Bob Carey is currently chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Gardner-Webb University where he has taught photojournalism for the past 13 years. Prior to teaching, Carey spent almost 20 years working at newspapers and doing freelance work.

He currently is President of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), a board member of Christians in Photojournalism (CIP), and an organizer of the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference.

He did his undergraduate work in journalism at the University of Washington, received his masters in journalism from the University of Memphis and his Ph.D. from Regent University specializing in photojournalism.

He and his wife Sharon have been married almost 25 years and have three children.