Dr. Travis Lemar Dixon is a media studies scholar, known for his research into racial and religious stereotyping in television news in the United States. Currently, he is Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Dixon received his B.A. in Communication from the University of California Los Angeles, his M.A. in Communication from the University of California Santa Barbara, and his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California Los Angeles.