Joel Timmer

Since 2002
Assistant Professor

B.S.-Miami University
J.D.-University of California-Los Angeles
Ph.D.-Indiana University

Moudy South 178B
j.timmer@tcu.edu
817.257.7635

Expert In

• Government Regulation of Sex and Violence in the Media
• Television programming trends

Courses Taught

• Business and Regulation of Media Sex and Violence
• Business of Media
• Entertainment Law and Finance
• Media Industry Law and Regulation
• Senior Seminar in Radio-TV-Film
• Survey of Film
• Topics in Media Industry Studies
• Women in Television and Film
  

Joel Timmer joined the RTVF faculty in 2002. Dr. Timmer received his Ph.D in mass communications from Indiana University, and also holds a law degree from the UCLA School of Law. He has worked for the Federal Communications Commission and for a consulting firm that provided business and regulatory advice to major entertainment companies. Other professional experiences include stints as a business writer, a commercial credit analyst, and in TV ad sales.

Dr. Timmer specializes in government regulation of the media business. He has published articles dealing with government regulation of television violence as well as the transition to digital television. Some of the classes he teaches include Media Industry Law and Regulation, Entertainment Law and Finance, Copyright and New Technologies, TV Number Ones, and History of Broadcasting. Dr. Timmer can frequently be seen walking his dogs Booner and Bree around the TCU campus.

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