A former newspaper reporter and editor, the author is currently on the faculty in the School of Communications at Elon University in North Carolina where he teaches Media Writing, Media Law & Ethics and New Ideas in Communications. In addition to the current title, Padgett is the author of a mystery novel titled Random Acts, published in 2012 and a university textbook titled New Directions in Diversity, the second edition of which is scheduled for publication by Marion Street Press in late 2014. He Tweets on diversity issues at DiversityAtoZ and blogs at www.diversityatoz.com. He was the 2007