Gregory Carroll Lisby

Background

Lisby, Gregory Carroll was born on August 29, 1952 in Decatur, Alabama, United States. Son of Carroll Edward and Mary Jon (O'Mary) Lisby.

Education

Bachelor, Auburn U., 1974; Master of Arts, U. Mississippi, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tennessee, 1988.

Career

Editor, The Gulfport (Mississippi) Star Journal, 1976-1977; editorial associate, The Macon (Georgia) News, 1977; instructor journalism, North Arkansas Community College, Harrison, 1978-1980; editor editorial page, The Marietta (Georgia) Daily Journal, 1980-1981; instructor journalism, Berry College, Rome, Georgia, 1981-1984; instructor mass communication, U. North Carolina, Asheville, 1985-1988; assistant professor communication, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1988-1994; associate professor communication, Georgia State University, Atlanta, since 1994. Chapter faculty advisor Golden Key National Honor Society, Atlanta, 1988-1993. Journalism sequence coordinator department communication Georgia State University, 1989-1990, director of graduate studies department communication, Georgia State University, since 1994.

Board directors Georgia Association for Guidance, Aid, Placement and Empathy, Smyrna. Board visitors Abilene Christian U., since 1992.

Achievements

• Gregory Carroll Lisby has been listed as a noteworthy Journalism educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Professional Journalists, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Henry Grady prize for research 1990), American Journalism Historians Association.

Interests

• Avocation: philately.

Connections

Married Rosemary Watson Deal, June 13, 1981. Children: Melissa Rose, Amanda Carroll.

Father:

Carroll Edward Lisby

Mother:

Mary Jon (O'Mary) Lisby

Spouse:

Rosemary Watson Deal

child:

Amanda Carroll Lisby

child:

Melissa Rose Lisby