Hi, I'm MICHAEL TAYLOR an Instructor in the Communication Arts Department at Valdosta State University.  I am also a Reader of unabridged audio books for Books In Motion (Spokane, Washington).

Brief Bio:

Although I was born in Austin, Texas, and spent most of my youth in west Texas; I adopted the Pacific Northwest (Puget Sound) as HOME in the early 60's.  I spent the first 25 years of my professional life in radio--from stations in west Texas to the Texas gulf coast and finally ALMOST HOME to eastern Washington.  I returned to academic pursuits in January of 1990 and graduated from Eastern Washington University (Go Eagles) with my Master of Arts degree in 1993.  My wife (Trisha) and I ended up in Valdosta at VSU via a short stop in Chico, California from Cheney/Spokane in eastern Washington.

Currently I am a member of the Georgia Speech Communication Association (GSCA) and the Broadcast Education Association (BEA).

My interests apart from teaching broadcasting to the next generation of "radio crazies" and reading audio books for Books In Motion include:

• Hot Air Ballooning
• Skiing (Alpine & Nordic)
• Music (Vinyl & CD) and Literature (Cloth & Paper)
•        (can a person really ever have enough books, records, or cd's???)
• Fine Wines, Craft Brewed Beers, and Superb Coffees
•         (I'm always searching for the next great winery or micro brewer)
• Audio (with thanks to my audio/video guru--Al Geris @ Quicksilver Audio)
• Organic Agriculture (the chemical industry will kill us yet)
•         (read Silent Spring & Living Downstream)
• Golfing  (my handicap??--simple--I show up on the first tee)
• The Poets and Authors of the Beat Generation

Some of the things that really raise my hackles:

• Racism
• Sexism
• Classism
• "Best of" Lists

This site is deliberately low graphics (for loading and navigating convenience), is self-authored (with thanks to Dr. Charles Beadle, Communication Arts--for giving me the basic knowledge and more importantly the courage to tackle html!), and was developed with Netscape Communicator v4.04.

Comments, links suggestions, and criticisms welcomed by e-mail or snail mail (Michael Taylor, Communication Arts Department, Valdosta State University, Valdosta GA 31698)