Michael L. Kent (1965-) was born in Boston Massachusetts but moved to Fairbanks Alaska at the age of three where he lived for more than twenty years. Kent attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks for his Bachelor's degree, the University of Oregon for his Master's degree, and Purdue University for his Doctorate. Kent worked at SUNY Fredonia, Rutgers University, spent five years as graduate advisor in the Communication department at Montclair State University in New Jersey, worked two years at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, and, most recently, teaches at the University of Oklahoma in Norman as an Associate Professor. Kent has lectured internationally in Italy, Bosnia, and the… Czech Republic, and spent six months in Riga Latvia on a Fulbright scholarship. Kent has dozens of articles on public relations technology, dialogue, and media criticism. In his spare time Kent builds furniture.