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Frances Hassencahl

  • Frances Hassencahl
  • Associate Professor
  • Communications & Theatre Arts
  • 3008 Batten Arts and Letters
  • Norfolk, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3828
  • fhassenc@odu.edu
  • Education

    Case Western Reserve University, 1970
    Major: Communication
    Degree: Ph. D.
    Case Western Reserve University, 1966
    Major: Communication
    Degree: M.A.
    Goshen College, 1964
    Major: History and Speech Communication (double major)
    Degree: B.A.
  • Research Interests

    The framing of messages through political cartoons, press stories , and debate. construction of identity in the novels of Orhan Pamuk.
  • Expertise

    Communication
    Public Speaking / Mothers and Daughters in Film / The Situation in the Middle East / Presidential Debates / Political Campaign Management / Putting Together an Advertising Campaign / Intercultural Communication
    Communication
    Public Speaking / Mothers and Daughters in Film / The Situation in the Middle East / Presidential Debates / Political Campaign Management / Putting Together an Advertising Campaign / Intercultural Communication
    Debates
    Public Speaking / Mothers and Daughters in Film / The Situation in the Middle East / Presidential Debates / Political Campaign Management / Putting Together an Advertising Campaign / Intercultural Communication
    International Issues
    Public Speaking / Mothers and Daughters in Film / The Situation in the Middle East / Presidential Debates / Political Campaign Management / Putting Together an Advertising Campaign / Intercultural Communication
    Media Studies
    Public Speaking / Mothers and Daughters in Film / The Situation in the Middle East / Presidential Debates / Political Campaign Management / Putting Together an Advertising Campaign / Intercultural Communication
    Middle East
    Public Speaking / Mothers and Daughters in Film / The Situation in the Middle East / Presidential Debates / Political Campaign Management / Putting Together an Advertising Campaign / Intercultural Communication
  • Kornhaus Scholar in Speech and recipient of Presidential Scholars Grant , Goshen College
  • Pi Alpha Theta Honor Society
  • World's Who's Whom of Women, Vol. 5
  • 2008: International Who's Who of Business & Professional Women
  • 2006: Malone Scholar in Saudi Arabia, Malone Family Foundation
  • 2005: Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
  • 2004: Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
  • 2002: International Who's Who of Business & Professional Women
  • 2002: Most Inspiring Faculty Award, Old Dominion University
  • 2001: Selected for inclusion in the Tenth Edition of the Directory of American Scholars
  • 2000: International Who's Who of Business & Professional Women
  • 2000: Malone Scholar in Yemen and Syria, Malone Family Foundation
  • 1999: Invited to join the Hannibal Club-US by Tunisia
  • 1998: International Who's Who of Business & Professional Women
  • 1997: Who’s Who in Media and Communication, Vol. I
  • 1997: Leadership Award , Sixth Annual Policy Makers Conference
  • 1995: Fifteen-year service award , Pi Kappa Delta
  • 1993: Governor's Ring, Pi Kappa Delta
  • 1993: Malone Scholar in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Malone Family Foundation
  • 1991: International Who's Who of Business & Professional Women
  • 1990: Award as critic-judge, Pi Kappa Delta
  • 1990: Malone Scholar, National Council on U.S. - Arab Relations
  • 1990: Malone Scholar in Egypt and Iraq, Malone Family Foundation
  • 1989: Fulbright Scholar to Morocco
  • 1989: International Who's Who of Business & Professional Women
  • 1985: Outstanding Service Award, Pi Kappa Delta
  • 1984: All Cities Chapter "Business Women of the Year," , American Business Women's Association
  • 1984: Most Inspiring Faculty Award, Old Dominion University
  • 1974: Selected for inclusion in 1974 Edition of Outstanding Young Women in America
  • 1974: Selected for inclusion in the Sixth Edition of the Directory of American Scholars
  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research