Diplomas/Degrees
Diplomas/Degrees
Ph.D., New York University (1990)
MA Journalism, New York University (1978)
Recent Courses
Recent Courses
Free Speech,Media Law And Democracy
History Of Media And Communication
Newswriting I
Courses Previously Taught
Courses Previously Taught
History of Media and Communications
Free Speech, Media Law and Democracy
The Feature Article
News Reporting
Objectivity and the Journalism Revolution
Propaganda
Specialization/Interests
Specialization/Interests
Media History; First Amendment Rights; Communication Theory; News and Feature Writing
Books
Books
Thaler, Paul, The Maddening, a psychological thriller published by Dark Ink Publishers, Feb. 2024, Recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Saturday Visitors Award, Baltimore MD
Bronxland, (Oct. 2017), Black Opal Books. The book is a historical coming-of-age story set in the old Bronx, circa 1960s,
Thaler, Paul (1998). The Spectacle: Media and the Making of the OJ Simpson Story. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Thaler, Paul (1994). The Watchful Eye: American Justice in the Age of the Television Trial. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Theses Advised
Theses Advised
I am an honors thesis advisor for 2017-18.
Honors and Accomplishments
Honors and Accomplishments
Nominee for:
Outstanding Service/Adelphi - 2015, 16
Outstanding Teaching - 2016
University Service
University Service
Chair - Department of Communicaations 2012-16
Chair for Press Day and Quill Awards (annual outreach event)
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