{{short description|American politician and Educator}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = Kim Hixson |honorific_suffix = |image = Kim Headshot Glasses and Tweed edit.jpg |image_size = |caption = |state = Wisconsin |state_assembly = Wisconsin |district = 43rd |term_start = January 1, 2007 |term_end = January 3, 2011 |predecessor = Debi Towns |succeeded = Evan Wynn |party = Democratic |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|7|26}} |birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |alma_mater = {{unbulleted list | Chattanooga State Technical Community College {{small|(A.A.)}} | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga {{small|(B.A., M.A.)}} | Southern Illinois University {{small|(Ph.D.)}} }} |profession = |website = }}
'''Thomas Kim Hixson''' (born July 26, 1957) is an American educator and former politician. He is the former dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Frostburg State University. He previously served four years as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Whitewater and Rock County as a Democrat (2007–2011).
==Biography==
Hixson received an A.A. in Broadcasting at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, a B.A. in Advertising and English and a M.A. in Professional Writing from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and a Ph.D. in Journalism from Southern Illinois University.
He is married, with a son and two daughters. Prior to his election to the Assembly, he was a professor of Advertising at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He also served on the City of Whitewater Common Council and served as Council President.
In the Assembly, he chaired the Colleges and Universities Committee and was a member of the Education, Financial Institutions, Work Force Development, and Consumer Protection committees. He previously served as a member of the Committees on Aging and Long Term Care, and Rural Economic Development.<ref>"Wisconsin Blue Book 2007-2008," Biographical Sketch of Kim Hixson, pg. 49</ref>
In 2010, he lost his re-election bid to republican nominee Evan Wynn.
Hixson returned to the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater after his legislative service. He served as chairperson of the Communication Department<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediapaws.com/UWW/faculty.html#|title=University of Wisconsin–Waterwater faculty|website=Mediapaws.com|access-date=15 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022073156/http://www.mediapaws.com/UWW/faculty.html|archive-date=22 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> before relocating to Utah State University to serve as Department Head of Journalism and Communication in July 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://journalism.usu.edu/htm/stay-connected/news/articleid=31225 |title=News |access-date=2016-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116232118/http://journalism.usu.edu/htm/stay-connected/news/articleid=31225 |archive-date=2016-11-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After 3 years at Utah State University, Hixson relocated to Frostburg State University to serve as the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hixson Named Dean of Frostburg State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.frostburg.edu/news/2019/04/hixson-named-dean-of-frostburg-state-universitys-college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences-.php |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.frostburg.edu |language=en}}</ref> He stepped down in June 2022, though still teaches classes there as of 2023.
He has appeared in several motion pictures, most recently Public Enemies and Mr. 3000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrn.com/2008/05/lawmaker-gets-a-taste-of-hollywood|title=Lawmaker gets a taste of Hollywood - Wisconsin Radio Network|date=6 May 2008|website=Wrn.com|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * ''Follow the Money'' - Kim Hixson **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=110155 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=87528 2006] campaign contributions *[http://www.wisdc.org/pro08-104475.php Campaign 2008] campaign contributions at ''Wisconsin Democracy Campaign''
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