Teaches Photo II (Assignments for newspapers, magazines, and the Web); Photo III (The Photo Story); Photo IV (Color & Lighting); Photo V (Video); Publications Advisor.

Degrees:

• PhD equivalent, San Francisco State University.
• ABD, Brown University
• M.S., Brown University
• B.S., Florida State University

Previous positions:

• Director, Photojournalism, University of Missouri, Columbia (also Director, Pictures of the Year).
• Director, Photojournalism, University of Houston
• Lecturer, Boston University
• Photo editor, Boston Phoenix
• Photographer, St. Petersburg Times
• Freelance – Time, Newsweek, New York Times, and more.

Research and professional interests:

• Photojournalism
• Photojournalism ethics
• Visual Storytelling
• Eliminating UGLY flash photography

Professor Kobré's Documentaries on the Internet:

• A Tale of Two Sewing Machines
• Bracing for the Future

Special awards, honors:

• Fulbright Senior Specialist
• Nominee, Pulitzer Prize (The Power of Small Change, 1998 series on microcredit in the San Francisco Examiner)
• Robert F. Garland Award for Education from the National Press Photographers Association.
• Gold Quill Award for Photography, International Association of Business Communicators.
• Regional Mark of Excellence Award for Photography, International Association of Business Communicators.
• Gannett Foundation Grant: Photo Essay on the development of children exposed to crack cocaine in the womb.
• Society of Newspaper Design award for the Golden Gater as best-designed student newspaper and best-designed front page in country. Advisor: Ken Kobré.
• Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award (tie for first place) for Helpers In the War on AIDS, a student photojournalism and writing project. Advisors: Ken Kobré & Betty Medsger.
• Mark of Excellence National First Place for Feature Photography, Helpers In the War on AIDS, a student photojournalism and writing project. Advisors: Ken Kobré & Betty Medsger.

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Some of Professor Kobré's photography

Professor Kobré's books:

Photojournalism, 5th edition
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Photography, 7th edition

Photography, 8th edition

How to Photograph Friends & Strangers

L'Chaim: The Story of a Russian Emigre Boy