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 Personal Homepage Latest Articles All Lisa L. Rollins's Articles Contact me Recent Blog PostArtist Eric Durrance Treats Country Music Fans to Brand-New, Unreleased Songs on MCS Site
Singer-songwriter Eric Durrance shares new material via MCS and his street team announces new Web site. 
Lisa L. Rollins is a Texas-born, Tennessee-based freelance writer and journalism educator. Prior to joining academe in 1997, she worked as a full-time journalist, editor and columnist for several publications, including the Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle and Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspapers. Her freelance articles have appeared in Country Weekly, Twang, Country America and American Profile, among other magazines. An award-winning print and broadcast journalist, Rollins has diverse writing interests but especially enjoys education-related features and entertainment/music journalism. Regarding the latter, she's interviewed artists such as The Statler Brothers, Garth Brooks, Gene Watson, Alice Cooper, Poison, Travis Tritt, the Black Crowes, Charley Pride, Diamond Rio, Jason Aldean, Queensryche, Dwight Yoakam and Pantera, as well as comedian/actor Jerry Seinfeld, celebrity designer Michael Payne and actor Jon Cryer, among many others. First published at age 6, Rollins earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism, with minors in anthropology and business; a Master of Science degree in mass communication, with an emphasis in cultural theory and media management; and an Education Specialist degree in higher education/administration and supervision. She completed her doctoral study in education at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minn., with research interests in adult learning theory, learning styles, and media convergence within the undergraduate journalism curricula. For the past dozen years she has made her home near Nashville, with her son and three "rescued" dogs. Rollins welcomes e-mailed correspondence from readers and will reply as time permits.
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