Assistant Professor, Communication Arts Program
Phone: 814-871-7495-1
Office: SCOT 008
gensheim001@gannon.edu

  • Biography
  • Courses Taught
  • Educational History
  • Professional Experience
  • Service

Biography

  MC Gensheimer started her career, in 9th grade, with a soldering gun, a can of orange spray paint, and a camera.

Her photographic and graphic work has been accepted regionally for publication and gallery exhibits. This past spring, she completed the poster and graphics design work for the Erie Opera Theatre's production of Donizetti's Elixir of Love.  Recently, she returned from a workshop at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC which explored the "behind the scenes" work of artists and craftsmen in the set up of exhibits in the galleries. She currently serves as a member of the new GannonKnight sculpture group. And she is working on compiling the history of the Gannon Knight tradition.  The 2012-2013 year is her 30th year at Gannon University. She lives in Erie, with her husband, two cats- Digit and Gracie and a dog named Cali.

 

Courses Taught

  • SPCH 111 Fundamentals of Speech
  • COMM 356 Digital Graphics
  • COMM 357 Animation
  • COMM 358 Digital Drawing
  • COMM 390 Intermediate Graphics
  • COMM 391 Video Performance and Production( Cooking Show, Sports Show)
  • COMM 400 Senior Seminar and Thesis
  • ENGL 371 Mass Media and Popular Culture

Educational History

  • Bachelor of Science, Communication. Clarion University, Clarion, PA
  • Secondary Education Certificate in Communication/ English
  • Master of Science, Communication. Clarion University

 

  • Certificate in Antique Evaluation- specialty- 20th Century American Pottery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

 

Professional Experience

  • Creative Services Director, WETG FOX 66  1986- 1994  Erie, PA
  • President, Cable Access Board,Erie PA  1986
  • Faculty Senate President, Gannon University Erie, PA  2007-2008
  • Faculty Member- Villa Maria Academy Erie, PA 1978-1982
  • Committee Member and site coordinator for The Governor's Arts Awards 2012

Service

  • Gannon University Magazine Advisory Committee
  • Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee
  • Faculty trainer for the CETL workshops
  • New Faculty Mentoring Committee
  • Middle States Committee on Institutional Resources
  • One of the departmental Admissions contacts
  • Service Learning- Violence Prevention Committee, Take Back the Night
  • University Innovation Task Force
  • University Art Selection and Placement committees
  • Local Planning Committee for the Pennsylvania Communication Conference- Gannon 2013
  • Speaker, Training volunteer- The United Way Erie PA

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