Toccoa\u00a0Falls College<\/li>\n
    • 2014\u00a0SGA\u00a0(Student\u00a0Government\u00a0Association)\u00a0Faculty\u00a0of\u00a0Impact, Toccoa\u00a0Falls\u00a0College<\/li>\n
    • 2010\u00a0Wade\u00a0Distinguished\u00a0Scholar\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Year,\u00a0Toccoa\u00a0Falls\u00a0College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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      Courses<\/div>\n
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      • Introduction\u00a0to\u00a0Communication<\/li>\n
      • Media\u00a0and\u00a0Society<\/li>\n
      • Film\u00a0Genres<\/li>\n
      • Persuasion<\/li>\n
      • Introduction\u00a0to\u00a0Media\u00a0Production<\/li>\n
      • Introduction\u00a0to\u00a0Mass\u00a0Communication<\/li>\n
      • Introduction\u00a0to\u00a0Communication\u00a0Theory<\/li>\n
      • New\u00a0Media<\/li>\n
      • Narrative\u00a0and\u00a0Image<\/li>\n
      • Communication\u00a0Ethics<\/li>\n
      • Christ,\u00a0Communication\u00a0and\u00a0Culture<\/li>\n
      • Rhetoric\u00a0of\u00a0Media<\/li>\n
      • Study\u00a0Abroad\u00a0\u00ad\u00a0Europe<\/li>\n
      • Western\u00a0Thought\u00a0and\u00a0Culture<\/li>\n
      • Rock\u00a0\u2018n\u00a0Roll\u00a0and\u00a0Culture<\/li>\n
      • Theology\u00a0and\u00a0Popular\u00a0Culture<\/li>\n
      • Media\u00a0Production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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        Publications & Research Interests<\/div>\n
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        Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Religion\u00a0and\u00a0Media<\/li>\n
        • Theology\u00a0of\u00a0Culture\u00a0and\u00a0Communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Scholarly\u00a0Work\u00a0and Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Left\u00a0Behind:\u00a0The\u00a0Loss\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Sacred\u00a0in\u00a0Apocalyptic\u00a0Media Jeremiads<\/li>\n
          • Media\u00a0Ecology\u00a0Association\u00a0Journal,\u00a0Winter\u00a02009<\/li>\n
          • Contributing\u00a0Writer\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Archaeology\u00a0Study\u00a0Bible,\u00a0Zondervan,\u00a02006<\/li>\n
          • \u201cA\u00a0Troublesome\u00a0Triad:\u00a0The\u00a0Uneasy\u00a0Relationship\u00a0Between Structuralism\u00a0and\u00a0Cultural\u00a0Studies\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Christian\u00a0Classroom.\u201d CCCU\u00a0Cinema\u00a0Studies\u00a0Conference:\u00a0Los\u00a0Angeles,\u00a0CA 2013<\/li>\n
          • \u201cCultural\u00a0Revolutions\u00a0as\u00a0Discursive\u00a0Experience:\u00a0Evangelicals\u00a0and the\u00a0Right\u00a0Revolution.\u201d Cultural\u00a0Studies\u00a0Association\u00a0Conference:\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0California, San\u00a0Diego,\u00a0CA 2012<\/li>\n
          • \u201cLight\u00a0and\u00a0Dark\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0Culture\u00a0of\u00a0Dualism:\u00a0Finding\u00a0Space\u00a0in Evangelical\u00a0Cinema\u201d CCCU\u00a0Cinema\u00a0Studies\u00a0Conference:\u00a0Los\u00a0Angeles,\u00a0CA 2011<\/li>\n
          • \u201cDisappearance\u00a0of\u00a0Seniorhood:\u00a0Multiculturalism\u00a0in\u00a0Children\u2019s Programming\u201d Media\u00a0Ecology\u00a0Association:\u00a0St.\u00a0Louis\u00a0University,\u00a0St.\u00a0Louis,\u00a0MO 2009<\/li>\n
          • \u201cPseudo\u00ad-Eschatology:\u00a0Media\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Kingdom\u00a0of\u00a0God\u201d Evangelicalism:\u00a0Now\u00a0and\u00a0Then:\u00a0Toccoa\u00a0Falls\u00a0College,\u00a0Toccoa\u00a0Falls, GA 2009<\/li>\n
          • LOST:\u00a0Convergence\u00a0of\u00a0Gospel\u00a0and\u00a0Media\u00a0Narratives\u00a0in\u00a0Evangelical Homiletics\u00a0In\u00a0Medias\u00a0Religiones:\u00a0Duke\u00a0University,\u00a0Durham,\u00a0NC \u00a02008<\/li>\n
          • Contemporary\u00a0Techno\/Theology:\u00a0Communication\u00a0Technology\u00a0and\u00a0Media\u00a0Ecology\u00a0Association:\u00a0Santa\u00a0Clara\u00a0University,\u00a0Santa\u00a0Clara,\u00a02008 (Selected\u00a0as\u00a0Featured\u00a0\u201cHistorical\u00a0Materialism\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Kingdom\u00a0of\u00a0God\u201d National\u00a0Communication\u00a0Association,\u00a0Religious\u00a0Communication Association San\u00a0Diego,\u00a0CA 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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            Hobbies & Fun Facts<\/div>\n
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            When\u00a0I’m\u00a0away\u00a0from\u00a0the classroom,\u00a0I\u00a0enjoy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Being\u00a0with\u00a0my\u00a0family<\/li>\n
            • Traveling<\/li>\n
            • Watching\u00a0movies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              What might people be interested to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • I went to high school in Hawaii. I have two boys and two girls. I enjoy traveling, going to the movies, golfing, and skiing. I also lived in 10 states by the time I was 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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                Favorite Verse\/Quote<\/div>\n
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                “The\u00a0truth is\u00a0a\u00a0snare:\u00a0you\u00a0cannot\u00a0have\u00a0it,\u00a0without\u00a0being\u00a0caught.\u00a0You cannot\u00a0have\u00a0the\u00a0truth\u00a0in\u00a0such\u00a0a\u00a0way\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0catch\u00a0it,\u00a0but\u00a0only\u00a0in such\u00a0a\u00a0way\u00a0that\u00a0it\u00a0catches\u00a0you.” -Soren\u00a0Kierkegaard<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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                Why TFC<\/div>\n
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                Teaching\u00a0at\u00a0TFC\u00a0allows\u00a0me\u00a0to\u00a0investigate\u00a0the\u00a0theological\u00a0character of\u00a0human\u00a0communication.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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