Saundra Keyes

Professor

• Office:  RSJ 103D
• Phone:  775-784-4191
• Email:  skeyes@unr.edu

Why I teach

Journalism can have a profound impact on both public policy and private decision-making. I want to enlarge the pool of smart, ethical people who practice it well.

What I've Learned

• The First Amendment is worth fighting for.

• "Watchdog" journalism is more than a catchy phrase. It's our most important responsibility.

• Exposing wrongdoing and injustice is immensely satisfying. So is celebrating individual and community success.

• We need to work harder to fully reflect the diversity in our communities.

• You can never care too much about getting the story right.

 

Experience

Teaching experience


Assistant professor of English, Fisk University 


 

Professional experience


Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser
Editor, The [Long Beach] Press Telegram
Managing editor, The Miami Herald
Managing editor, Contra Costa Times
Managing editor, Philadelphia Daily News
Correspondent, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Week
President, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications

 

Education


PhD Folklore, Indiana University (interdisciplinary program with concentrations in American literature and cultural anthropology)


MA Folklore, Indiana University


BA English, University of Utah