Edward Kimbrell

Office: Mass Comm. Bldg. - Room 264
615-904-8331
E-mail: ekimbrell@mtsu.edu

Edward Kimbrell, professor of journalism, holds degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Missouri. Dr. Kimbrell is the founding chair of MTSU's Department of Mass Communication and served as dean of the College of Mass Communication from 1989 through 1991. He has received MTSU's Outstanding Teacher Award, Gamma Beta Phi's Teacher of the Year Award twice, and the MTSU Public Service Award. He teaches media law, free speech issues and the history and societal impact of mass communication. Dr. Kimbrell has been a reporter, photographer and editor for a wire service, newspapers, radio and television stations and has also worked in higher-education public relations. He is the winner of four Emmys for his weekly media commentary on WSMV-TV Nashville, and he hosted the bimonthly interview show "Metro Journal," for which he won a national "TELLY" award in 1995.