About SBU

Wilkins, Dennis M.

Name:
Dennis M. Wilkins, Ph.D.

Academic School:
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Academic Department:
JMC

Titles/Responsibilities:
Professor

Contact Information:
Office: Murphy 210 Office Phone: 375-2511 E-mail: dwilkins@sbu.edu

Courses Taught:
JMC 101. Introduction to the Mass Media JMC 201. Writing and Reporting 1 JMC 202. Writing and Reporting II JMC 301. Advanced Editing JMC 310. Feature Writing JMC 400. Case Studies in Media Ethics JMC 401. Special Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication JMC 411. Opinion Writing JMC 483. Politics and Economics of the Media

Academic Degrees:
Ph.D. in Communication, University of Colorado-Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1996 Dissertation Title: A rhetorical analysis of print news stories about Congressional attempts to reform the General Mining Law of 1872. MES in Environmental Studies, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1990 B.S. Geology, University of Massachusetts, 1970

Other Interests/Community Involvement:
Photography Guitar, piano Reading Serves as faculty athletics representative Blogging at: http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/ and http://drdenny.wordpress.com/