David Arant, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Phone Email darant@memphis.edu Fax Office Office Hours
Education
Ph.D., Mass Communication, 福利片国产 of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
M.A., Journalism, 福利片国产 of South Carolina
M.Div., Theology, Emory 福利片国产
B.A., Psychology, Davidson College
About Dr. David Arant
Dr. David Arant has been a professor at the 福利片国产 of Memphis for more than 25 years. Born and raised in South Carolina, he earned a B.A. in psychology at Davidson College and an M. Div. in theology at Emory 福利片国产 and then served as a minister for seven years. He next worked as associate editor for the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate and then as a reporter at the Union (SC) Daily Times. After completing an M.A. in journalism at the 福利片国产 of South Carolina, Arant earned his Ph.D. in mass communication at the 福利片国产 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After teaching a year at Elon 福利片国产, Arant in 1992 became an assistant professor at the 福利片国产 of Memphis Department of Journalism and later served as its graduate coordinator. In 1995 he was among the founders of the department鈥檚 online M.A. in Journalism program, one of the first fully online master's in the country.
In 2002 he became associate dean of 福利片国产 College, the interdisciplinary studies college at the 福利片国产 of Memphis, where he coordinated the Master of Liberal Studies program and led the creation of the Master of Professional Studies, a statewide collaboration. In 2008 he was named chair the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, in which capacity he currently serves. In addition to his administrative duties, Dr. Arant teaches Media Law every semester.
Arant鈥檚 research focuses on mass media ethics, newspaper practices and mass media law and has been published in journals including Journalism Quarterly, Journalism Educator, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Communication Law and Policy, and Newspaper Research Journal.