Academic Degrees: 
B.S., Murray State University, 1966 
M.A., Ohio University, 1968 
Ph.D., Ohio University, 1970 

Primary Areas of Academic Interest: 
Interpersonal relations, managing diversity, intercultural communication, computer mediated communication.

Recent Publications or Professional Presentations: 
 * Weis, R. & Gantt, V.W. (2001).  Leadership and program development in nonprofit organizations.  Eddie Bauer’s Publishing. 
* Bokeno, R.M. & Gantt, V.W. (2000). Dialogic mentoring: Core relationships for organizational learning. Management Communication Quarterly, 14(2), 237-270
 * Gantt, V. W. (1985). The haves and the have nots of a computer society. Paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association Convention, Fresno, California (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 254 877). 
* Gantt, V.W. (1985). Computers and people working together. In H. Wayland Cummings (ed.) Microcomputing in speech communication: A report of the task force on use of computers (pp. 76-83). Annandale, Virginia: Speech Communication Association. 
* Gantt, V.W. (1985). Computing literacy in the university of the future. Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 51, 51-53. 
Other Achievements: 
* Licenses/Certifications: Public Speaking, Certified Trainer for Managing Personal Growth, Managing Sales Development and Individual Development Seminar by Blessing and White, Inc., of Princeton, New Jersey. 
* 1996 Distinguished Professor. 
* 1996 Outstanding Lifetime Service to the Profession from the Kentucky Communication Association. 
* Travel grant to London and Oxford, England to investigate the introduction of innovation by British colonists in British East Africa. Funded by the Murray State University Committee on Institutional Studies and Research, 1987-88, $2,450.