Education:
Ph.D., Mass Communications, Ohio University
MA, Radio-Television-Film, University of Denver
BA, Radio-Television-Film, University of Idaho

Professional Experience
Ohio University faculty member since 1969; Professor since 1983; Liaison Officer, Ohio University/MARA Institute of Technology Joint Master's Degree Program in Malaysia, 1996-1997; Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1990-1993 and 2002-2006; Director, School of Telecommunications, Ohio University, 1976-1990; Journalist, KIT Radio (Yakima, Wash.) stations KHQ (Spokane, Wash.) and KING (Seattle, Wash.); consultant to Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development in Malaysia.

Interests
Comparative Media; Southeast Asia Dr. McDaniel has conducted extensive research and consulting in Asia.

Recent Publications
“An awakening in Cambodia: From failed state to a media rich society” in Globalization and Media Transformation in new and Emerging Democracies, Patrick Murphy and Isaac Abeku Blankson, eds. Forthcoming, 2006; Media education and training: A sampling of global perspectives, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2003. Electronic Tigers of Southeast Asia: The Politics of Media and Technology, Iowa State University Press, 2002; "Southeast Asia's Electronically Charged Media Revolution," Nieman Reports, Summer, (2002); "Media globalization: Perspectives from Southeast Asia," in Remapping the Global Mediascapes, Tain-Dow Lee, Ed., Taipei: Asia-Pacific Press, 2001; "Socialist media in the post-Soviet era." in Lengle, Laura, ed. Culture and Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation in Post-Socialist Nations, Stamford, CT: Ablex, 2000.