Dr. Lawrence N. Strout is a tenured associate professor at Mississippi State University, Starkville. He earned his PhD in communication with an emphasis in media history from Florida State University, has published numerous scholarly works and is the author of "Covering McCarthyism: How the Christian Science Monitor Covered McCarthyism, 1950-1954." Before entering academia in 1990, he worked in commercial and public broadcasting for fourteen years. Dr. Strout lives with his wife, Penny Rodrique, in Pass Christian.