Patricia Thomas
journalist, author, journalism professor at University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Graduation Year:
1987
Bio:
Patricia Thomas is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Georgia, where she mentors students in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Narrative Media Writing. She is also Professor Emerita at UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she held the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism until 2017. She launched the professional MA program in health and medical journalism in 2005, and led her graduate students on reporting expeditions to post-Katrina New Orleans, the far southwest corner of Georgia, and the North Georgia Mountains. They participated in national journalism conferences and were published by online and print news organizations with state and national reach. Thomas earned degrees from UC Berkeley and Stanford, then worked as a reporter, editor and author for more than three decades before joining the UGA faculty. She wrote Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine, a Washington Post notable book for 2001.
Location:
Athens, Georgia, United States