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 Fall 2024, # of sections noted)

Undergraduate

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

Graduate

Issues in Sports and Media (2)
Business of Sports Media and Technology (2)
Media, Strategy, and Theory (2)
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 – Present
Faculty Senate, 2021 – present
Athletics Council, 2016 – 2022
Council on Technology for Instruction and Research, 2013 – 2023
Commencement Name Reader
Commencement Marshall

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
- 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 – Present
- Instructor, chair, 2018
- Instructor, member, 2012 – 2013

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

Editorial Board Member

Communication & Sport, 2024 – present
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2023 – present
Florida Communication Journal, 2021 – present

Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer (38 manuscripts)

Communication and Sport (11)
International Journal of Sport Communication (3)
Journal of Sports Media (3)
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (3)
Sport in Society (3)
Feminist Media Studies (2)
Journalism Practice (2)
Journalism Studies (2)
New Media & Society (2)
Asian Journal of Communication (1)
Howard Journal of Communications (1)
International Journal of the History of Sport (1)
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship (1)
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (1)
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (1)
Southern Communication Journal (1)