Welcome to the biography page for Dr. Cameron A. Pace. The information presented here is intended for those who would like to know more about Dr. Pace's education, experience, and history. It is also hoped that students would see this as an opportunity to get to know their professor a little better outside of the classroom. As you learn more about Dr. Pace, it is his wish that you feel free to share with him your background and experiences as we fellowship in the classroom and through campus activities. For pictures, click on the blue text links below.

Background

       Born in 1960, Pace grew up in Michigan. His father pastored in Kalamazoo for many years. Pace graduated from high school in 1978 and enrolled as a freshman communication/broadcasting major at Evangel College (now University) later that year. As a junior, he majored in Speech/Drama Education and minored in Broadcasting.
Pace graduated from Evangel in 1982 as the outstanding Speech/Drama Education graduate. He began dating his future wife at Evangel during his senior year. Jill Grimes, a junior from Cambridge, Ohio, was the roommate of Lorna Pace, his sister. Jill and Cameron were engaged in October of 1982. While attending Evangel, Pace worked as a disc jockey at country and religious radio stations during the summers back in Michigan. He was also a staff member at KECC and helped with advertising layout for the Excalibur. As a senior drama student, Pace directed the 4-act play The Matchmaker by Thorton Wilder for the Evangel theater.
        In the fall of 1982, Pace enrolled at Regent University (formerly CBNU) in the master of arts program in communication. At Regent, he studied film and television production, graduating two years later. While at Regent, he shared an apartment with two other Regent students, one being Dr. Mark Kelton - an Evangel grad. Pace's master of arts thesis dealt with effective methods of church advertising, especially using television. In June of 1983, Jill and Cameron were married at his parent's church in Kalamazoo. Jill, a business graduate from Evangel, began working in banking in Norfolk while Cameron completed his graduate degree.


Work Experience

       After graduate school, Pace took a position with his home church working as the public relations director and teaching part-time at a Christian high school. He later began teaching full-time in the areas of English, drama, jounalism, mass media, middle school science, and speech. He also directed theatrical plays and talent shows for the school. Pace's students produced dramatic and sports programming for the local cable access channels in Portage and Kalamazoo. He was also the faculty advisor for the student newspaper and yearbook. In the summers, he continued his work as a radio announcer for a local radio station. In his spare time, he worked to create his own business producing corporate and wedding videos using his own production equipment.
       In 1990, Pace was hired at Evangel to teach broadcasting as an assistant professor. At that time, he was assigned as the advisor for KECC and the TV studio. While at Evangel, Pace, with the help of the Communication Department and its faculty, re-structured ECTV (now EUTV) as a separate organization from the TV Studio, began the multimedia program at Evangel, developed the CrusaderMedia.com student website, and expanded the TV Studio. In 1999, he began his doctoral work at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Communication in May of 2003. Dr. Pace's dissertation was a study of Web usability and persuasion related to political campaign Web sites of candidates in the 2002 election. In 2006, Pace established a new student medium in the department, ECTV Pictures, with the start of the Film Workshop. Since then, Evangel students have been producing feature films each semster. ECTV Pictures was changed to EU Films in 2009.  ECTV became EUTV in 2014.

The Present

       Dr. Pace continues to teach at Evangel as a Professor of Communication. Dr. Pace became the Communication Department chairperson in 2006 and continues in that position today. He advises EUTV, EU Films, and the related TV and film workshops. Pace's wife, Jill, works as a commercial loan analysis supervisor at a local bank. Pace has two daughters who both attended Evangel. Dr. Pace is also a grandfather of six. The Paces attend James River Church where Dr. Pace has previously helped with the video ministry and Jill works in the children's area. When not at work, Dr. Pace enjoys photography, reading history, watching films, working on his property/house, playing guitar, bicycling, and playing games - especially with his family.