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    Professor Thor Wasbotten

    Thor Wasbotten

    School of Media and Journalism
    Professor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    304D
    Contact Information
    Email:
    thor@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-7509

    Biography

    Thor Wasbotten has more than two decades of leadership experience in higher education and in industry. He is a professor in the School of Media and Journalism.

    He holds an appointment at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, the country's most comprehensive applied ethics center. He also has an engagement as professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Renmin University of China.

    He served as director of Community Engagement in the College of Communication and Information. Prior to that, he served as the director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State and as assistant dean in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University.

    In industry, he served as news director of the ABC-television affiliate in Tucson, Arizona, and as station manager and founding news director at the FOX-television affiliate in Boise, Idaho. He is a past president of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

    Education

    University of Oregon, MS in Journalism and Communication
    University of Southern California, BA in Broadcast Journalism

    Publications

    • “Because I am White, My Privilege Allows Me to be Silent – But Virtue Ethics Does Not,” perspective piece included in “Ethics Spotlight: Ethics and Systemic Racism,” Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, September 2020

    Affiliations

    • Radio Television Digital News Association
    • Association for Education in Journalism and Communication
    • Broadcast Education Association

    Awards/Achievements

    • Recipient, 2019 Leadership Award from the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication
    School of Emerging Media and Technology
    College of Communication & Information

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    334 Franklin Hall, 550 Hilltop Drive, Kent, OH 44242-0001


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    800 E. Summit St.
    Kent, OH 44242

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    School Office: 330-672-9105 EMAT@kent.edu
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