John A. Lent

Abstract

John A. Lent taught at the college/university level for 51 years, beginning in 1960, including stints as the organizer of the first journalism courses at De La Salle College in Manila (1964–1965); founder and coordinator of the first mass communications program in Malaysia at Universiti Sains Malaysia (1972–1974); Rogers Distinguished Chair at University of Western Ontario (2000); visiting professor at Shanghai University, Communication University of China, Jilin College of the Arts Animation School, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In the United States he taught in West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, before joining the Temple University faculty, where he was full professor from 1976 to 2011. He has lectured, often as keynote speaker, at universities, conferences, and other meetings in 63 countries. In his adult life he has also worked as a factory guard and printer in Pennsylvania, a gas station attendant in Wyoming, and supervisor of an archeological excavation in Canada.