Vita

Dr. Burrowes came to the Penn State Harrisburg faculty in Fall 2006 with decades of teaching and writing experience, including three years as chairperson of the Communication Studies Department at Morgan State. From 1995 to 1998, he was the Carter G. Woodson Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Marshall University, where he co-founded the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Division.

Education

• Ph. D., Temple University, 1994
• M. A., Syracuse University, 1979
• B. A. (Cum Laude), Howard University, 1976

Research Areas

Media history, cultural studies and press freedom, especially in Africa and its Diaspora.

Teaching

He teaches courses in communication theory, media and politics, communication in history, comparative media, and cultural studies.

Research and creative work

Burrowes is the author of Power and Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830 to 1970 (Trenton, N. J.: African World Press: 2004), and co-author, The Historical Dictionary of Liberia (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001). His research has appeared in such scholarly journals as Communication Theory, Mass Communications & Journalism Quarterly, Journal of Negro History and American Journalism, among others. Burrowes has also published commentaries, articles and other writings in a variety of media, including The New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Milwaukee Journal, as well as Crisis, Essence and Emerge magazines.