Jon E. Bekken

Background

Bekken, Jon E. was born on March 27, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Dean Everett and Martha Elizabeth (Heal) Bekken.

Education

Bachelor, University of California San Diego, 1981; AM, University of Michigan, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1992.

Career

General secretary, treasurer Industrial Workers of the World, Chicago, 1984-1985. Instructor journalism University Central Arkansas, Conway, 1990-1992. Assistant professor State University of New York-Cortland, 1992-1994.

Editor Industrial Worker, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1994. Assistant professor Suffolk University, Boston, since 1995.

Achievements

• Jon E. Bekken has been listed as a noteworthy journalism educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Journalism Historians Association (Research Excellence award 1992, Outstanding Research Paper award 1995), Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communications, Union for Democratic Communications.

Connections

Father:

Dean Everett Bekken

Mother:

Martha Elizabeth (Heal) Bekken