{"id":51445,"date":"2024-10-09T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmst.utk.edu\/?page_id=51445"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:09:58","slug":"mark-prather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/mark-prather\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Prather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lecturer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jprathe1@utk.edu\">jprathe1@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p>Before coming to the School of Communication Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Mark Prather taught communication courses at Texas Tech University, the University of Kentucky, Midway University, Transylvania University, Knoxville College, and Roane State Community College. He is a full-time epidemiologist at the Knox County Health Department and teaches introduction to public speaking courses in the evenings. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, owning pets, working out, fishing, cooking, and reading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Certificate Applied Epidemiology, East Tennessee University (2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD Communication, University of Kentucky (1994) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MA Mass Media Research Texas Tech University  (1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA Corporate Television, Texas Tech University (1982)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Health communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensation seeking theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chronic disease epidemiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecturer jprathe1@utk.edu Before coming to the School of Communication Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Mark Prather taught communication courses at Texas Tech University, the University of Kentucky, Midway University, Transylvania University, Knoxville College, and Roane State Community College. 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