Profile
 
Frank Parcells has operated an online PR firm since 1983, owned and operated an Internet access business which he sold in 2000 to the largest Internet service provider in Illinois, and currently operates a Web publishing and marketing communications company, Today, he also has owned and operated an Internet service and web hosting business located in Clarksville in addition to his teaching at Austin Peay State University.
 
Dr. Parcells career in broadcasting began during high school and extended for fiftenn years where he disc jockeyed, sold, produced, programmed, and managed commercial and educational radio stations in small, medium, and major markets from Madison to Denver. His diverse communication career included work as a weekly columnist for the Mt. Carmel Register-Republican newspaper, interviewer, host, and producer for instructional and public affairs audio and video programs and productions, and talent for radio and television news and commercial productions.
 
As a professional communicator, Parcells is familiar with advertising, broadcast media, corporate communication, Internet technology, marketing communication, and public relations. His book, Using the Internet, is available online. He has many national and state publications and presentations at professional meetings, including a program this spring in April 2008 at the Broadcast Education Association Convention in Las Vegas, NV.
 
Parcells is a member of the American Marketing Association, the Broadcast Education Association, the International Association of Business Communicators, the International Association of Webmasters, the National Communication Association, the Public Relations Society of America, the Society of Internet Professionals, and the World Organization of Webmasters. He also serves as the advisor for the University's Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and the APSU Web Design Group. He serves as the Executive Vice President of the Nashville Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.