The funds for the Roy H. Park Distinguished Visiting Professorship, sponsored by the Triad Foundation, allow the school to bring in a professor from around the country for one semester. The professor teaches graduate-level courses and works with graduate students each spring for a semester.

Past visiting professors have included:

• David H. Weaver, Roy W. Howard Research Professor, School of Journalism, Indiana University (2008)
• Anne Cooper-Chen, professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University (2008)
• Melissa Johnson, associate professor, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University (2007)
• David Arant, associate dean of the University College and professor in the Department of Journalism, University of Memphis (2006)
• Jay Black, professor emeritus, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg (2005)
• Ed Caudill, professor and associate dean for graduate studies and research, University of Tennessee (2004)
• John Merrill, professor emeritus, University of Missouri (2003)
• Christine Ogan, professor, Indiana University (2002)
• Ken Smith, professor, University of Wyoming (2001)