Lawrence A.Wenner (Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1977) is the Von der Ahe Professor of
Communication and Ethics in the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the School of
Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he directs the
Forum on Media Ethics and Social Responsibility and teaches media ethics in Philosophy
and narrative ethics in the University Honors Program. 

His earlier notable appointments include serving as the William Evans Fellow at the
University of Otago, the Diederich Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Marquette
University, the Louise Davies Professor of Contemporary Values in America at the
University of San Francisco, and as a University Fellow at the University of Iowa. He has
served as Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Executive Director of the
Graduate Program in Sports and Fitness Management, and Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Francisco. Dr.
Wenner’s research includes seven books and nearly 100 journal articles and book chapters.
He has lectured in more than a dozen countries on research focusing on critical
assessments of media content, ethical dimensions of race and gender portrayals in
advertising, audience experiences with television in the family context, and the values
and consumption of mediated sports.

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