LENT, John A.

LENT, John A. American, b. 1936. Genres: Area studies, Communications/Media, Film, Third World, Women's studies and issues, Writing/Journalism, Bibliography, Cartoons, Humor/Satire, Reference. Career: West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, instructor, and director of Public Relations, 1960-62, 1965-66; De La Salle College, Manila, lecturer, 1964-65; Wisconsin State University, Eau Claire, assistant professor of journalism, 1966-67; Marshall University, Huntington, WV, assistant professor, 1967-69; University of Wyoming, Laramie, visiting associate professor, 1969-70; University of Iowa, Iowa City, International Communications Bulletin, teaching assistant, and associate ed., 1970-72; Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Mass Communications Program, organizer and first coordinator, 1972-74; Temple University, Philadelphia, associate professor, 1974-76, professor of communications, 1976-; Third World Media Assocs., director, 1986-; University of Western Ontario, Rogers Distinguished Professor, 2000-; University of Shanghai, guest professor, 2002-05. Publications: Philippine Mass Communications Bibliography, 1966; Newhouse, Newspapers, Nuisances (biography), 1966; (co-author) Pied Type, a Load of Coal and the Laser Beam (filmstrip), 1969; Philippine Mass Communications, 1971; (ed.) Asian Newspapers' Reluctant Revolution, 1971; Asian Mass Communications, 1975, Supplement, 1978; Third World Mass Media and Their Search for Modernity, 1977; Broadcasting in Asia and the Pacific, 1978; Asian Newspapers, 1982; Comic Art, 1986; Global Guide to Communications, 1987; Videocassettes in the Third World, 1989; Asian Film Industry, 1990; Caribbean Popular Culture, 1990; Mass Communications in the Caribbean, 1990; Women and Mass Communications, 1991; Transnational Communications, 1991; Bibliographic Guide to Caribbean Mass Communications, 1992; Bibliography of Cuban Mass Communications, 1992; Animation, Caricature, Gag and Political Cartoons in the United States and Canada 1994; Cartoonometer, 1994; Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States, 1994; Comic Art of Europe, 1994; Asian Popular Culture, 1995; A Different Road Taken, 1995; Comic Art in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, 1996; Global Productions, 1998; Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning, 1999; Pulp Demons, 1999; Animation in Asia and the Pacific, 2001; Illustrating Asia, 2001. Address: 669 Ferne Blvd, Drexel Hill, PA 19026, U.S.A.