Dr. Jeff Stein
R.J. McElroy Chair & Executive-in-Residence in Communication Arts / Assistant Professor of Electronic Media

Dr. Stein holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Iowa. He has taught journalism, mass media, and law courses at Iowa State University and the Buena Vista University-Marshalltown Center. He has taught at Wartburg since 1998.

His professional background includes work in radio (particularly at WSUI in Iowa City and KFJB in Marshalltown), television and newspapers. He currently serves as the political analyst for KWWL-TV in Waterloo, and comments on the media and culture weekly on "Your Turn" on KASI-AM in Ames.

Stein is the executive secretary of the Iowa Broadcast News Association as well as immediate past president of the Northwest Broadcast News Association. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, College Media Advisers, Radio-Television News Directors Association, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics and the Broadcast Education Association.

Dr. Stein is the author of "Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting," a book which includes material from the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting, located at Wartburg College; Dr. Stein is administrator of the broadcasting archives collection. He is also the author of "Covering Iowa Law and Courts: A Guide for Journalists," published by the Iowa State Bar Association; the third edition of the book is to be printed in early 2007.

He is also the director of the nationally-acclaimed Wartburg Summer Broadcasting Workshop for high school students, supported by the Iowa Broadcasters Association.