About Dr. Padgett

Dr. Padgett is director of the Hall School of Journalism and Communication and specializes in technology. He is a Professor of Journalism and served as the last dean of the Hall School of Journalism before it was merged into the College of Communication and Fine Arts. Prior to joining the Hall School of Journalism and Communication's faculty, Dr. Padgett taught at Auburn University.

Dr. Padgett has more than 20 years of professional media experience and has worked in several positions including as a reporter, commentator, manager and broadcast engineer at several radio and television stations including:

WPDQ (Jacksonville, Fla.)
WRLJ (Jacksonville, Fla.)
WMMB (Melbourne, Fla.)
WTVX-TV (Fort Pierce, Fla.)
AFNE (Frankfurt, Germany)
WRUF (Gainesville, Fla.)
WTLN (Orlando, Fla.)

In addition, he worked for the U.S. Army Third Armored Division's Office of Public Affairs. This office was responsible for the division's newspaper, Spearhead and the division's radio program, Spectrum. Dr. Padgett produced and was the host on the Keith L. Ware Award winning Spectrum program. Spectrum was a weekly news, interview and commentary program aired on the American Forces Network in Europe (AFNE). The Keith L. Ware Award is the U.S. Army's highest honor awarded to journalists.

Dr. Padgett's degrees are:

Ph.D., Florida State University
MA, University of Alabama
BA, University of Central Florida

Dr. Padgett serves as Troy University's Academic Webmaster and as the campus Academic Linux Administrator. Dr. Padgett is also known as Troy University's Macintosh computer expert.

Dr. Padgett held a Federal Communications Commission First Class Commercial Radiotelephone license until the FCC replaced that license class with the General Radiotelephone license and he holds an Extra Class Amateur Radio License. Dr. Padgett is an accredited volunteer examiner working with the Montgomery CAVEC group administering amateur radio examinations for the FCC.