Lentz, Becky

Roberta G. (Becky) Lentz is an assistant professor of media and public policy in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She also represents the Americas (sans US) on the Board of the International Communication Association.

Prof. Lentz works at the intersection of critical legal studies, third sector studies, and discourse studies. More specifically, her courses and research concern the political economy and governance of media and communication infrastructures, and third sector institutions' engagement in related policy issues.

Before earning her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008, Prof. Lentz held a number of professional positions in the information services industry, government, and the non-profit sector. Most recently, she served as Program Officer for electronic media policy at The Ford Foundation between 2001 to 2007 where during her tenure, she awarded approximately $30 million in grants that supported a strategic combination of research, public interest advocacy, and community (grassroots) organizing in the field of media reform and justice in the United States.