Troy Comeau Sports Broadcasting Director of Broadcasting Pittsburg State University Department of Communication Whitesitt Hall Room 123D 1701 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762 620-235-4721 office phone 620-235-4686 fax tcomeau@pittstate.edu

Troy Comeau is one of four faculty members who joined our staff in fall 1998. Before arriving here, he spent two years teaching at his undergraduate alma mater, Missouri Southern in Joplin.

In 2003, Mr. Comeau was appointed director of Broadcasting at Pittsburg State. He also currently serves as the director of sports broadcasting and co-advisor to the student association of broadcasters. Mr. Comeau’s sports broadcasting class has consistantly finished as a national finalist in the Collegiate Broadcasting Student awards.

Outside the classroom, Mr. Comeau plays softball on a team that usually qualifies for state and regional competition. He is more than an average Kansas City Chiefs fan and admits his students know a quiz is forthcoming on Monday if the Chiefs lose on Sunday.

Mr. Comeau is married. He and his wife Lorie enjoy spending time with their son, Jesse.

B.A., Communication (emphasis in broadcasting), Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, MO, 1994; M.A., Communication (emphasis in public relations), Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, 1997; Ph.D., Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 2007.

Teaching Emphasis: Public relations, advertising, and broadcasting.

Research Emphasis: persuasion, mass media effects, sports broadcasting.