Ph.D., School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, December 2000. Dissertation: Privacy Versus Public Access: An Analysis of How Courts Balance These Two Competing Social Interests When Government Records Are Computerized Master of Arts, Department of Journalism, Memphis State University, August 1993. Fields: Journalism and Higher Education. Thesis: An Analysis of the Curricula and Structures of Master's Programs in Journalism and Mass Communication. Bachelor of Arts, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, May 1984. Fields: News-Editorial Journalism and Radio News.