Communication

Ryan A. Geesaman has been involved in media and technology since the 7th grade. While he spent a good amount of time on the stage in high school and college, his professional career has been mainly behind the scenes. He holds a degree in Television/Radio from Ithaca College and a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Penn State University. From 2004 to 2018, he served as Video Production Director at LCBC, a multi-site church based in Manheim, PA with a weekly attendance of over 16,000. An award-winning film editor, he now serves as Chair of the Communication & Media Arts Department at Lancaster Bible College, coordinating the Live Production program. When not behind a camera or in front of a computer, Ryan is a husband to Stacy, father to Ryker and Carter, avid film-watcher, and enjoys the challenges of home-improvement.

Dr. Michael J. Freeman has been teaching and mentoring communication students for the past two decades. He has former students working at Fox, ESPN, and even on Capitol Hill. He has prepared students to excel in the fields of television, radio, print journalism, marketing and public relations, and in both corporate and non-profit communication. Dr. Freeman's research passion is the intersection between audiences and the mass media. He has presented at and chaired numerous conferences and panels on media affects. He is the past president of ACCESS, a professional organization for Christians in Distance Education and completed his doctoral dissertation studying the impact of mediated instruction on both a student's spiritual formation and an institution's missional focus. Dr. Freeman supports our students by advising Charge - LBC's fine arts magazine, Focus - the student online newspaper, and Ichthus - the yearbook. In this advisory capacity, Dr. Freeman has provided students with valuable pre-professional opportunities. He serves as the Communication internship supervisor, supervises senior projects, and is the academic adviser for the Communication major. He also contributed to the design of LBC's newest communication production facilities, WJTL Studio B (a collaborative effort between LBC and WJTL to launch a professionally equipped streaming radio station for all LBC students) and the Video Production Studio. Dr. Freeman helped to design LBC's Communication major and continues to work to keep its curriculum current with industry changes and professional demands. Dr. Freeman trains LBC's Communication majors to be embedded missionaries in a very secular profession. He prepares them to be professionally excellent and spirituality equipped to use the passions, talents, and gifts God has given them to be used where He plants them - influencing the influencers.

Ned Bustard is the graphic designer for World’s End Images and Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA). He is also a children’s book illustrator, author, and a printmaker. Some of the books he has written, illustrated, or edited include It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God, the Veritas Press Legends & Leagues series, Squalls Before War: His Majesty’s Schooner Sultana, The Chronicles of Narnia Comprehension Guide, Bede’s History of ME, History of Art: Creation to Contemporary, The Reformation ABC’s, Bigger on the Inside: Christianity and Doctor Who, Every Moment Holy, and Revealed: A Storybook Bible for Grown-Ups. He is an elder at Wheatland Presbyterian Church, creative director for Square Halo Books, Inc., curator of the Square Halo Gallery, and serves on the boards of the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA) and The Row House, Inc.. He and his wife Leslie have three daughters, one dog, and an unreasonable about of books. Ned lives in the West End of Lancaster, Pennsylvania—much too far inland for him to get to go sailing.

For more than 15 years, Jessica Whitmore has been a freelance content and proposal writer. Her work and bylines have included hard news and soft news (features) for newspapers and magazines (B2C and B2B) as well as online content and social media posts for businesses across the country. Her work has been published nationally as well as internationally including translations into multiple languages and has been used as part of an international fundraising campaign. Her grant proposal writing has resulted in increased funding for non-profits working to grow their organizations and programs. She has successfully worked remotely with national and international teams. Her interests also focus on all things communication, including nonverbal, interpersonal and intercultural communication.