Sherry Strain, PhD
Professor of Communications
Communications, Art, and Humanities | Turock School of Arts and Sciences
About
Originally from Texas, Dr. Sherry S. Strain came to Keystone College in the fall of 1988 as the Director of Theatre. When Keystone College became a baccalaureate institution, Dr. Strain and her colleague Jane Honchell developed the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts program. After promotion to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, she stepped out of the faculty to work directly for the President as the Senior Director of Institutional Effectiveness for three years. When Dr. Strain returned to the faculty, she focused on Communications. She served for several years as the Chair of the Department of Communications, Art, and Humanities and as the Chair of the Faculty Senate. She currently serves as the Chair of the Institutional Review Board which protects human subjects in student and faculty research projects. As the longest-serving full time faculty member, she is also the College Marshall.
Education – Degrees & Certifications
- BA in Theatre from West Texas State University (now WTAMU)
- MA in Theatre from the University of Denver
- PhD from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
One of the best things about Keystone is the diversity of our student body. We bring students from all kinds of backgrounds together on this rural campus and they get to know each other well.
- Interpersonal Communication
- Speech Communication
- Professional Speech
- Communication Theory
- Communication Research
- The Interactive Fan
- Power, Influence, and Communication
- Capstone
- “Smokescreen,” Palpable Clock: 25 Years of Mulberry Poets. University of Scranton Press. Fall 2004. Also recorded as a Poetry Minute for WVIA-FM.
- “Picking a College Major.” Pennsylvania Family. Vol. 1 No. 3, Feb. 2004.
- “Keeping the Faces of the Students in the Data.” Assessment Update, Vol. 15, No. 2., Mar. 2003.
- Scene from Maid of Honor in The Good Parts: Audition Monologues and Scenes by SIUC Playwrights, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Department of Theatre, 1997.
- Notable Women of Texas
- Scranton Sunday Times Northeast Woman of the Week
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
- 2012 Margaretta Belin Chamberlin Chair for Distinguished Faculty Service