Patrick L. Stearns is an associate professor of mass communications at Claflin University. He has written for The Oxford Encyclopedia of African American History and Communication Research Trends. His book chapter, "Current Literature of Media and Religion: A Referential Advocacy for Religious Media Literacy," was published in Religion and Communication: An Anthology of Extensions in Theory, Research, and Method. He lives in Santee, South Carolina with his wife Karen and their Labrador mix Lacey.
