Dr. Robert Kerr is a native of Norman, Oklahoma and a professor at OU.
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| Dr. Kerr Photo by: Sadie Short |
He achieved his undergraduate degree from Southern Arkansas University in communication with a minor in journalism. During his time at SAU, Kerr worked at the newspaper. He has worked for Newspapers for nearly 20 years. The largest Newspaper where Kerr spent time was the Memphis “Commercial Appeal”, however he also worked in other major cities such as Las Vegas, Nevada and Dallas, Texas.
Over his 20 years in the industry he has become well versed in nearly ever aspect. “I did about everything you could do in journalism at that time. I started as a sports writer, moved into news reporting, worked as an editor in sports news, features, photography and layouts.” Towards the end, Kerr specialized in feature writing.
All of his time spent in the different arenas of the newspaper is what inspired and led Kerr to the master’s program at OU. Kerr started his master’s in 1997, and at that time the college was known as the Herbert School of Journalism. Kerr said things were a little different then. “You would not believe how much smaller it was than it is now and even the number of students in journalism was a lot smaller.”
After obtaining his master’s, Kerr went on to get his PhD from the University of North Carolina. In 2002 Kerr came back to OU to teach and do research. Kerr’s research area is First Amendment Law.
Kerr’s advice for current Gaylord students is to not let finding a job get you down. “It’s frustrating for everyone… Just keep trying.”
Kerr is currently teaching Mass Comm Law and he always does his best to make the class fun and interesting for his students.
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