John Freeman has headed the photojournalism program at the University of Florida since joining the faculty in 1991. His research interest focuses on successful photojournalists and has been published in Visual Communications Quarterly and News Photographer magazine. He has mentored six undergraduate students on University Scholars research projects. Freeman previously taught a variety of journalism classes at Wichita State University between 1981 and 1991. He has a master's in communication from Wichita State University (1987) and a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism (1975). His professional experience includes six years as a staff photographer at The Wichita Eagle in Kansas and college internships at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix and The Palm Beach Post in Florida.