Kevin Hutchinson began his career at St. Norbert College in 1982. At that time the communication and media studies discipline (then the communication, media and theatre discipline) was in its infancy. Upon his arrival at St. Norbert College, Kevin’s charge was to build and establish a credible and academically sound major. Thirty years later the communication and media studies major has become the third largest major at St. Norbert College and continues to flourish. During his more than 30-year tenure at the college, Kevin taught nearly every course in the communication concentration of the communication and media studies major, including Principles of Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication, Small Group Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Business and Professional Speaking, Organizational Communication, and Communication Theory. In addition, from 1991 to 1995, he taught in the St. Norbert College Masters of Theological Studies program. In 1998 Kevin received the Leonard Ledvina Outstanding Teacher Award in recognition of his teaching. On the scholarly front, Kevin has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and presented numerous (competitively selected) papers at regional, national, and international conferences. In 1995 he received the Donald B. King Distinguished Scholar Award. Kevin’s scholarly interests intersected with pedagogy in his studying areas such as trust and leadership, and immediacy in positive classroom climate, resulting in a workshop at SNC on Ethical Leadership in Organizations (2008). Moreover, during his time at SNC Kevin’s collegial service includes having served on nearly 25 college committees, and chairing several of them.

Biographical Note written by Joe Dyal, 2019.