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Dr. Thomas Parham
Dr. Thomas Parham is a professor of communication and media studies and an associate dean for 麻豆传媒鈥檚 College of the Arts. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Parham spent seven years on active duty, during which he qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer. He left the Navy to complete graduate degrees in performing arts and communication studies.听
Parham worked at Paramount Pictures in the mid-90s as supervisor of publishing for the studio鈥檚 licensing division and also worked on more than 100 episodes of broadcast television during that decade. He wrote for the long-running CBS drama听JAG听and the Family Channel sitcom听Big Brother Jake听and served as an on-location writers鈥� assistant for听Touched by an Angel鈥檚 third season.听
His teaching experience includes Biola University and Azusa Pacific University where he created graduate and undergraduate screenwriting degree programs and served as founding chair for the Department of Cinematic Arts.听
Parham鈥檚 awards include 2025 Fulbright Canada Research Chair, Azusa Pacific鈥檚 2013 Undergraduate Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award, and Act One鈥檚 2007 Faculty Award. He has contributed chapters to several media studies books, and McFarland & Company publishing released his monograph听鈥淗ailing Frequencies Open鈥�: Communication in Star Trek: The Next Generation听in 2019.
About the Television Academy Foundation
Established in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television Academy, the Television Academy Foundation is dedicated to preserving the legacy of television while educating and inspiring those who will shape its future. Through renowned educational and outreach programs, such as : An Oral History of Television Project,听,听and the , the Foundation seeks to widen the circle of voices our industry represents and to create more opportunity for television to reflect all of society. For more information on the Foundation, please visit听.
