Darcy Beery

Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Productions

Journalism and Media Production

Bio

Darcy Vigneault Beery grew up in Central Maine. After earning an Associate’s degree in Broadcast Communication from SUNY Adirondack in NY and a Bachelor's in Mass Communication from the University of Montevallo in AL., she went on to earn a Master’s in Communication from Regent University in VA.

Moving to Los Angeles in 1997, Darcy worked on a variety of projects in production management, including Paramount/CBS’ primetime series “JAG”, the independent feature film “Baggage” and Disney/Miramax’ “Clerks, the Animated Series” by independent filmmaker Kevin Smith.

In 2007, Darcy moved into teaching and in 2010 she started teaching at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Then, in 2015, she became the full-time Technical Writing & Editing Professor and has spoken at various conferences on topics ranging from the multi-generational diversity of our classrooms and workplaces to basic production practices for non-production professionals.

In 2019, Darcy earned the STC (Society for Technical Communication) certification as a Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC). This is the only recognized certification for this international association.

Degree

MA in Communication

Regent University

BS in Mass Communication

University of Montevallo

Other in Radio-Television Broadcast

SUNY Adirondack

Published Works

Beery, D., Barton, S. (2018). Lights, Camera, Action! Exploring Video Basics for Non-Production Professionals. Society for Technical Communication,
Barton, S., Beery, D. (2018, June). Lights, Camera, Action! Exploring Video Basics for Non-Production Professionals. Society for Technical Communication, Summit 2018.
Beery, D. (2018, January (1st Quarter/Winter)). Utilizing Classroom Diversity to Enhance Multi-Generational Learning.. Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, 2018.