Prof. Kevin Tankersley
Full-Time Lecturer
Phone: (254) 710-7204
E-mail: Kevin_Tankersley@baylor.edu
Office: Castellaw 271
Courses:
- Writing for Media Markets
- Sportswriting
- Magazine and Feature Writing
- Introduction to Public Relations
Degrees
- Baylor University, Bachelor of Arts (Business Journalism)
- University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Master of Arts (Journalism)
Year Started at Baylor
- Full-time lecturer since 2006
Background
- Worked as reporter for the Waco Tribune-Herald for five years.
- Sports information director at McLennan Community College for one year.
- Sports information director at University of Arkansas-Little Rock for five years.
- Freelance writer for dozens of publications including: the Dallas Morning News, Baylor Magazine, Baylor Arts & Sciences Newsletter, and Wacoan Magazine.
- Reporter for Waco Tribune-Herald, covering education, business, religion and food as well as football.
- Co-owned Fishes & Loaves Catering Company for four years.
Hobbies & Interests
- Cooking.
- Reading.
- Motorcycles.
- My family (wife:Abby, children: Sophie and Brazos).
- Church (Abby and I are deacons at Calvary Baptist Church in Waco).
Favorite Thing about Teaching
- "I love passing on what I've learned working in and around media for nearly 30 years."
Favorite Thing about Baylor
- "The feeling on campus every time a new semester starts."
