Assistant professor of journalism, Elon College 1981-87; associate professor of journalism, California State University-Chico 1987-1993; managing editor The Chapel Hill News 1993-94; metro copy editor, The News & Observer 1994-95; associate professor of mass communication, North Carolina Central University 1995-present. Named Most Outstanding University Journalism Educator of 1991 by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Inducted into Journalism Hall of Fame, California State University-Chico, 2009. Fulbright Scholar, Institute of Journalism, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 2011.

Assistant professor of journalism, Elon College 1981-87; associate professor of journalism, California State University-Chico 1987-1993; managing editor The Chapel Hill News 1993-94; metro copy editor, The News & Observer 1994-95; associate professor of mass communication, North Carolina Central University 1995-present. Named Most Outstanding University Journalism Educator of 1991 by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Inducted into Journalism Hall of Fame, California State University-Chico, 2009. Fulbright Scholar, Institute of Journalism, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 2011.

PhD	Indiana University	1986
MS	Northwestern University	1972
BA	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	1971