Adrienne Muriel Rivers

Background

Rivers, Adrienne Muriel was born on June 3, 1955 in New York City. Daughter of Frank Gerald and Barbara (Mingo) Rivers.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Special Education, U. Hartford, 1977; Master of Education in Urban Education, U. Hartford, 1979; Master of Arts in Journalism, U. Missouri, 1983.

Career

Teacher grade 6, Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School, Hartford, Connecticut, 1980-1981; special education teacher, Fox Middle School, Hartford, 1982-1983; television news producer, WMAZ-television, Macon, Georgia, 1983-1984; television news producer, WMAR-television, Baltimore, 1984; assistant professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1985-1990; associate professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1990. News consultant Ghana television, Accra, since 1995.

Achievements

• Adrienne Muriel Rivers has been listed as a noteworthy Journalism educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Spofford Home, Kansas City, Missouri, 1988-1991, Friends of the Lied, U. Kansas, 1990-1995. Member Kansas U. Coalition Against Racism, Lawrence, 1994-1995. Member Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., National Association Black Journalists (regional co-chair national convention 1989-1990), Kansas City Association Black Journalists (secretary 1988-1989).

Connections

1 child, Alana.

Father:

Frank Gerald Rivers

Mother:

Barbara (Mingo) Rivers

child:

Alana Rivers