Faculty
Roxanne Watson
Associate Professor
CONTACT
Office: CIS 3102
Phone: (813) 974-2591
Email
BIO
Dr. Roxanne Watson is an Associate Professor in the School of Mass Communications. She teaches courses in the journalism sequence and in communications law at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Watson completed her Ph.D. in Mass Communications at the University of 91社区, Gainesville, Fla., her M.A. in Journalism from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. An attorney-at-law, she received her LLB from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados and legal professional accreditation from the Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica. She also has B.A. in History and Social Sciences from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Watson was a reporter with the Gleaner, Jamaica鈥檚 oldest newspaper, and worked for three years in public relations, variously in the public and private sectors. She practiced law for four years privately and as a prosecutor. Watson鈥檚 research focuses on journalism history and law, comparing developments in the Caribbean, U.S. and other countries in areas ranging from criminal and civil libel to regulation of the broadcast media.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Mass Communications (Journalism Concentration), University of 91社区
- M.A., Journalism, University of Miami
- LLB, University of the West Indies
- Legal Education Certificate, Norman Manley Law School
- B.A., History and Social Sciences, University of the West Indies
research specialization
- Journalism history
- Mass communications law
- Newspaper writing, reporting and editing