Steven Listopad (MA, CJE, ABD), is a lecturer in the Communication and Theater Arts department and the student publications adviser at Henderson State University. He is one of the originators and leaders of the national New Voices USA movement (www.newvoicesus.com). Steve is the recipient of the Hugh M Hefner First Amendment Award in Education, the JEA Friend of Scholastic Journalism award, the SCJ Louis Ingelhart First Amendment Award, the AEJMC Innovative Outreach to Scholastic Journalism award, CMA’s MultiMedia Adviser of the Year Award and numerous other recognitions for his work with journalism education and student media. Steve has also received his Certification in Journalism Education through JEA. He is a Ph.D. candidate at North Dakota State University and has previously worked as an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication and student media director at the University of Jamestown and Valley City State University in Norwegian-rich North Dakota. Overseas, Steve has taught journalism and media in China (2013); Nice, France (2014); Florence, Italy (2015); and Oslo, Norway (2016-2018). Before teaching, Listopad worked for New Line Cinema in Los Angeles, and he reported for a daily newspaper, an alternative weekly newspaper and a military newspaper.