
Media Arts and Technology Division
DVComm Director
Internship Director
Music and Communication Building, Rm. 126
School of Communication
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216.687.5076
m.rand@csuohio.edu
Expertise
Digital Media
Professional Experience & Community Activities
Michael Rand, Associate Professor, teaches DVD and emerging media, media and technology literacy, television and radio production, broadcast journalism, and documentaries. In his classes students learn visual storytelling, 'Writing for the Ear,' and in COM 470- DVD & Emerging Media- author their own DVDs. Professor Rand's students have also had an opportunity to work with him on creating a prototype DVD textbook and participate in the production of his documentaries.
He is an Emmy-winning television producer for the magazine show Evening
Magazine. Rand is also the author/producer/writer/director of the
DVD and video program Defining Race. This DVD set has programs
concerning different views on race from around the world. He is the Executive
Producer of Urban Issues, a monthly cable television program
reaching more than 500,000 homes in greater Cleveland.
He is currently working on a documentary researching racial incidents
that occurred during the Civil War.
Education
Professor Rand received a bachelors degree in dramatic arts in 1969 from Case Western Reserve University and his Masters degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
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