Personal Life

Dr. Mary-Lou Galician

Dr. Galician is married (“happily-ever-after”) to Dr. David Natharius,
Professor Emeritus of Communication and Humanities, California State University/Fresno
and Adjunct Professor of Visual Communication, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
—and her REALISTIC ROMANCE® partner.

Dr. Dave is a pioneering expert in gender communication, conflict resolution, visual communication, and experiential education.

• Their wedding (“realistically romantic” & “romantically realistic”) was a media event!
  
  • Performed in British Airways First Class Lounge at Sky Harbor International Airport (Phoenix), January 2, 1998
  • Covered by Phoenix NBC-TV’s 10 p.m. news and the Tribune newspapers:
    • Whirlwind Wedding-Busy Couple Have Wedding on the Fly
    • Romance Takes Flight

• Their REALISTIC ROMANCE® programs, seminars, workshops, and video presentations are life-changing experiences.
  
• For singles and couples
• Centered around Dr. Galician's 7-Step Reality Check-Up, of which Dr. FUN's Mass Media Love Quiz© and Dr. Galician's Prescriptions© for Getting Real About Romance are key aspects
  
  
• Their cultural & performing arts travel study programs abroad, which they directed for many years, visited romantic venues.
  
  • London & Paris
  • Florence & Rome

"Dr. FUN" and "Mr. 'Dr. FUN'" (as Dr. Dave sometimes calls himself) enjoy their lives of service—empowering individuals to be media-literate, critical thinkers while still enjoying the media. And they themselves love consuming media and traveling extensively—professionally and personally.