Associate Professor David Slayden
Armory 203D
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Colorado at Boulder
1511 University Ave.
478 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
David.Slayden@Colorado.edu
303-735-1906 phone
303-492-0969 fax

Associate Professor David Slayden has more than 20 years of experience as an editor, scriptwriter, creative director, and professor of communication arts. Slayden ’s students at SMU and CU have repeatedly won, placed in or been finalists in the “One Show” and currently work at a variety of top agencies including DDB, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Cliff Freeman, Young & Rubicam, Hal Riney, J.Walter Thompson, and Goodby Silverstein Partners.  His print work with DDB has been honored by top awards shows and publications, including the Clios, Creativity, Art Directors Annual, D&AD, and Communication Arts. Since 1999, he has worked on diverse interactive projects with Omnicom digital companies Agency.com, Organic, Red Sky Interactive, Tribal DDB and Rapp Digital for a range of clients including Chrysler, RBK, Absolut, and Sony. He is the author of “Hate Speech” (Sage, 1995) and “Soundbite Culture” (Sage, 1999), and winner of the Gustavus Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America (1995). Currently at work on a book-length study of the contradictions of commercial culture, he continues to consult on global projects within the online and offline advertising industry. He received his BA in English and philosophy from Southern Illinois University; his MA from the University of Chicago and PhD from Indiana University are both in English.