Department of Communication

Contact and Overview

Email Address

dycheab@appstate.edu

Office Hours

Monday: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Beasley Media Complex)
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Beasley Media Complex)
Wednesday: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Plemmons Student Union)
Thursday: Noon-8:00 p.m. (Plemmons Student Union)
Friday: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Location varies)

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Education

Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University (2023)
M.F.A., Writing, Savannah College of Art and Design (2013) (completion deferred)
M.A., Documentary Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design (2010)
B.S., Journalism, Georgia Southern University (2003)

Website

https://allisonbennettdyche.com/

Teaching

Currently Teaching (Spring 2024)

COM 2312 Peel Literary & Arts Journal
COM 2315 Mass Communication Activity

Courses Taught

COM 2600 Introduction to Journalism
COM 2610 News Reporting and Writing
COM 2315 Mass Communication Activity
COM 4420 Multimedia Storytelling
COM 4650 Special Topics: Audio Storytelling & Podcasting

Research

https://soundcloud.com/allison-dyche

Research Interests

Student Media Advising
Podcasting and Podcast Studies
Digital Audio Storytelling
Public Radio
Radio Studies
Narrative Audio
Oral History
Pedagogy
Documentary Photography and Photojournalism
Multimedia Storytelling
Digital Journalism

Recent Awards

• Named Distinguished Adviser in the category of Four-Year Newspaper Adviser by the College Media Association (CMA), 2022
• Named Official Select in the international short-form creative audio works open call, On Air Fest 2021 virtual conference, for the audio piece “Now, Then, and When?,” 2021
• Third Place winner in the Student Audio Competition in the Specialty Program/Podcasts category, BEA (Broadcast Education Association) Festival of Media Arts, 2020, for the audio story “Local Organization Mentors Young Black Men Through Old School Values,” which aired on VPM in Richmond, Virginia, in August 2019
• Honorable Mention winner in work with Art 180 students at the Neighborhood Resource Center of Fulton Hill for the inaugural NPR Student Podcast Challenge in the category of middle school students, for co-producing with students the “Telling Stories Through Fulton Hill: The Cornbread Episode,” 2019
• Award of Excellence winner in the Student Audio Competition in the Specialty Program category, BEA (Broadcast Education Association) Festival of Media Arts, for the audio story "Profile of Warren O'Reilly, an actor turned public administrator," 2019
• Top 10 Finalist in the KCRW’s 6th Annual 24-Hour Radio Race, for the audio story "Desolate malls are the new normal," 2018
• Presented with a Presidential Citation by the College Media Association (CMA), 2014
• Presented with the Honor Roll Adviser Award for Four-Year Multimedia by the College Media Association (CMA), 2013
• Received Wilton C. Scott Award for Excellence in Advising from the Southern Regional Press Institute at Savannah State University, 2013
• Named Outstanding New Adviser by the Society for Collegiate Journalists national organization, 2011