Timothy Havens is professor of Communication Studies, African American Studies, and International Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Black Television Travels: African American Media Around the Globe (NYU Press, 2013) and Global Television Marketplace (British Film Institute Publishing, 2006); co-author with Amanda D. Lotz of Understanding Media Industries (Oxford University Press, 2011); and co-editor of Popular Television in Eastern Europe During and Since Socialism with Aniko Imre and Katalin Lustyik. He is a former Senior Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, and his published research has appeared in numerous scholarly journals devoted to television studies, popular culture studies, race and media, and media globalization.