Kim Zarkin, Ph.D
She/Her/Hers
FULL-TIME FacultyProfessor
Communication
Phone: 801.832.2823
Email: kzarkin@westminsteru.edu
Office Location: Foster Hall 108
Office Hours: MW 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Florida
M.A. Emerson College
B.A. James Madison University
About
Dr. Kim Zarkin is a professor of Communication and chair of both the Communication
and Arts Administration programs. She also serves as the Faculty Fellow for Internships.
Dr. Zarkin teaches broadly in Mass Communication, offering courses in Media & Society,
Communication Law & Ethics, and Race, Gender, Class & the Media. Her primary area
of research is the regulation of sexually explicit speech.
Dr. Zarkin has published two books: Anti-Indecency Groups and the Federal Communications
Commission: A Study in the Politics of Broadcast Regulation (2003) and The Federal
Communications Commission Front Line in the Culture and Regulation Wars (2006), co-authored
with Westminster political science professor Dr. Michael Zarkin.
Interests
Mass Media Law & Ethics Broadcast History & Content Regulations Electronic Media Impact of New Technologies on Society
Areas of Expertise
Media Law, First Amendment, regulation of indecent speech, media ethics, public relations, media history
