Deni Elliott, D.Ed. is an ethicist and ethics scholar, and has been active in ethics scholarship and application since the 1980s. She holds the Eleanor Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and Press Policy, professor in the Department of Journalism and Digital Communication and is previous Department Chair at University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Elliott is co-Chief Project Officer for the National Ethics Project. She also serves as the public member on the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee.