Alexis Tan holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor of communication, the inaugural university faculty diversity fellow, and the founding director of the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication (1990 - 2006) at Washington State University. The recipient of a Senior Fulbright Award, Dr. Tan has lectured and done research in over 20 countries. He has written over 60 journal articles and book chapters, and is the author of Mass Communication Theories and Research; The Intercultural Communication Guidebook: Research-based Strategies for Successful Interactions; Global Communication and Media Research; Who Is Racist? Why Racism Matters (2021); and Forgotten Women: Muslim Women Stereotypes, Media Primes and Consequences (with Anastasia Vishnevskaya, 2021).
