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Walter Gantz

Interim Dean

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Office:
Franklin Hall 330G
Office Hours:
By appointment
Email:
gantz@indiana.edu
Phone:
812-855-1621

Biography

Born and raised in New York City, Walter Gantz earned his undergraduate degree at Brooklyn College. After spending two years in India with the Peace Corps, Gantz returned to school and earned his MA at the University of Michigan and his PhD at Michigan State. He began his faculty career at SUNY-Buffalo where, in addition to teaching in the Department of Communication, he served as coach for their varsity cross-country and track teams. Gantz joined the faculty at IU in 1979 and served as chair (of the Department of Telecommunications, now Communication Science) 1997 to 2017. He served as associate dean for the Media School for two years before stepping into his current position as interim dean. Over the years, Gantz has taught courses focusing on media processes and effects, research methods, advertising strategies and media and sports, His research focuses on the ways in which media fit into daily life. For a long time, Gantz has examined sports fans — how they use the media, the role sports plays in their lives, the ways in which men and women approach and respond to sports on the media, the impact of mediated sports on family life, and the ways in which fanship changes over the course of adult life. In addition to his formal responsibilities at IU, Gantz is president of the IU “Doc” Masters Swim Club and also now works as a life coach.

Gantz and his wife have two children (both of whom graduated from IU) and five grandchildren. He marvels at his wife who, in early retirement, is having the time of her life becoming fluent in Spanish — and also developing as a visual artist.

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