Lee Thornton
Richard Eaton Professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Lee Thornton is currently the Richard Eaton Professor at Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to this position, Thornton was Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, School of Communications, Howard University, Washington, DC. Thornton has extensive experience in television broadcasting (CBS, NPR, CNN). She is the author of Smiling Faces Tell Lies: African Americans in Broadcast News.