FIND AN ETHICS EXPERT

Name: Tom Bivins, John L. Hulteng Chair in Media Ethics, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
Areas of Expertise:
  • Ethics of persuasion (public relations, advertising, political communication)
  • Satire, free speech, and responsibility
  • Entertainment media
Contact Information:
Email: tbivins@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3740

Sandra L. Borden, Associate Professor of Communication and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, Western Michigan University
Areas of expertise:
  •    The commodification of journalism.
  •     How journalists talk about ethics.
  •     Professionalism in journalism.
  •     Case-based decision making (casuistry)
Contact Information:
Email: sandra.borden@wmich.edu
Phone: 269-387-3146; Fax: 269-387-3990

Name: Jan Leach, Assistant Professor and Director of the Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent State University
Areas of Expertise:
  • Media Ethics
  • ethics training for undergraduate, graduate students and media professionals
  • Copy Editing
Contact Information:
Email: jleach1@kent.edu
Phone: 330.672.4289

Name: Julianne H. Newton, Professor of Visual Communication, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
Areas of Expertise:
  • Visual Ethics
  • Photojournalism
  • Visual Communication Theory
  • Research Methods
Contact Information:
Email: jhnewton@oregon.uoregon.edu
Phone: 541.346.2167

Name: Patrick Lee Plaisance, Assistant professor, Department of Journalism & Technical Communication, Colorado State University
Areas of Expertise:
  • Newsroom socialization
  • Journalistic values and decision-making
  • Propaganda theory
  • Communitarian social theory as it relates to media roles.
Contact Information:
Email: patrick.plaisance@colostate.edu

Name: Bill Reader, associate professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University
Areas of Expertise:
  • Audience feedback and opinion sections
  • Community and small-market journalism
  • Editorial page ethics
  • Newsroom management ethics.
Contact Information:
Email: reader@ohio.edu
Phone: (740) 597-1294

Name: Erik Ugland, Assistant Professor, College of Communication, Marquette University
Contact Information:
Email: erik.ugland@mu.edu
Phone: 414.288.3494

Name: Sephen J.A. Ward, Distinguished Lecturer in Ethics at U. of British Columbia, Courtesy Professor in School of Journalism and Communication, U. of Oregon, founding director  of Center for Journalism Ethics, U. of Wisconsin.
Areas of Expertise:
  •  Journalism Ethics
  • Global Media Ethics
  • History of Journalism Ethics
  • Theories of Ethics and Objectivity
  • Codes of Ethics
Contact Information:
Email: stephen.ward@bellaliant.net


Name: Wendy Wyatt, Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism University of St. Thomas
Areas of Expertise:
  • media ethics
  • media and democracy
  • media literacy
Contact Information:
Email:  wnwyatt@stthomas.edu
Phone: 651-962-5253