Morleen Getz Rouse ("Moe"), actually has juggled four very successful careers. In 1999, she left her post of Professor of Electronic Media/Communications at the University of Cincinnati where she had taught since l968. In May l997, she received the University's prestigious George Barbour Award. Her areas of expertise range from the History of Broadcasting, the Documentary Film, Acting and Public Speaking to Broadcast Programming, Advertising, Marketing, and Media Research. Dr. Rouse is also one of the most well respected and sought after freelance performers, having appeared in over 3,000 radio/TV commercials (Office Max, Sears, Toyota, Wendy's, Arby’s, Folgers), numerous industrials films (AT&T Hewlett-Packard, Easy Spirit Shoes, Lens Crafters), and television shows. The third career track is that of consultant/seminar leader. She has worked with individual executives and/or given in-house programs for such companies as General Electric, Procter and Gamble, Lens Crafters, Federated Department Stores, Phillip Morris, Cummins Engine, Novell, Travelers, Aetna, the Department of Justice, and the U.S. Air Force just to name a few.
Morleen has also achieved a national reputation as a communication consultant in the legal field, having produced a series of audiotapes and a textbook on "Communications for the Lawyer." She served as communications specialist on four video series: "Training the Advocate: the Pretrial Stage," "Winning at trial," "Openings and Closings," and "Selecting and Persuading the Jury." These video series were produced by the American Bar Association and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and are sold nationally. A founder of the American Society of Trial Consultants, Dr. Rouse has worked with lawyers for 28 years. She provides a variety of services to the legal profession: from developing in-house advocacy training programs, to conducting focus groups, and witness preparation. She has team taught advocacy programs at the University of Michigan, Harvard, Notre Dame, Northwestern and the University of Colorado.
She's performed for the G.I.s during Viet Nam, been a waitress at the world's busiest truck stop, been on a panel with Hillary Clinton, had a party given for her by the KGB, been a co-host on morning drive "talk radio," and still has a 7th grade report card framed in her office which includes a note from the teacher saying that "Morleen would be a good student if she would just stop talking!"