Anthony R. Fellow, Ph.D.
Dr. Anthony R. (Tony) Fellow is
Chair and Professor of Communications at California State
University, Fullerton, where he heads one of the nation’s
largest university departments. He was named in 2007 a Fulbright
Scholar by the U.S. President’s Commission and was assigned to
Italy where he held the Vercelli Chair of Twentieth Century
Media History at the University of Piemonte. Following his
appointment, Cal State Fullerton Dean Rick Pullen called Fellow
an “exemplary scholar with a strong reputation.”
He has written three books, including American Media
History, and is a frequent speaker at national and
international media conferences. Before entering university
teaching, he was a reporter, political columnist, and city
editor for 10 years with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
He covered the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter for
the Thomson Newspapers. He continues to write newspaper columns
on politics and water issues.
Fellow received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Annenberg
School for Communication, University of Southern California,
where he was a Walter H. Annenberg Fellow. He taught for five
years at the Annenberg School at USC. He also has done
extensive graduate work in political science in the areas of
Soviet and Latin American politics.
Fellow is currently First Vice Chair of the Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California. He represents Division 1
(serving the cities of El Monte, South El Monte, Arcadia, Temple
City and Monrovia) on the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal
Water District where he was first elected in 1990. He also is
an officer on the executive board of the San Gabriel Valley
Economic Partnership.
He was vice mayor and councilman in the City of El Monte for
7 years and ran for the California State Assembly.
He continues to write political columns for the Pasadena
Star News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily
News.
He is married to Clara
Potes-Fellow, a former award-winning journalist who served as
Bill Clinton’s press secretary for Hispanic media in California
during his first run for the White House. She is currently
Chancellor Charles Reed’s press secretary and director of media
for the California State University System.
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