Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Details
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.
College News
‘Lessons learned from launch of blue M&Ms’
Do you like M&Ms? Ever wonder where the blue M&Ms came from?
A free presentation on “Lessons Learned in Launching the Blue M&M,” featuring Steve Vesce, president and chief executive officer of the Hershey Management Group, LLC, comes to the Special Events Room on campus Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 6:15 p.m.
Heard on campus – Franklin and the Junto
Penn State Harrisburg faculty member and Benjamin Franklin scholar George Boudreau terms his recent discovery of a long-lost poem written in 1732 as “one of the greatest finds of my career.”
An associate professor of humanities and history, Boudreau’s research interests focus on Franklin and his philosophical organization called the Junto and the role it played in the cultural transformation of Philadelphia in the 1700s. Boudreau recently related his research findings during a Gallery Lounge presentation hosted by the offices of Academic Affairs and Research and Graduate Studies.
Obama Administration gets "Six–Month Checkup" Nov. 4
A local consultant physician and surgeon will join three Penn State Harrisburg faculty experts to give a public “Six-Month Checkup of the Obama Administration” at noon Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The presentation in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building on campus is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6315.