Dr. Terry Ownby, Ph.D.

Welcome to my academic website! Here at Idaho State University, I'm an emeritus professor in the Communication, Media, & Persuasion department and I teach in our Visual Communication program. As a researcher, I consider myself a visual semiotician, ethnographer, and historian. As an undergrad teacher, my area of responsibility is the Photo Media track. We provide a variety of face-to-face and online photo media courses, field experience, and professional studio application for our photo majors. I directed our grad program in communication for several years and periodically I conduct seminars that critically analyze images within visual culture.