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Garry J. Gilbert is director of the journalism program at Oakland University. He has B.A. and M.A. degrees in the history of American journalism from Oakland.

He worked as a reporter, editor and executive director in print and online journalism for 30 years.

Garry has earned multiple journalism honors, including a MORE Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a first-place award from the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a health-science article about a phenomenon called post-traumatic growth.

His former students work for organizations such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CBS, The Guardian, CNN, Reuters, WWJ, Fox 2 News, and The Detroit Free Press.

Gilbert is the adviser for Oakland’s independent student newspaper, and he served as a trustee of the Oakland Alumni Association for 10 years. He is a past president of the Michigan Associated Press Editors Association and a former trustee of the Birmingham Unitarian Church.