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Communication Studies

Meet the Faculty

Paul Cero

Communication Instructor

Department: Communication
Office: L-309
Phone: 651-450-3498
E-mail: pcero@inverhills.edu

Education Credentials:

Master of Arts (MA) - Majors: Speech/Language - University Of Oregon All Campuses

Paul Cero

Shiloh Gideon-Sjostrom

Communications Instructor

Department: Communication
Office: FA-155
Phone: 651-450-3658
E-mail: sgideon@inverhills.edu

Education Credentials:

Master of Arts (MA) - Bethel University

Shiloh Gideon-Sjostrom

Pat Lawton

Communication Instructor

Office: LA-125
Phone: 651-450-3335
E-mail: plawton@inverhills.edu

Education Credentials:

Doctor of Education (EDD) - Majors: Educational Leadership - Minnesota State University Moorhead

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Majors: Business Administration and Management, - Augsburg College

Master of Arts (MA) - Majors: Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhe - Bethel University

Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Majors: Communication Studies - Gustavus Adolphus College

Pat Lawton

Brad Manley

Learning Comm Institute Attendance

Department: Communication
Office: LA 114
Phone: 651-450-3877
E-mail: BManley@inverhills.edu

Education Credentials:

Master of Arts (MA) - Majors: Communication and Media Studies, Other - Northern Illinois University

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Majors: Speech/Language - Illinois State University

Bradley Manley

George Roesler

Theatre Instructor

Department: Theatre
Office: FA-148
Phone: 651-450-3588
E-mail: GRoesler@inverhills.edu

Bio

George Roesler has been teaching theatre at Inver Hills Community College for 34 years. Born in Waseca, Minnesota, and a resident of St. Paul, George earned a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with an emphasis in directing and a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Theatre with a minor in art from Minnesota State University, Mankato. As part of his M.F.A., he completed a two-year internship at the Guthrie Theater, an experience he credits with showing him the inner workings of really good theatre. George also has an Associate of Arts from Rochester Community and Technical College.

“I started at Inver Hills in the fall of 1980,” George said. “Ron Wiger, the theatre director at the college for years, was a Mankato graduate. Ron was taking a sabbatical and he called my professors at Mankato to see if they had anyone who could take his place—and they called me. I was his one-year replacement. That turned into two years, that turned into three years and that turned into permanent. I was very lucky.”

George reported that the Inver Hills Theatre does three plays a year, including a children’s play in April for students in area elementary schools. The theatre puts on a musical every couple of years. George has directed numerous plays at Inver Hills over the course of three decades, most recently The Seagull and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Jesus Christ Superstar, a musical, stands out in his memory, as do Frankenstein and Dracula, both dramas. He also directed a version of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night set in the mod period of the 1960s.

 “I don’t teach down to my students,” George said, regarding his teaching philosophy. “I’ve kept the courses so that students have to work to come up and get something out of them. Essentially, I’m working for my students. I owe my students everything I can give them.”

Building relationships with his students is one aspect of teaching that George finds most rewarding. He wants to make a difference in some small way in their lives He also noted that the A.F.A. in Theatre is a wonderful opportunity for young people. “Theatre at larger high schools is thriving,” he said. “Hundreds of students audition for plays. It’s a great way to participate.”

His advice for students thinking of pursuing the A.F.A. in Theatre centers on hard work and determination. “Theatre is a tough profession and one of those areas where you have to work your way up,” he said. “But I don’t believe achieving success in the arts is any more difficult than making it in business, IT or math. Apply yourself and focus and you can make a career.”

Every summer, George directs plays for Shakespeare & Company at the Outdoor Theatre Complex on the west campus of Century College. Last summer, he directed Macbeth; the summer of 2014, he directed As You Like It. “People bring blankets and picnic baskets,” he said. “It’s a really good experience.”

George’s wife, Bobbi, is a management consultant for the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Bobbi also works as a costumer for George’s summer plays. They have two daughters, Megan, a St. Paul firefighter and paramedic, and a graduate of the Inver Hills EMS program, and Briana, a teacher and abstract painter with a B.F.A. in Art from the University of Wisconsin, Stout.

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Education Credentials:

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) - Majors: Theatre Arts - Minnesota State University, Mankato

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Majors: Speech, Theatre Arts - Minnesota State University, Mankato

Associate of Arts (AA) - Majors: Speech, Theater - Minors: Art - Rochester Community & Technical College

George Roesler

Kate Zittlow-Rogness

E-mail: katie.zittlowrogness@inverhills.edu

Education Credentials:

Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) - Majors: Human Communications - University Of Denver

Master of Arts (MA) - University Of Minnesota Twin Cities

Bachelor of Arts (BA) - University Of St Thomas

Kate Zittlow-Rogness

Amy Zsohar

Speech Communication Instructor

Departments: Communication, Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: FA-147
Phone: 651-450-3659
E-mail: AZsohar@inverhills.edu

Education Credentials:

Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) - Majors: Human Communication Studies - University Of Denver

Master of Science (MS) - University Of North Texas

Amy Zsohar
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