Gregory P. Perreault is a scholar of adaptation in journalism. His work focuses on journalistic epistemology, hostility in journalism and managing labor expectations.

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He currently serves as associate editor for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. He served as Fulbright-Botstiber Professor of Austrian-American Studies at the University of Vienna Journalism Studies Center (2020-2021) and is past chair for the standing committee on research for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). His work appears in New Media & Society, Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. His book Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate (Routledge) was published in 2023. 

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An avid runner, he most recently ran the Garden of Life Marathon in West Palm Beach, Florida. He serves as associate director for the Center for Sustainable Democracy at the University of South Florida. From fall 2026, he will be professor and department chair at the University of Alabama Department of Journalism & Creative Media.