James A. Lingwall Pennsylvania Western University - Clarion

James A. Lingwall, EdD, is a professor in the Department of Business, Economics and
Communication at Pennsylvania Western University-Clarion and a lecturer with the Donald
P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University. He earned his doctorate in
education from the University of Washington in 2002. Lingwall teaches courses in journalism,
public relations, and strategic communication. He has more than 25 years of professional media
experience as a journalist at daily newspapers and as a public relations practitioner in agency and
higher education settings. He worked as a features writer with The News Tribune and as a public
relations specialist with Tacoma Community College in Tacoma, Washington.

Lingwall’s research agenda focuses on strategic communication and writing skills of
postmillennial students in programs of journalism and mass communication. He has conducted
research and taught in countries including Denmark, Spain, France, Poland, and New Zealand.
His research has been published in Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Journal of
Public Relations Education, Journal of Advertising Education, Nordicom Review, and Journal of
Public Relations Research.