Journalism 300 – Visual Communication

 

Michael Edward Lenert is Professor at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, and holds the Fred W. Smith Chair in Critical Thinking and Ethical Practices.  He also is Director of the Laboratory for Innovation and Ethical Practices at The Center for Advanced Media Studies at the University of Nevada.

Dr. Lenert’s teaching and scholarship emphasizes a critical approach to issues of communication, technology and society, with a special focus on the relationships among emerging media technologies and democratic societies.  He has published on law and policy concerning the Internet and World Wide Web, including electronic commerce. Lenert has taught media studies and production courses at the graduate level at The Newhouse School of Public Communication, Syracuse University, The University of Texas at Austin, The City University of New York, Queens College and at The University of Washington, Seattle. In addition, he has been a consultant to organizations such as the Ford Foundation, New York, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, and the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, Claremont, CA, on Internet and telecommunications issues.

Lenert is a graduate of the Department of Rhetoric, The University of California, Berkeley, magna cum laude. His Ph.D. (Radio Television Film) is from The University of Texas at Austin.  He holds a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., and is a licensed attorney in California.