Faculty | travisrbell

TEACHING

University of South Florida

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Programs and Research

2021 - Present

Assistant Professor

2019 – 2021

Instructor II

2017 – 2019

Instructor I

2012 – 2017

Adjunct Instructor

2011 – 2012

University of Central Florida

Adjunct Instructor

2005

Courses Taught (through Spring 2026, # of sections noted)

Undergraduate

TV News (28)
Electronic Field Production (18)
Broadcast News (6)
Writing for the Mass Media (5)
Sports and Media (3)
Documentary Production
Internship
Issues in Sports and Media
Multimedia Sports Reporting
Single Camera Production

Graduate

Media, Strategy, and Theory (3)
Issues in Sports and Media (2)
Business of Sports Media and Technology (2)
Audience Analysis
Introduction to Mass Communication Research
Media Literacy
Media Storytelling with Data
Visual Research and Storytelling

This is a 2018 faculty profile produced in an undergraduate promotions course as a corporate video. Special thanks to Marissa Allen and Emily Combs for their wonderful work producing this video.

This is a 2014 faculty profile produced in an undergraduate documentary course. Special thanks to three of my former USF students who selected me for their profile. This documentary was produced by Alivia Tassely, Alexandra Velasco, and Annarelis Marquez.

SERVICE

University of South Florida

Coalition in Intercollegiate Athletics, 2022 – 2024
Faculty Senate, 2021 – 2024
Athletics Council, 2016 – 2022
Council on Technology for Instruction and Research, 2013 – 2023
Commencement Name Reader, 2021 - present
Commencement Marshall

School of Social Sciences

Tenure & Promotion Committee, Fall 2025 - Spring 2027

College of Arts and Sciences

Technology/Computer Committee, 2018 - 2019\

Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications

Faculty Evaluation Committee
- Chair, 2023 - 2024
- Member, 2019 - 2021, 2022 - 2024
Executive Committee
- Member, 2013 – 2017, 2020 - Present
Graduate Committee
- Chair, 2021 - Present
- Member, 2019 - 2021
Diversity Committee
- Chair, 2015 – 2016
- Member, 2012 – 2016
Search Committees
- Visiting Assistant Professor, chair, 2026
- Assistant Professor of Public Relations, chair, 2025 – 2026
- Visiting Instructor of Video Production, chair, 2025
- Associate Professor of Media Literacy and Analytics, chair, 2022 – 2023
- Assistant Instructor of Practice, member, 2023
- Assistant Instructor of Practice, member, 2022
- Endowed Professor of Advertising, member, 2021 – 2024
- Instructor, chair, 2018
- Instructor, member, 2012 – 2013

Book Review Editor, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2021 – present

Editorial Board Member

International Journal of Sport Communication, 2025 – present
Howard Journal of Communications, 2025 – present
Communication & Sport, 2024 – present
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2023 – present
Florida Communication Journal, 2021 – 2024

Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer (61 manuscripts)

Communication and Sport (20)
International Journal of Sport Communication (5)
Howard Journal of Communications (4)
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (4)
Journalism Practice (4)
Journal of Sports Media (4)
Journalism Studies (3)
Sport in Society (3)
Feminist Media Studies (2)
New Media & Society (2)
Asian Journal of Communication (1)
Communication Quarterly (1)
Communication Research (1)
Critical Studies in Media Communication (1)
Information, Communication, & Society (1)
International Journal of the History of Sport (1)
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship (1)
International Review for the Sociology of Sport (1)
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (1)
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (1)
Journalism (1)
Southern Communication Journal (1)