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Dr. Lordan teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public relations, advertising, journalism, communication theory, mass communication, and sports-related communications.
Lordan's appointment to the WCU faculty in 2001 was a homecoming, since he earned his B.A. in English Literature at the university in 1979. Lordan also earned an M.A. in Communications from Temple University and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from The S.I. Newhouse School of Communication at Syracuse University. Prior to his return to West Chester, he was a faculty member at Temple University, Villanova University, and St. Louis University.
Lordan splits his writing projects between academic and professional publications. His first book, Essentials of Public Relations Management (Burnham, Inc. Publishers), is an overview of management techniques used in the public relations industry. His second book, Politics, Ink: How American Editorial Cartoonists Skewer Politicians, From King George III to George Dubya (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) explores the history of the American editorial cartoon. His book chapter 'Cyberspin: The Use of New Technologies in Public Relations' appears in the Handbook of Public Relations (Sage Publications, Inc.). Lordan has published fifteen journal articles in publications such as the Newspaper Research Journal, The Journal of the Council of American Survey, Research Organizations, and Public Relations Quarterly. For nine years he wrote a restaurant review column for the Delaware County Daily Times and he continues to publish theater and music reviews for the Suburban Newspaper Company, the publisher of seven newspapers in southeast Pennsylvania. Lordan also serves as a consultant for non-profit and for-profit companies.
Lordan's current research projects include a co-authored study of video news release usage policies by American television stations, incorporating quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as a new book comparing the rhetorical methods used by presidents to convince Americans to go to war.
He is a member of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the faculty advisor to the West Chester University chapter of the Association for Women and Men in Communications.
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