Sandra Borden

Dr. Sandra Borden is an affiliated faculty member of the global and international studies program at Western Michigan University. A professor in the School of Communication, where she also directs the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society. Her work has been published in several scholarly books and journals, including:

• The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics
• Journal of Mass Media Ethics
• Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism
• Communication Monographs
• Communication Theory

Borden's book, Journalism as Practice: MacIntyre, Virtue Ethics and the Press, won the 2008 Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award and the National Communication Association’s 2008 top book award in applied ethics. Her other books are:

• Ethics and Entertainment: Essays on Media Culture and Media Morality (co-edited with Howard Good, 2010, McFarland).
• Making Hard Choices in Journalism Ethics (with David Boeyink, 2010, Routledge).

Borden, who teaches ethics and media criticism, earned her Ph.D. in mass communications from Indiana University, her M.A. in journalism from The Ohio State University and her B.J. in journalism from The University of Missouri. She recently served as a member of the executive board of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics and as associate editor for the journal Teaching Ethics.