PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Occupation: Professor of Communications, Virginia Tech
• Graduate: Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, NC, 1968
• Graduate: Western Carolina University - B.A., English, 1972
• Graduate: University of North Carolina - M.A., Journalism, 1973
• Graduate: University of North Carolina - Ph.D., Mass Communications Research, 1987
• Wife: Roselynn, an art teacher at Kipps Elementary School
• Children: Lincoln, Jonathan, and Sam
• Grandchild: Isaac
• Member of Montgomery County School Board Since 1996
• Member of Blacksburg United Methodist Church
• Numerous Publications on First Amendment/Free Speech Issues