Richard T. Hezel, Ph.D.
Dr. Richard T. Hezel is President & CEO, founder, and owner of Hezel
Associates. In that role, he applies his 34 years of experience
in education, communications, media, and technology to the consulting
and research needs of clients. He built his company in 1987 on
the needs of educational organizations to harness the promise
of telecommunications and technology. Over the past 20 years,
Hezel Associates has evolved dynamically in its focus to include
research on effectiveness, practices, business, marketing, and
technology dissemination in education settings.
Since 1987 Dr. Hezel has been a national expert, writing and speaking
on distance learning policy, management, and research. Recognized
for publishing the Educational Telecommunications and Distance
Learning: The State-By-State Analysis, recent publications include
the Global E-learning Opportunity for U.S. Higher Education, a
42-country analysis of the market for U.S. postsecondary programs
and services. Dr. Hezel frequently speaks at conventions and industry
meetings throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Prior to establishing his company, Dr. Hezel was associate professor
in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse
University and assistant professor at the University of Houston's
School of Communications. At Indiana University, he executed research
on strategies to improve the effectiveness of educational television
as well as research on television and violence.
Hezel began his career in broadcasting as manager of one of the
first school television systems in the U.S. at Brooklyn Preparatory
School in Brooklyn, NY. Later, he produced public television programs
at WCNY-TV in Syracuse, NY, and then produced telecourses for
the University of Akron and its station, WNEO-TV.
A native of Buffalo, NY, Dr. Hezel earned a doctoral degree in
mass communication from Indiana University, a master's degree
in television and radio from Syracuse University, and a bachelor's
degree in history from Fordham University. Dr. Hezel is a member of
many boards and organizations including National University Telecommunications Network and the United States
Distance Learning Association.
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