Bill Kovarik, Ph.D. is a professor of Media Studies at Radford University in southwestern Virginia where he teaches science and environment writing, media history, media law and web design. He has also served on the faculty at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland.

Kovarik's professional experience includes reporting and editing for Jack Anderson, the Associated Press, The Charleston (S.C.) Courier, The Baltimore Sun, Time-Life Books, Latin American Energy Report, and Appropriate Technology Times. His books include "The Forbidden Fuel" (1982), Mass Media and Environmental Conflict (with Mark Neuzil, 1996), and Web Design for the Mass Media (2001).

Kovarik is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (1974), the University of South Carolina (M.A., 1983) and the University of Maryland (Ph.D., 1993).

Kovarik in 2004 was elected to represent academic members on the Board of Directors of the Society of Environmental Journalists in 2004. He is currently working on improving links between US and Latin American journalists covering the environment.