Diplomas/Degrees
	  		Diplomas/Degrees
	  		Ph.D., New York University (1990)
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 
     		 
	  		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. 2023
My novel, Bronxland, has been released (Oct. 2017) by 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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