Roy Dabner, Lecturer

A veteran photojournalist, Roy Dabner began teaching at the Cronkite School in 2005. For the past 15 years, he has worked as a Phoenix-based photo stringer for the Associated Press and European Pressphoto Agency. During his more than 30 years as a photojournalist, he has covered major sporting events from the Super Bowl to the World Series to NBA and MLB All-Star Games.

A native of Iowa, Dabner studied criminology at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington, Iowa, and photography at the Hawkeye Institute of Technology, now called Hawkeye Community College, in Waterloo, Iowa. He worked for several Midwestern daily newspapers, including five years with the Gannett-owned Commercial-News in Danville, Ill., before relocating to Phoenix in 1996.