Barb Hipsman
Associate Professor/News

304D Franklin Hall
Work Tel: 330-672-1244
Home Tel: 330-678-0681
Email: bhipsman@kent.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours
MW 10:45 - noon
TR 1:30-2:30 PM
and by appointment, any time, any day

Barb Hipsman has worked for more than 20 years at Kent. She started her career reporting for a community newspaper group in the suburbs of Chicago, leaving to join VISTA two years later as an investigator with the Alaska State Commission on Human Rights, based in Juneau.

She later worked for a locally owned weekly in Guam, USA, "Where America's Day Begins," during the evacuation of Vietnamese refugees to the island. She also worked in radio and TV throughout Micronesia. Returning stateside, Barb returned to graduate school, teaching one year on an assistantship at NIU and then completing a master's in public affairs at University of Illinois at Springfield. She was the capitol bureau chief for about six years for a medium-sized daily.

Moving to Peoria with her husband, Bob Springer, who worked for the Associated Press, she started teaching at Bradley University, later moving to Kent. She teaches mid-level reporting (p.r., photo, magazine, design and print news students), reporting public affairs (broadcast and print news), ethics and graduate level-specialized reporting.

Bob continues to work on the editorial pages of the Akron Beacon Journal.
Both daughters - Kyla (26) and Anna (20) live in Chicago, where Kyla works in political public relations and Anna is a senior at Loyola. Sadly, Ginger, the maniacal Cairn terrier that students all loved to feed...has gone to doggie heaven. Latest ports of travel - Ireland, Croatia and Montenegro.

Stop in. Stay a while - new office is 304D Franklin, 330-672-1244.