Stuart Babington, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Dr. Babington is a former sports journalist who began his career in higher education in 2006. A native of St. Tammany Parish, he primarily teaches in the online graduate program. Dr. Babington primarily teaches classes deeper in theory, even though he taught hands-on classes such as undergraduate research, news reporting, feature-writing, editing, public speaking and communication design classes at another institution before coming to SLU in 2024.
While he enjoys discussing sports journalism, Dr. Babington’s academic specialties include media law and ethics, communication theory, communication history and communication research methods. Prior to arriving at SLU, Dr. Babington was once named teacher of the year at another college and also won the faculty service award.