D. Lawrence Kincaid

Who is D. Lawrence Kincaid?

D. Lawrence Kincaid is a Senior Advisor for the Research and Evaluation Division of the Center for Communication Programs and an Associate Scientist in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kansas. In 1967-1969, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia and facilitated community development and cooperative organization. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from Michigan State University. In 1973, he joined the East-West Communication Institute at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii and worked as a Research Associate under the directorship of Wilbur Schramm. He was also an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at Albany.

In the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Kincaid was Founding Director of the Research and Evaluation Division of the Center for Communication Programs from 1988 to 1997. He was also instrumental in establishing the Interdepartmental Health Communication Program and served as the first director. He has been involved in health communication programs in Asia, Latin America, and Africa for 30 years.