Kevin Tankersley
Senior Lecturer
Courses:
- Writing for Media Markets
- Introduction to Mass Communication
- Advanced Reporting and Writing
- Mass Media and Pop Culture
Degrees
- Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Journalism from Baylor University
- Master of Arts in Journalism from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Year Started at Baylor
- Full-time lecturer since 2006; senior lecturer since 2012
Background
- Worked as reporter for the Waco Tribune-Herald for five years, covering education, business, religion and food.
- Sports information director at University of Arkansas-Little Rock and McLennan Community College
- With his wife, the chef Abby Tankersley, co-food editor of the WACOAN Magazine
- Freelance writer for dozens of publications including the Dallas Morning News, Baylor Magazine, Baylor Arts & Sciences Magazine, Subaru Drive and many others.
- Co-owned Fishes & Loaves Catering Company in Waco for four years.
Hobbies & Interests
- Cooking
- Eating (especially anything Abby prepares)
- Reading
- Collecting books
- Collecting and learning about art
- My family: wife Abby, a former elementary school teacher who is now a freelance chef; and children Sophie, a student at Baylor studying film & digital media; and Brazos, a freshman at McLennan Community College in the music industry careers program.
- Calvary Baptist Church in Waco, which we joined when Brazos was 11 days old
Favorite Thing About Teaching
"I love passing on what I've learned working in and around media for more than 30 years."
Favorite Thing About Baylor
"The feeling on campus every time a new semester starts."
