Background
Starosta, William J. was born on May 23, 1946 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Willie J. and Gertrude M. (Vogt) Starosta.
Starosta, William J. was born on May 23, 1946 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Willie J. and Gertrude M. (Vogt) Starosta.
AM, Indiana U., 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1973.
Assistant professor communications, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1972-1978;
professor communications, Howard U., Washington, since 1978. Evaluator Indo-Shastri Canada Studies Fellowship, since 1988. Advisor Association for Chinese Comm.
Studies, since 1991; member Rhodes Scholar Committee, since 1991, Henry Luce Scholarship Committee, since 1989.
Fellow American Institute Indian Studies. Member Speech Comm. Association (chair division international and intercultural committee 1995), Eastern Comm. Association (chair voices of diversity 1995).
Married Kiran W. Wadhera, July 7, 1971. 1 child, Aron Navine.