Clint C. Wilson II, Ed.D. is Professor of Journalism in the Howard University School of Communications and Graduate Professor in its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He is a recipient of the prestigious Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism from the University of Missouri and he has lectured at academic symposia at several colleges and universities in the United States and abroad at Oxford University.
Wilson's scholarly work on the relationship between people of color and mainstream general circulation media has been published in such periodicals as Journalism Educator, Columbia Journalism Review, Quill and Change. His work has been cited in textbooks and trade journals including Editor & Publisher and Advertising Age, among others.
Dr. Wilson’s professional journalism career includes work for various news media organizations including the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, St. Petersburg Times, USA Today.com and the Los Angeles Sentinel.
Lena M. Chao is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at California
State University, Los Angeles where she also serves as Director for the
Asian and Asian American Institute. Prior to joining the faculty at CSULA,
she was on the administrative staff of the Media Institute for Minorities at
the University of Southern California and worked as a Public Service
Coordinator at KFWB News radio in Los Angeles. She also has worked at Radio
Espanol and served as Media Director for the American Civil Liberties Union
of Southern California.
Her areas of scholarly specialization include public relations, mass
communication, and intercultural and interpersonal communications. Her
academic work has been published in Human Communication, California Politics
and Policy, and Feedback among others.
She was on the founding board of the Media Action Network for Asian
Americans (MANAA), a watchdog group that monitors communications media in
the United States for fair, balanced and accurate portrayals of Asian
Pacific Americans. Her public service activities also includes membership on
the advisory boards of two non-profit organizations, The Coalition of
Brothers and Sisters Unlimited, and the Estelle Van Meter Multipurpose
Center, both located in South Central Los Angeles. She is Faculty Director
for Service Learning at Cal State L.A., promoting curriculum development and
faculty and student involvement in community service learning opportunities.
Ms. Chao received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of
California, Los Angeles, and her M.S. in Print Journalism and Ph.D. in
Communication Arts and Sciences from the University of Southern California.
Félix F. Gutiérrez is a Visiting Professor of Journalism at the
Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Southern California
and former Senior Vice President of the Newseum and Freedom Forum, where he
administered journalism education, professional and diversity programs.
Prior to joining the Freedom Forum he held faculty positions at the
University of Southern California, California State University Northridge,
Stanford University and California State University, Los Angeles and
visiting appointments at the University of Texas, Austin, Columbia
University and The Claremont Colleges.
His publication credits include five books and more than 50 articles or
chapters in academic journals, professional publications, and books, most
focusing on media diversity. In addition to freelance articles, he worked
summers and on a weekly basis for the Pasadena Star-News and the Associated
Press during the 1980s. The Asian American Journalists Association,
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Black
College Communication Association, California Chicano News Media
Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists and others have
recognized his advocacy on behalf of diversity and inclusion in the media.
He is in the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame and
the Stanford University Alumni Association Multicultural Hall of Fame,
received the Honor Medal from the University of Missouri School of
Journalism and was an inaugural member of the Northwestern University Medill
School of Journalism Hall of Achievement.
His education includes a B.A. degree from California State University Los
Angeles, M.S.J. from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern
University, and M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Communication at
Stanford University.
